Regulations of the State Council on Exit and Entry Administration

Order No. 841 of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China

The Regulations of the State Council on Exit and Entry Administration were adopted at the 90th executive meeting of the State Council on June 29, 2026, and are hereby promulgated. They shall take effect on September 15, 2026.

Premier Li Qiang
July 22, 2026

Regulations of the State Council on Exit and Entry Administration

Article 1
These Regulations are formulated in accordance with laws including the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China in order to regulate exit and entry administration, protect the legitimate rights and interests of persons entering and leaving China, and safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests.

Article 2
The state shall establish and improve a system for preventing security risks related to Chinese citizens traveling abroad.

The competent departments of the State Council responsible for foreign affairs, culture and tourism, as well as overseas diplomatic missions, shall promptly issue public foreign security alerts and travel destination risk warnings based on security situations in relevant countries and regions, including wars or armed conflicts, public security conditions, natural disasters, accidents, and infectious disease outbreaks.

Chinese citizens shall pay attention to foreign security alerts and travel risk warnings, and should avoid traveling to or staying in countries or regions with high security risks.

When accepting and approving applications for Chinese citizens’ exit and entry documents and conducting border inspections, immigration authorities shall, based on notifications from relevant State Council departments, remind citizens planning to travel to high-risk countries or regions to exercise caution, closely monitor local security conditions, remain vigilant, strengthen precautions, and prioritize safety.

For citizens planning to travel to countries or regions with the highest risk ratings, or where serious threats to personal safety have occurred frequently, immigration authorities shall, when necessary, advise them against traveling.

Article 3
The reasons provided by persons applying for exit, entry, stay, or residence shall be truthful and lawful.

When verifying the identity and application reasons of persons entering or leaving China, immigration authorities and visa authorities may ask relevant questions and require applicants to provide documents, materials, electronic data, or other information. Applicants shall cooperate.

Organizations or individuals issuing invitation letters or other application materials for persons entering or leaving China shall be responsible for the authenticity of the invitation content and certification matters, and shall cooperate with immigration and visa authorities in verifying relevant information.

If persons entering or leaving China provide false materials or make false statements, immigration authorities and visa authorities have the right to refuse to issue exit-entry documents or deny permission for exit or entry.

Article 4
If a Chinese citizen receives administrative detention punishment for obtaining exit-entry documents through fraud or illegally crossing borders, immigration authorities may, based on the circumstances of the violation and the need to prevent crimes, decide to prohibit that person from leaving China for a period of 6 months to no more than 3 years after completion of the punishment.

If a Chinese citizen commits illegal or criminal activities overseas that harm national security or interests, the relevant State Council departments, or provincial-level people's governments where the person resides in China after verification by overseas diplomatic missions, may decide to prohibit the person from leaving China for 6 months to no more than 3 years from the date of returning to China.

If a Chinese citizen violates export control or technology import/export management regulations and may endanger national industrial security or technological security, relevant State Council departments, including the Ministry of Commerce, may decide to prohibit the person from leaving China.

Article 5
If foreigners provide false materials or make false statements when applying for Chinese visas overseas or applying for entry at ports of entry, immigration authorities and visa authorities may decide to prohibit them from entering China for 1 to 5 years.

If foreigners receive criminal punishment for disrupting national border management, or receive administrative punishment for fraudulently obtaining exit-entry documents or illegally crossing borders, immigration authorities may decide, based on the circumstances of the violation and the need to prevent crimes, to prohibit them from entering China for 1 to 5 years after completion of the punishment. Where laws provide otherwise, those provisions shall apply.

If foreigners are placed on countermeasure lists, unreliable entity lists, malicious entity lists, or are subject to countermeasures or restrictions, immigration and visa authorities shall implement measures such as refusing to issue exit-entry documents or denying entry in accordance with their responsibilities.

Article 6
For persons who are legally prohibited from leaving China, the decision-making authority shall promptly notify immigration authorities to implement the decision and shall inform the individual in writing of the facts, reasons, legal basis, and available remedies.

If disclosure may affect national security or criminal investigations, the individual may not be informed.

When implementing a decision to prohibit exit, immigration authorities shall inform the individual according to the contents of the notification from the decision-making authority.

Article 7
The state shall implement a filing management system for agencies and personnel providing intermediary services related to exit-entry matters, including policy consultation, document applications, and procedures on behalf of applicants.

Agencies engaged in exit-entry intermediary services shall file records with local immigration authorities within 15 days after establishment.

Personnel engaged in such services shall complete filing procedures through their affiliated agencies.

Those already providing such services before these Regulations take effect shall complete filing procedures within 90 days after the Regulations take effect.

Specific filing management measures shall be formulated by the national immigration administration department together with relevant State Council departments, including market regulation authorities.

