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The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress
Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China
No.32
The Railway Law of the People’s Republic of China which has been adopted at the 15th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh
National People’s Congress on September 7, 1990 is now promulgated and shall enter into force as of May 1, 1991.
President of the People’s Republic of China Yang Shangkun
September 7, 1990
Railway Law of the People’s Republic of China ContentsChapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Railway Transport Business
Chapter III Railway Construction
Chapter IV Safety and Protection of Railway
Chapter V Legal Responsibility
Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1
This Law is formulated for the purpose of ensuring smooth progress of railway transport and railway construction in order to meet
the demands of socialist modernization and people’s livelihood.
Article 2
Railways as referred to in this Law include State railways, local railways, industrial railways and railway private sidings.
State railways refer to the railways administered by the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council.
Local railways refer to the railways administered by local people’s governments.
Industrial railways refer to the railways administered by enterprises or other units to provide in-house transport services.
Railway private sidings refer to the branch railway lines which are administered by enterprises or other units and are connected to
a State railway line or any other railway line.
Article 3
The competent department in charge of railways under the State Council shall be responsible for railway affairs throughout the country,
implement over the State railway network a transport control system which is highly centralized and under unified command, and shall
provide guidance for, coordination among, supervision over and assistance to local railways, industrial railways and railway private
sidings.
A State railway transport enterprise shall perform the administrative functions as authorized by relevant laws and administrative
rules and regulations.
Article 4
The State shall focus its effort on the development of State railways and provide substantial aid and support to the development of
local railways.
Article 5
A railway transport enterprise must adhere to the socialist orientation in operation and management, pursue the aim of serving the
people, improve operation and management, better the work style, and enhance the transport service quality.
Article 6
Citizens shall have the obligation to take good care of railway installations. Damage to railway installations and disruption of normal
railway traffic shall be prohibited.
Article 7
Local people’s governments at various levels along the railway lines shall assist the railway transport enterprises in ensuring safe
and uninterrupted railway traffic, good social order at stations and on trains, intactness of railway installations, and smooth progress
of railway construction.
Article 8
Regulations governing the technical operations of State railways shall be formulated by the competent department in charge of railways
under the State Council, while rules governing the local railways and industrial railways shall be drawn up with reference to the
regulations governing the technical operations of State railways.
Article 9
The State shall encourage scientific and technological research on railways in order to heighten their scientific and technical level.
Any unit or individual that has achieved outstanding results in such research shall be awarded.
Chapter II Railway Transport Business
Article 10
All railway transport enterprises shall guarantee safe transport of passengers and goods and punctual train arrivals.
Article 11
A railway transport contract shall be an agreement in which the mutual rights and obligations between the railway transport enterprise
and the passenger(s) or shipper(s) are defined.
A passenger ticket, a luggage, parcel or goods consignment note shall represent a contract or a constituent part of a contract.
Article 12
A railway transport enterprise shall ensure the passenger of riding on a train of the number and on the date stated on the passenger’s
ticket, and of arriving at the destination stated on the same ticket. In case of the passenger being unable to ride on the train
of the number and on the date stated on the passenger’s ticket owing to the liability of the railway transport enterprise, the said
enterprise shall, as requested by the passenger, refund the total sum of the ticket fare or make arrangements for the passenger to
ride on another train to the same destination.
Article 13
A railway transport enterprise shall take effective measures to serve the passengers well in a courteous, attentive, warm and cultured
manner, keep the station premises and passenger cars clean and sanitary, provide boiled drinking water and good catering services
on the train.
A railway transport enterprise shall take measures to protect the environment along railway lines from pollution.
Article 14
Any passenger boarding a train shall hold a valid passenger ticket. Any passenger riding on a train without a ticket or with an invalid
ticket shall pay the ticket fare on the train plus such additional charges as specified in relevant railway regulations; the railway
transport enterprise may order any passenger who refuses to do so to leave the train.
Article 15
The State railways and local railways shall plan the goods transport on the principle of promoting production and invigorating circulation.
Priority in transport shall be given to materials for emergency rescue or disaster relief and other goods and materials that warrant
such priority according to relevant regulations of the State.
Where goods and materials to be carried by local railways need to be carried by State railways, the transport plan therefore shall
be incorporated in the transport plan of State railways.
Article 16
A railway transport enterprise shall carry the goods, parcels and luggage to their destinations in observance of the time limit stipulated
in the contract or within the time limit prescribed by the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council. For
any overdue goods, parcel, or luggage, the railway transport enterprise shall be liable to indemnity for breach of contract.
