Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and Ministry of Science and Technology, Administration of Technology Prohibited or Restricted from Export Measures

Promulgated: December 30 2001
Effective: January 1 2002

Main contents: The Measures state that technology listed under the prohibition category or the restriction category of the Technology Prohibited or Restricted from Export by China Catalogue is prohibited or restricted from export (Articles 2 & 3). Export of technology restricted from export is subject to trade and technology examinations (Article 6). Trade examination mainly checks whether the export of technology complies with the State's foreign trade policy, industrial export policy and obligations promised by the State to other countries or places (Article 7). Technology examination concerns such matters as whether the export poses a threat to State security, whether it complies with State technology development policy and whether technology to be exported is mature and reliable and has passed relevant assessment (Article 8).
Related legislation: PRC, Foreign Trade Law (Revised), Apr 6 2004, CLP 2004 No.4 p34; PRC, Import and Export of Technology Regulations and Technology Prohibited or Restricted from Export by China Catalogue