Article 8
Agencies providing exit-entry intermediary services shall meet the following conditions:

1. They are legally established;
2. Their legal representatives or responsible persons have not received criminal punishment for intentional crimes;
3. They have employees with professional knowledge of exit-entry laws, regulations, and policies, as well as sufficient funds and premises suitable for their business activities;
4. Employees directly providing services to applicants have not received criminal punishment for intentional crimes involving national security, public safety, or border management violations;
5. They have sound management systems, including personnel management, training, document preservation, data security, and compliance management.

Agencies providing outbound intermediary services must also have established cooperation with overseas service organizations or signed valid cooperation agreements.

Overseas enterprises and organizations are prohibited from providing exit-entry intermediary services within China.

Article 9
Immigration authorities shall work together with foreign affairs, education, judicial administration, human resources and social security, commerce, culture and tourism, market regulation, and other relevant authorities to establish and improve supervision systems.

They shall strengthen supervision over whether intermediary service agencies meet requirements and over their business activities, and shall publish relevant illegal records and negative records in accordance with the law.
Relevant authorities and their personnel shall keep confidential state secrets, work secrets, commercial secrets, personal privacy, and personal information obtained while performing their duties.

Article 10
Exit-entry intermediary service agencies shall not:

1. Publish false information or attract customers through exaggerated or misleading advertising;
2. Provide or assist in providing false materials, or assist others in illegally obtaining visas, residence permits, passports, or other exit-entry documents;
3. Leak, sell, or illegally provide commercial secrets, personal privacy, or personal information obtained during service activities;
4. Conduct exit-entry intermediary services beyond their registered scope;
5. Organize or assist others in cross-border illegal or criminal activities;
6. Engage in other activities that endanger national security, interests, or disrupt exit-entry management order.

If government officials, military personnel, or others entrust intermediary agencies to illegally process foreign nationality applications, overseas permanent residence status, foreign residence documents, or other exit-entry documents, such agencies shall refuse to handle the applications and shall promptly report them to supervisory authorities.

Article 11
Those who obtain visas, residence permits, passports, or other exit-entry documents through fraud, including providing false materials or making false statements, shall be punished by immigration authorities in accordance with the Exit and Entry Administration Law of China and the Passport Law of China.

Individuals who provide false invitation letters or other application materials for others applying for exit, entry, stay, or residence shall be fined 5,000 to 10,000 yuan. Illegal gains shall be confiscated.

Organizations committing such violations shall be fined 10,000 to 50,000 yuan, with illegal gains confiscated. Directly responsible persons shall be fined 5,000 to 10,000 yuan.

Article 12
Exit-entry intermediary agencies violating Articles 7 and 8 shall be ordered by immigration authorities to correct violations within a specified period.

Those refusing correction shall face:

• A fine of 5,000 to 10,000 yuan;
• Notification to relevant authorities to suspend related business or require rectification.

Serious cases may result in:

• A fine of 10,000 to 50,000 yuan;
• Cancellation of relevant business licenses or business licenses.

Individuals illegally engaging in exit-entry intermediary services shall be ordered to stop, and illegal gains shall be confiscated. Serious cases may receive additional fines of up to 5,000 yuan.

Article 13
If intermediary agencies violate Article 10 and disrupt exit-entry management order:

• Illegal gains shall be confiscated;
• If illegal gains exceed 20,000 yuan, a fine of 1–5 times the illegal gains may be imposed;
• If there are no illegal gains or gains are below 20,000 yuan, a fine of 20,000–50,000 yuan may be imposed.

Serious violations may lead to suspension of business, business rectification, cancellation of licenses, or revocation of business licenses.

Responsible managers and personnel may be fined 10,000–50,000 yuan.

Article 14
Administrative penalties exceeding 5,000 yuan or involving confiscation of illegal gains imposed by local public security exit-entry departments at county level or above shall be decided by the public security organs to which they belong.

Article 15
Relevant State Council departments shall strengthen cooperation in:

• Protecting the legitimate rights and interests of people entering and leaving China;
• Preventing security risks for Chinese citizens traveling abroad;
• Managing exit-entry intermediary services.

Article 16
Immigration authorities shall maintain channels for reporting violations of exit-entry administration rules and handle reports promptly according to law.

Reports outside their jurisdiction shall be transferred to relevant authorities.

Article 17
Violations of these Regulations that constitute crimes shall be investigated for criminal liability according to law.

Article 18
For the purposes of these Regulations:

Immigration authorities refer to the national immigration administration department, exit-entry border inspection authorities, and exit-entry administration departments of public security organs at county level or above.

Visa authorities refer to overseas visa authorities and port visa authorities.

Article 19
These Regulations shall take effect on September 15, 2026.

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