In case a railway transport enterprise fails to deliver the goods, parcels or luggage to their consignee or owner passenger after
thirty days in excess of the time limit, the shipper, consignee or passenger concerned shall be enpost_titled to claim compensation for
loss from the railway transport enterprise.
Article 17
A railway transport enterprise shall be liable to pay compensation for loss, short-delivery, deterioration, contamination, or damage
that might have occurred to the shipped goods, parcels or luggage as of the moment the railway transport enterprise undertakes the
conveyance until the moment of their delivery.
(1)
Any shipper or passenger who has voluntarily applied for insured transport of valued articles shall be enpost_titled to an indemnity on
a par with the actual loss but not exceeding the insured value.
(2)
Indemnity for goods conveyed not in the manner of insured transport of valued articles shall be on a par with the actual loss but
not exceeding the liability limit laid down by the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council. If the loss
is caused by deliberate action or grave fault on the part of the railway transport enterprise, the above-stated liability limit shall
not apply but the indemnity shall be made in conformity with the actual loss.
Any shipper or passenger may, on voluntary basis, buy insurance policy for transport of goods at an insurance agency and the insurance
agency shall be liable for indemnity in conformity with the agreement as stated in the insurance contract.
Any shipper or passenger may, on voluntary basis, enter into insured transport of valued goods or buy insurance policy for transport
of goods, or may do without. No shipper or passenger shall be compelled in any manner to enter into insured transport or buy transport
insurance policy.
Article 18
A railway transport enterprise shall not be liable to indemnity for any loss, in relation to goods, parcels or luggage, caused by
the following reasons:
(1)
Force majeure.
(2)
Natural property of the goods or articles contained in the parcel or luggage, or natural wear and tear.
(3)
Fault on the part of the shipper, consignee or passenger concerned.
Article 19
Any shipper shall truthfully fill in the goods consignment note, and the railway transport enterprise shall be authorized to check
the description, weight and quantity of the goods and parcels as written on the note. Upon check-up, if the reported disagrees with
the real contents, the shipper shall pay for the check-up expenses; if the reported agrees with the real contents, the check-up expenses
shall be borne by the railway transport enterprise, and any damage incurred from the check-up with the contents of the goods or parcels
as a result of the check shall be compensated for by the same enterprise.
Any deficiency in payment of transport charges and other fees as a result of untrue declaration of the goods shipped shall be made
up by the shipper concerned, and the railway transport enterprise shall, according to the relevant regulations of the competent department
in charge of railways under the State Council, collect from the shipper extra transport charges and other fees.
Article 20
Goods consigned for shipment that need packing shall be packed by the shipper in conformity with the national standards for packing
or the trade standards for packing; where both these standards are lacking, the shipper shall pack the goods properly so that the
goods would not suffer any damage due to improper packing.
A railway transport enterprise shall, with regard to the perishable goods and living animals the shipment of which it has undertaken,
in accordance with the relevant regulations of the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council and the contracted
agreement.
Article 21
Upon the arrival of shipped goods, parcels or luggage, the relevant consignee or passenger shall claim them in time in observance
of the time limit set by the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council and at the same time pay any transport
charges and other fees that the shipper has not paid or underpaid; if such time limit is exceeded, the consignee or passenger shall
pay due charges for storage in accordance with relevant regulation.
Article 22
Any shipped goods that are not claimed for thirty days as of the date of issuing the notice of claim for the shipped goods, or that
the consignee has informed the railway transport enterprise in writing of refusing to accept shall be sold off by the railway transport
enterprise on condition that the enterprise has served the shipper a notice about such and received no acknowledgement for thirty
days as of the date of receipt of the notice. The amount of money obtained from the selling, if there is any left after deduction
of storage charges and other deductible fees, shall be refunded to the shipper, or turned over to the state treasury provided it
is not refundable nor claimed by the shipper within one hundred and eighty days as of the date of disposal.
Any parcel not claimed for ninety days as of the date of issuing the notice of claim for such goods by the railway transport enterprise
concerned and any luggage not claimed for ninety days as of its arrival at destination may be disposed of by the said enterprise
provided that the latter has issued a public announcement thereupon and received no claim for the said parcel or luggage ninety days
after the issuance. The amount of money obtained from the selling, if there is any left after deduction of storage charges and other
deductible fees, may be recovered by the shipper, consignee or passenger concerned within one hundred and eighty days as of the date
of the selling, or shall be turned over to the state treasury if no claim for recovery is received within the same time limit.
