III. ADMINISTRATION OF ENTRY & EXIT (4)  (309)

 III. ADMINISTRATION OF ENTRY & EXIT (5)  (321)

According to the "Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China", all people entering or leaving the country, their transportation tools, baggage, cargoes and postal parcels that could spread epidemic diseases should undergo quarantine in appointed areas. Except navigators, all other personnel should obtain permission from quarantine officers before they can disembark from their transportation, load or unload their cargo, luggage and postal parcels.

Passengers on ships and aviation transport that have to cast anchor or land in ports closed to aliens should not leave their transportation or load and unload cargo, luggage and postal parcels unless they obtain special permission from quarantine offices. Organizations and individuals who break the following regulations will be cautioned or fined:

(1) Those who evade quarantine or try to cover facts;

(2) Those who leave or board transportation, load or unload cargo, luggage and postal parcels without permission from quarantine officers.

Those who refuse to accept fines by the quarantine organizations should sue the    organization or the officers at the local People's Court within six days of receiving their penalty notice. Those who fail to sue within the period and refuse to be fined will have to pay the People's Court at the request of the quarantine offices.

Those who violate rules and endanger the public by spreading epidemic diseases will be punished according to the law.

III. ADMINISTRATION OF ENTRY & EXIT (6) (335)

Article 5 of the Provisions for the Monitoring and Control of AIDS approved by the State Council on December 26, 1987, and promulgated jointly by the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Education, the National Tourism Administration, the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs stipulates that: when applying for entry visa, any foreigner who plans to settle down in China or stay (or study) in China for one year or longer is required to produce the AIDS Serological Examination Certificate issued by a public hospital or by a private hospital notarized by the notary office in the country of origin and the certificate must be authenticated by the Chinese Embassy or consulate in the country. The certificate shall remain valid for six months as of the date of issue.

Among the foreign experts and workers working in China, except those who work in journalism or publication areas with working term of 1 year, most of them in the colleges work for 1 school year, but they used to travel or stay for some time in China after the expiration of the contract. However, the visa term is usually 1 year. Therefore, the invited foreign experts, the foreign workers and their family members shall present the health certificate including the AIDS Serological Examination.

III. ADMINISTRATION OF ENTRY & EXIT (7)   (369)

The host institution may acquire the Health Examination Record of Aliens and Notice on the Sanitation and Quarantine for Entry uniformly printed by the Ministry of Public Health from the local sanitation and quarantine authority and send them to the foreign experts and foreign workers before they come to China . Alternatively, the institution may notify the invited persons to acquire them from Chinese overseas diplomatic missions or consular offices. Whatever the way is, the host institution must remind the invite persons to perform the health examination as required. The hospital shall fill in the Health Examination Record of Aliens of the invited persons to the local sanitation and quarantine authority for notarization. The sanitation and quarantine authority is responsible for the grant of Validation Certificate of Health Examination Record of Aliens and the public security organ issues the residence permit to alien according to the Validation Certificate.

The Provisions for the Monitoring and Control  of AIDS points out that: foreign nationals who fail to undergo AIDS serological examination in their home countries for lack of necessary conditions, must go to a designated professional health organ for the examination within 20 days after entry.