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Health check
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| On arrival, the first check you have to pass is the
Quarantine Check. At the check point, you show your passport and
the form you filled in on board. Anyone with listed diseases such
as yellow fever, cholera, VD, leprosy, infectious pulmonary
tuberculosis or AIDS will be forbidden to enter or be sent to the
airport clinic for further checking. Those arriving from areas
with epidemics yellow fever must show their valid certificates of
inoculation against this disease. Those with symptoms of fever,
diarrhea, vomiting or rashes must declare this information
accurately.
For those who are going to stay longer in China, they have to
show their quarantine certificate issued by an authorized health
department abroad. |
Border entry
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| After passing through the Health Check, you come to
the border control area (equivalent to the immigration control in
the West) where you show the officer your passport and the Entry
Registration Card. Your passport should be valid with a visa to
China. A tourist visa is necessary and easy to apply for. You can
apply for one at the Chinese embassies or consulates in your own
country. Without a valid visa, you will find it difficult to enter
the country. China does not normally issue at-the-border-visas, so
you risk being sent back. |
Customs
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| After collecting your luggage, you will pass
through the Customs. There are two channels, red and green. If
you have nothing to declare, go through the green channel,
otherwise take the red channel. If you are not sure which
channel you should take, then you should take the red channel. |
| I f you take things listed on the Customs Luggage
Declaration Form in the red box such as computers, cameras, video
cameras, gold and silver, printed or recorded materials, or
anything more than you need during your travel in China, or
something that you will not take out of China when you leave, you
have to fill in the Customs Luggage Declaration Form which you are
given on the plane or at the Customs. Then you take the red
channel and the Customs officer will check it to see whether you
have to pay duty or you have to deposit the things at the Customs,
or whether you can take them into China but have to take them out
on your departure. Please keep the stamped form with you and do
not lose it, because you will be asked to give it back to the
Customs officer for checking on your departure. If you do not take
out all the things that you have brought in and you filled in the
form, you will probably be asked to pay duty. |
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