Dangerous goods and articles the transport of which is restricted according to relevant regulations shall be handed over to the public
security authority or department concerned for disposition and shall not be sold off by the railway transport enterprise itself.
For articles which are not suitable for storage over a long period of time, the deadline for their disposal may be shortened in accordance
with relevant provisions set down by the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council.
Article 23
Passengers, shippers or consignees who are held responsible for any loss of property of a railway transport enterprise shall be liable
to compensation for the loss.
Article 24
The State shall encourage industrial railways to take up also public passenger and goods transport services on a commercial basis;
the State shall promote shared use of railway private sidings by related units on the basis of agreed terms.
Any industrial railway which will take up also public passenger or goods (or both) transport services on commercial basis shall report
such to and obtain approval from the people’s government of the relevant province, autonomous region or municipality directly under
the Central Government.
To any industrial railway undertaking commercial public passenger or goods transport, the provisions governing railway transport enterprises
stipulated in this Law shall apply.
Article 25
Passenger fares and tariffs for goods, parcels and luggage shall be worked out by the competent department in charge of railways under
the State Council and submitted by the latter to the State Council for approval. The items and rates of miscellaneous charges for
passenger and goods transport on State railways shall be laid down by the competent department in charge of railways under the State
Council. Tariffs applicable to specified operating lines, specified goods and provisional operating lines of the State railways shall
be worked out by the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council by agreement with the competent department
in charge of prices under the State Council.
Passenger fares, goods tariffs and the items and rates of miscellaneous charges for passenger and goods transport on local railways
shall be laid down by the competent department in charge of prices under the people’s government of the relevant province, autonomous
region or municipality directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the agency authorized by the competent department
in charge of railways under the State Council.
Passenger fares, goods tariffs and the items and rates of miscellaneous charges for passenger and goods transport on industrial railways
which also run public passenger and goods transport on a commercial basis, and the rates of charges for sharing the use of railway
private sidings, shall be laid down by the competent department in charge of prices under the people’s government of the relevant
province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government.
Article 26
Passenger fares, tariffs for goods, parcels and luggage, and the items and rates of miscellaneous charges for passenger and goods
transport, must be announced by public notice; the same shall not go into effect before being so announced.
Article 27
Counterfeiting or alterations of tickets or other certificates which are printed and used in relation to passenger and goods transport
by State railways, local railways and industrial railways shall be prohibited.
Reselling of passenger tickets or other railway transport certificates for profit shall be prohibited.
Article 28
Relevant regulations of the State concerning articles the transport of which is prohibited or restricted must be observed in consigning
shipment and carrying goods, parcels or luggage.
Article 29
Domestic through transport of passenger and goods between railway transport enterprises and highway, air or waterway transport enterprises
must be handled in accordance with relevant provisions laid down by the State, or in the absence of such provisions, in accordance
with the agreement reached by all parties concerned.
Article 30
Participation of State or local railways in international through transport must obtain approval from the State Council.
Article 31
Military transport on railways shall be handled in accordance with relevant provisions laid down by the State.
Article 32
In the event of dispute over a railway transport contract, the railway transport enterprise and the involved shipper, consignee or
passenger may settle the dispute by way of mediation; or if a party does not wish to settle the dispute by mediation or the mediation
proves unsuccessful, the railway transport enterprise and the involved shipper, consignee or passenger may, in accordance with relevant
provisions on arbitration included in the contract or with the written agreement on arbitration reached afterwards, apply for arbitration
to an arbitration agency designated by the State.
Where a party does not perform the award of the arbitration agency within the prescribed time limit, the other party may apply to
a people’s court for compulsory execution.
Where no provision on arbitration is made in the contract and no written agreement on arbitration has been reached afterwards, either
of the parties may bring a suit in a people’s court.
Chapter III Railway Construction
Article 33
Planning for the expansion of railway network shall be based on the demands of national economy, social development and the building
up of national defence and shall be coordinated with the development plans of other modes of transport.
Article 34
The construction plan of local railways, industrial railways or railway private sidings must conform to the national railway development
plan and must obtain approval from the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council or an agency authorized
by this department.
Article 35
The planning of any railway track, station, junction area an other related facilities within a planned urban area of a city shall
be brought in line with the overall plan of this city.
The land-use plan for railway construction shall be incorporated in the relevant overall land-use plan. Land needed for future expansion
or construction of new railway lines shall be allotted by the people’s government at or above the county level in its overall land-use
plan.
