GG (2019) No. 5

For the purposes of further adapting to the new situation of port law enforcement, the quarantine supervision for pet dogs and cats brought into China shall be conducted in a safe, scientific and standardized way. Relevant issues are hereby announced as follows:

I. Live animals brought into China shall only be limited to dogs or cats (hereinafter referred to as pets), and one person is allowed to bring one pet on each entry. Persons bringing pets into China shall provide the customs with a valid quarantine certificate and a vaccination certificate issued by the official animal quarantine authorities in the exiting countries or regions. Pets shall have electronic chips in them.

II. Pets brought into China shall be quarantined for 30 days (including the withholding period) in an isolated area designated by the Customs. Pets that need to be quarantined shall enter China from a port with quarantine facilities. The Customs shall supervise and inspect the pets in quarantine. The Customs shall carry out classified management of the pets brought into China by designated countries or regions and non-designated countries or regions, and the pets in the following circumstances shall be exempt from quarantine:

(I) Pets coming from designated countries or regions have valid electronic chips, and have passed on-site quarantine;

(II) Pets coming from non-designated countries or regions have valid electronic chips and rabies antibody test reports issued by the recognized laboratories (the rabies antibody titer must be greater than 0.5 IU/ml), and have passed the on-site quarantine;

(III) The pets that are brought in are guide dogs, hearing dogs, or search and rescue dogs, have valid electronic chips and have passed the on-site quarantine, and their carriers have provided corresponding user certificates and professional training certificates.

The list of designated countries or regions, the list of accepted laboratories publishing rabies antibody test results and the list of ports with quarantine facilities shall be those as published by the General Administration of Customs.

III. Under any of the following circumstances, the Customs shall, in accordance with relevant provisions, return or destroy the pets within a specified period:

(I) The number of pets brought into China exceeds the quota;

(II) Any person bringing in the pets fails to provide the Customs with a valid quarantine certificate or a rabies vaccination certificate issued by the official animal quarantine institution in the exiting country or region;

(III) Pets required to be quarantined are planned to enter China from a port without quarantine facilities; and

(IV) Pets fail to pass the quarantine inspection.

Guide dogs, hearing dogs and search and rescue dogs without vaccination certificates may, upon application by their carriers, be vaccinated against rabies in qualified institutions.

For pets to be returned within a specified period, their carriers shall, within the prescribed limit period, claim and bring them out of China by the withholding certificate issued by the Customs; Their failure to make such claim within such period shall be regarded as automatic waiver.

IV. For the specific quarantine requirements for the pets brought into China, please refer to the Annex, the Quarantine Requirements for Pets Brought into the Peoples Republic of China.

This Announcement shall come into force on May 1, 2019.

The Announcement is hereby given.

GG (2019) No. 5

For the purposes of further adapting to the new situation of port law enforcement, the quarantine supervision for pet dogs and cats brought into China shall be conducted in a safe, scientific and standardized way. Relevant issues are hereby announced as follows:

I. Live animals brought into China shall only be limited to dogs or cats (hereinafter referred to as pets), and one person is allowed to bring one pet on each entry. Persons bringing pets into China shall provide the customs with a valid quarantine certificate and a vaccination certificate issued by the official animal quarantine authorities in the exiting countries or regions. Pets shall have electronic chips in them.

II. Pets brought into China shall be quarantined for 30 days (including the withholding period) in an isolated area designated by the Customs. Pets that need to be quarantined shall enter China from a port with quarantine facilities. The Customs shall supervise and inspect the pets in quarantine. The Customs shall carry out classified management of the pets brought into China by designated countries or regions and non-designated countries or regions, and the pets in the following circumstances shall be exempt from quarantine:

(I) Pets coming from designated countries or regions have valid electronic chips, and have passed on-site quarantine;

(II) Pets coming from non-designated countries or regions have valid electronic chips and rabies antibody test reports issued by the recognized laboratories (the rabies antibody titer must be greater than 0.5 IU/ml), and have passed the on-site quarantine;

(III) The pets that are brought in are guide dogs, hearing dogs, or search and rescue dogs, have valid electronic chips and have passed the on-site quarantine, and their carriers have provided corresponding user certificates and professional training certificates.

The list of designated countries or regions, the list of accepted laboratories publishing rabies antibody test results and the list of ports with quarantine facilities shall be those as published by the General Administration of Customs.

III. Under any of the following circumstances, the Customs shall, in accordance with relevant provisions, return or destroy the pets within a specified period:

(I) The number of pets brought into China exceeds the quota;

(II) Any person bringing in the pets fails to provide the Customs with a valid quarantine certificate or a rabies vaccination certificate issued by the official animal quarantine institution in the exiting country or region;

(III) Pets required to be quarantined are planned to enter China from a port without quarantine facilities; and

(IV) Pets fail to pass the quarantine inspection.

Guide dogs, hearing dogs and search and rescue dogs without vaccination certificates may, upon application by their carriers, be vaccinated against rabies in qualified institutions.

For pets to be returned within a specified period, their carriers shall, within the prescribed limit period, claim and bring them out of China by the withholding certificate issued by the Customs; Their failure to make such claim within such period shall be regarded as automatic waiver.

IV. For the specific quarantine requirements for the pets brought into China, please refer to the Annex, the Quarantine Requirements for Pets Brought into the Peoples Republic of China.

This Announcement shall come into force on May 1, 2019.

The Announcement is hereby given.

Annexes: 1. Quarantine Requirements for Pets Brought into the Peoples Republic of China.doc

         2. List of Laboratories Publishing Rabies Antibody Test Results Accepted by the General Administration of Customs.doc

         3. Registration Form for the Information on Pet Dogs and Cats Brought to China.doc

         4. List of Ports with Quarantine Conditions for Pets that Arrive in China.doc

General Administration of Customs

January 2, 2019