Laws of the People's Republic of China

The State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine

Circular of the State Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on Quick and Convenient Inspection and Quarantine Measures for High/new Technological Products

GuoZhiJianBianHan [2001] No.498

October 31, 2001

The inspection and quarantine bureaus directly under the General Administration:

According to relevant provisions of the State Council and after the investigation and decision of the State Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the principle of "dealing with special thing in special ways and dealing with urgent matters in quick manner " will apply to the inspection and quarantine on import and export of products of large-size manufacturing enterprises with high/new technology, with a view to supporting the development of high/new technological industry and promoting trade and expanding export. And the applied quick and convenient inspection and quarantine procedures are set out as follows:

1.

Software companies with annual export of over USD 5 million or integrated circuit enterprises with annual export of over 50 million dollars, which engage in high/new technology production and whose products have been listed in the Export Catalogue of High/new Technology Products of China compiled by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation and the General Administration of Customs, shall be subject to priority quick and convenient inspection and quarantine procedures on the prerequisite of effective supervision.

2.

Enterprises satisfying the standards stated above can apply for inspection with the local inspection and quarantine authority upon presenting the Exam and Approval Form of Recording For Large-sized High/new Technological Enterprises Subject to Quick and Convenient Customs Clearance Procedures after shipment of the imported goods and before their arrival at the port, or after the production of export goods and before their package, where the name, specification and quantity of the import, or export goods can be confirmed.

3.

The imported high/new technological goods with wooden package shall be quarantined collectively in the designated zone. Where the goods can be disassembled and transportation will not be affected, if necessary, the goods may be separated from their wooden package and be released, followed by disposal of the wooden package at a later stage.

4.

Personnel shall be sent, with priority, for process inspection and supervision over high/new technological export of large-sized enterprises and to assist the enterprises to establish quality guarantee system. Inspected items do not need to be examined again when the enterprises go through formal export procedure. Large-scale high-tech export can be examined and released directly without repeated check by the port authority upon presenting relevant documents issued and transmitted by the local authority after being inspected by the local authority.

5.

Goods in wooden package exported to the US, Canada, EU, Australia and Brazil shall be handled with priority and collectively quarantined by the inspection and quarantine authority upon application of the enterprises. Quarantine certificate shall be given with priority to the wooden package within the valid quarantine period.

And problem occurring in implementation shall be reported in time.