Article 36
The use of land for railway construction shall be handled in accordance with provisions of relevant laws and administrative rules
and regulations.
The relevant local people’s government shall support railway construction and assist the railway transport enterprise to carry out
land requisition for railway construction, to dismantle or move any structures or inhabitants thereon and make due arrangements for
them.
Article 37
Any railway transport enterprise shall, having acquired the right to use any land for railway construction, use the land for the approved
purpose and shall not use the land for any other purposes without proper authorization; no other unit or individual may occupy or
seize the said land.
The department of land administration under the local people’s government at or above the county level shall order any unit or individual
that has occupied or seized the land appropriated for railway construction to stop doing so and to compensate the railway transport
enterprise concerned for the loss.
Article 38
The standard railway gauge shall be 1435mm. Standard gauge must be adopted in the construction of a new State railway.
For narrow-gauge railways, the gauge shall be 762mm or 1000mm.
Other technical requirements for new railways and reconstructed railways shall conform to relevant national standards or trade standards.
Article 39
A railway line, after its completion of construction, may, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the State for capital construction,
be put into operation only after it has been duly examined and accepted as satisfactory.
Article 40
At the crossing point of a railway and a highway, priority shall be given to the installation of a grade separation structure; at
a crossing where a grade separation structure is not installed, a level crossing or a pedestrian cross-walk may be laid in conformity
with relevant provisions of the State. The setting up of a level crossing or a pedestrian cross-walk within a planned urban area
shall be decided by the railway transport enterprise, or the relevant enterprise owning the relating industrial railways or private
sidings, or any other relevant unit jointly with the department in charge of city planning.
The removal of an established level crossing or pedestrian cross-walk shall be decided by the railway transport enterprise, or the
relevant enterprise owning the relating industrial railway or private siding, or any other relevant unit by agreement with the local
people’s government.
Article 41
Any railway bridge to be built across a water course shall conform to the requirements for flood prevention, navigation and flow of
current as laid down by the State in relevant regulations.
Chapter IV Safety and Protection of Railways
Article 42
A railway transport enterprise must strengthen the control and protection of railways, regularly inspect and repair railway transport
facilities so as to ensure intactness of these facilities and guarantee safe conveyance of passengers and goods.
Article 43
The railway security organ and the local security authority shall jointly keep the public order along railway lines, in stations and
on trains, while dividing up the work in such a way that the public order in stations as well as on trains shall be under the charge
of the railway security organ, and the public order along railway lines shall be under the joint charge of the local security authority
and the railway security organ, with the local security authority in the main.
Article 44
The competent department in charge of electric power shall guarantee the power supply for railway traction and critical loads arising
in railway operation. The scope of power supply for critical loads arising in railway operation shall be defined by the competent
department in charge of railways under the State Council through consultation with the competent department in charge of electric
power under the State Council.
Article 45
Hill slopes beyond the right-of-way of and flanking the railway line shall be conditioned as key territories for water and soil conservation
by the relevant local people’s government. Slopes on top of railway tunnels shall be conditioned by the local people’s government
with due assistance of the relevant railway transport enterprise. Hill slopes within the railway line’s right-of-way shall be conditioned
by the railway transport enterprise.
Article 46
In case there is any such activity as building an uphill pond, a reservoir, or a dyke or dam; excavating a water course, a trunk channel
or other waterway; stone-quarrying; sand-fetching; or digging a well for water, which is carried out within a specific distance from
both sides of a railway line, bridge or culvert, and which might cause adverse effects on the stability of the railway subgrade or
endanger the railway bridge or culvert, the relevant local people’s government at or above the county level shall order such activities
to be ceased, and set a time limit for restoring the site to its original state or to take necessary safety and protection measures.
Unless the approval of the relevant railway transport enterprise is obtained and proper safety and protection measures are provided,
the erecting of power or communications lines over or across a railway line, the laying of buried cables or pipes along a railway
subgrade, and the digging of tunnels through or under a railway embarkment shall not be allowed.
Building of any structures or planting of any trees which might hinder a good watch from the driver’s cabin over the railway line
shall not be allowed at the inner side of a curve or at a place close to a level crossing or a pedestrian cross-walk. In case any
building, such as afore-mentioned, has been erected, the local people’s government at or above the county level shall order the builder
to remove the building, and if any tree, such as afore-mentioned, has been planted, the said government shall order the relevant
unit or individual to remove, trim or cut down the tree within a specified period of time.
