1、LAWOFTHEPEOPLE’SREPUBLICOFCHINAONCONTROLOFTHEENTRY ANDEXITOFALIENS ImportantNotice:This English document is coming from "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OFTHEPEOPLE’SREPUBLICOF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS"(1991.7)which is compiled
2、 by the Bureau of LegislativeAffairsoftheStateCouncilof the People’sRepublicofChina,andispublishedbytheChinaLegalSystemPublishingHouse.Incaseofdiscrepancy,theoriginalversioninChineseshallprevail. WholeDocumentLAWOFTHEPEOPLE’SREPUBLICOFCHINAONCO
3、NTROLOFTHEENTRY ANDEXITOFALIENS(Adoptedatthe13thMeetingof the Standing Committee of theSixthNationalPeople’sCongress,promulgated by Order No. 31 of thePresidentofthePeople’sRepublicofChina on November 22, 1985, andeffectiveasofFebruary1,1986)
5、ovisionsArticle1ThisLawisformulatedwithaviewtosafeguardingthesovereigntyof thePeople’sRepublicofChina,maintainingitssecurityandpublicorder andfacilitatinginternationalexchange.ThisLawisapplicabletoaliens entering, leaving and transiting theterritoryoft
6、hePeople’sRepublicofChina and to those residing andtravellinginChina.Article2Aliensmustobtainthepermissionof the competent authorities of theChineseGovernmentinordertoenter,transitorresideinChina.Article3Forentry,exitandtransit,aliensmustpassthroughp
7、ortsopentoaliensorotherdesignatedports and must be subject to inspection by thefrontierinspectionoffices. Forentry,exitand transit, foreign-ownedmeansoftransportmust pass through ports open to aliens or otherdesignatedportsandmustbesubjectt
8、oinspectionandsupervisionby thefrontierinspectionoffices.Article4TheChineseGovernmentshallprotectthelawfulrights and interests ofaliensonChineseterritory.Freedomofthepersonofaliensisi