This is a translation of China’s catalog of prohibited and restricted exports, as revised in December 2023. This catalog, along with China’s two dual-use export control lists, is one of three major documents that list China’s export-controlled items and technologies. The catalog of prohibited and restricted exports has two parts: technologies that may not be exported from China under any circumstances, and a much longer list of technologies whose export is subject to unspecified “restrictions.” The catalog does not mention how the export eligibility review process works for this latter category; this process is the subject of other Chinese laws and regulations.

An archived version of the Chinese source text is available online at:    https://perma.cc/B5Z7-JH2T

Chinese Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export

I.     Reference Principles for Technologies Prohibited from Export

(i)         Where export is prohibited to safeguard national security, the public interest, or public morality;

(ii)       Where it is necessary to prohibit export to protect human health or safety, protect animal or plant life or health, or protect the environment;

(iii)      Other cases where it is necessary to prohibit export in accordance with laws and administrative regulations;

(iv)     Other cases where it is necessary to prohibit export pursuant to the provisions of international treaties and agreements concluded by China or to which it is a party.

II.    Reference Principles for Technologies Restricted from Export

(i)         Where it is necessary to restrict export to safeguard national security, the public interest, or public morality;

(ii)       Where it is necessary to restrict export to protect human health or safety, protect animal or plant life or health, or protect the environment;

(iii)      Other cases where it is necessary to restrict export in accordance with laws and administrative regulations;

(iv)     (Other cases where it is necessary to restrict export pursuant to the provisions of international treaties and agreements concluded by China or to which it is a party.

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