Any unit or individual that violates the provisions stated in the preceding three paragraphs shall be liable to compensation for any
loss thereby suffered by the relevant railway transport enterprise.
Article 47
It shall be prohibited to install a level crossing or a pedestrian cross-walk without proper authorization.
Necessary signs and protective installations must be provided at level crossings or pedestrian cross-walks in conformity with relevant
regulations.
Pedestrians and vehicles must, when passing a railway level crossing or a pedestrian cross-walk, observe the relevant regulations
governing passage over crossings.
Article 48
Transport of dangerous goods must be handled in conformity with the regulations formulated by the competent department in charge of
railways under the State Council. It shall be forbidden to consign for shipment any dangerous article under the name of a non-dangerous
article.
Passengers shall be prohibited from carrying any dangerous article into a railway station or a train. Railway security personnel or
any such railway worker designated by the competent department in charge of railways under the State Council shall, for the safety
of transher have the right to inspect the article or articles carried by any passenger. Any railway worker when carrying out transport
safety inspection shall bear an on-duty identification sign.
A list of the descriptions of dangerous articles shall be specified and promulgated by the competent department in charge of railways
under the State Council.
Article 49
Any railway worker shall have the right to stop any person who is about to damage or destroy, or cause to move or shift, any railway
signalling installation or other facilities for traffic operation, and any person who is about to place obstacle(s) on the railway
track. The railway worker may catch such a person and hand him over to the public security authorities.
Article 50
It shall be forbidden for anybody to make a covert ride on a goods train, to climb up or hang on to a train in motion, or to hit or
strike a train. Any railway worker shall have the right to stop such a person.
Article 51
It shall be forbidden to walk, sit or lie on a railway track. Any railway worker shall have the right to stop such conduct.
Article 52
It shall be forbidden to graze livestock within twenty metres of either side of a railway track. Any railway worker shall have the
right to stop such conduct.
Article 53
Any railway worker shall have the right to stop persons who have gathered up to intercept a train, or to assault a railway traffic
control office. The responsible public security personnel on site shall have the right to order those persons who refuse to stop
such action to disperse; and if such a demand is refused, the responsible public security personnel on site shall, according to relevant
regulations established by the State, choose to force them to disperse by necessary means. Those who refuse to obey shall be taken
away from the site by force or detained.
Article 54
Any railway worker shall have the right to stop those persons who try to start a riot and rob goods and materials being transported
on railways and may seize them and hand them over to the public security authorities; the public security personnel on site may detain
them.
Article 55
Any railway worker shall have the right to stop any person who is picking quarrels and stirring up troubles on board a train causing
public disorder or jeopardizing the physical being or property of other passengers; the railway security personnel may detain such
person.
Article 56
If a certain kind of infectious disease which demands quarantine as stated in legal provisions is discovered in a railway station
or on board a passenger train, the railway sanitation and quarantine authority shall carry out the necessary quarantine process;
the local sanitation and quarantine authority shall render assistance to the former upon request.
The quarantine of goods in transport shall be carried out in accordance with relevant regulations of the State.
Article 57
In case of any railway traffic accident, the railway transport enterprise shall act in accordance with relevant provisions about the
investigation and handling of accidents stipulated by the State Council and its relevant competent department, and ensure the timely
restoration of normal traffic; no unit or individual shall hinder the re-opening of the railway track and train operation.
Article 58
A railway transport enterprise shall be liable to compensation for any personal injury or fatality due to traffic accident or other
operational accident. It shall hold no liability for compensation for any personal injury or fatality due to force majeure or due
to the fault of the aggrieved person oneself.
Personal injury or fatality resulting from passing the railway track at a level crossing or via a pedestrian cross-walk in violation
of relevant regulations or from walking, sitting or lying on the railway track shall be deemed injury or fatality caused by the fault
of the aggrieved person one-self.
Article 59
Major bridges and tunnels of State railways shall be guarded by the Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces.
Chapter V Legal Responsibility
Article 60
Any person who, in violation of relevant provisions of this Law, has carried any dangerous article into a railway station or on board
a train or has consigned for shipment any dangerous article under a name of a non-dangerous article thus causing a grave accident,
shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with Article 115 of the Criminal Law. Any enterprise, institution,
State organ, or public organization which commits the crime as specified in this Article shall be imposed a fine, and the person
in charge of any of the aforesaid unit and the person or persons immediately responsible for the offence shall be investigated for
criminal responsibility.
