Know How about Sanitation Quarantine

State Administration for Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine is an international inspection and quarantine executive department authorized by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It and its local inspection and quarantine organization carry on inspection and quarantine of people who enter or exit China. It ensures special objects and items are only permitted into the country according to the approval issued by the inspection and quarantine organization.

Handbags, checked luggage or objects belonging to passengers or crew that may contain possible diseases must be inspected. Inspection and Quarantine department should dispose or destroy food, drink, or water products contaminated by contagious diseases. A certificate is issued that permits customs to destroy the contaminated product.

People from yellow fever epidemic areas must show a valid yellow fever vaccine certificate to the inspection and quarantine department at the point of entry. For those who hold invalid yellow fever vaccine certificates, the inspection and quarantine department will issue a quarantine order for six days and provide vaccinations if necessary. Once a certificate has been received, they may be discharged.

The entry or exit of vehicles, people, food, drink and other objects should be inspected in addition to insect and animal carriers of illness.

The inspection and quarantine organizations forbid foreigners with AIDS, venereal diseases, lepra, psychosis and open TB from entering China.