Any person who carries dynamite or detonator or who illegally carries firearms, bullets or controlled knives into a railway station
or on board a train shall be investigated for criminal responsibility with reference to Article 163 of the Criminal Law.
Article 61
Any person who intentionally damages or destroys or causes to move or shift any railway signalling installation, or places on the
railway track obstacle(s) that might lead to the overturning of a train without having caused serious consequences shall be investigated
for criminal responsibility in accordance with Article 108 of the Criminal Law; any person who acts in the aforesaid manner causing
serious consequences shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with Article 110 of the Criminal Law.
Article 62
Any person who steals spare
Customs Regulations of the PRC for the Supervision of Inbound and Outbound Trains and the Goods and Commodities Thereon
(Effective Date:1990.03.01–Ineffective Date:)
Article 1 In order to promote foreign economic and trade scientific, technological and cultural exchanges, and strengthen customs supervision
and management, these Regulations are made in keeping with the Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China, and the relevant regulations
governing railways, and in the light of the actual situation of railway transportation.
Article 2 The “inbound and outbound trains” in these Regulations refer to the locomotives, passenger trains, goods trains, mail trains, baggage
trains, electricity generating trains, guard’s trains, and track trains that pass through the Customs on the border.
The “goods and commodities” in these Regulations refer to the goods, baggage, packages, mail and other items carried on trains passing
through the Customs on the border.
The word “inter-customs transportation” in these Regulations refers to the fact that when goods and commodities have been transported
into the country they will be sent, under the supervision of the Customs, into another customs station for entry formalities, or
to the goods and commodities allowed through the Customs under the supervision of the Customs for which export formalities have been
complied with at the place of shipment, or to the goods and commodities that are transported from one customs station on another
in the country and that should be supervised by the Customs.
Article 3 Outbound or inbound trains must stay at departure or entry stations for customs supervision and examination.
Form the time an inbound train arrives at an entry station to the time when the Customs has finished its examination, or from the
time the Customs begins examining an outbound train to the time Customs allows it to pass through, it cannot move, be disintegrated
(except for wheel replacement for passenger cars), or leave the entry or departure station without permission.
Article 4 During the Custom’s examination of an inbound or outbound train, no personnel are allowed to board and alight it except for those
personnel from relevant port examination and quarantine departments or railway service personnel who carry out their duties.
Article 5 The goods, commodities and passengers carried on an inbound or outbound train should be supervised by the Customs. When goods and
commodities have been loaded or unloaded, the railway station should hand documents and business records to the Customs, which attest
to the actual situation.
If the Customs finds inbound or outbound goods or commodities to have been smuggled or if it suspects them to have been smuggled,
it can inform the railway station by letter to unload them at a place designated by the Customs or transfer the relevant cars to
a designated place for further handling.
Article 6 The goods and commodities under the supervision of the Customs should be supervised by the Customs whether they are stored in the
Customs supervision area or outside it.
The personnel sent by the Customs to a railway station, a warehouse of a freight supervision area, or a cargo transshipment area should
abide by relevant railway regulations and must produce their credentials when needed. All railway departments should play a supportive
role.
Article 7 When an inbound or outbound train leaves a departure or entry station, the railway station should notify in advance the Customs of
the departure time, number, and the place where the train stays at and leaves from.
For each inbound and outbound goods train, a railway station should hand to the Customs a list of the orderly grouping of trains and
a goods hand-over note.
Article 8 When the Customs finishes examining a train, it should immediately notify a departure or entry station. If it cannot finish the examination
during the stay of an inbound passenger train, it can continue the examination by sending its personnel onto the train, and the head
of the entry station must provide them round-trip tickets enabling them to come to a station nearest to the front station and provide
them working conditions.
Article 9 For the goods and commodities carried on an inbound or outbound train, the departure or entry railway station must hand the following
documents to the Customs:
(1) a goods delivery note, or a baggage or package hand-over note and supplementary documents.
(2) a goods hand-over note, or a baggage or package hand-over note.
(3) other relevant documents as required by the Customs.
Article 10 When proceeding with formalities for the import and export of goods, the recipient of imported goods (including packages) or the
sender of exported goods, or the agents should declare their goods by filling out goods declaration forms and handing in the following
as required:
(1) a goods delivery note (including package declaration) and supplementary documents;
(2) the license for imported or exported goods; and
(3) other documents as required by the Customs.
The owner of inbound reclaimed baggage and outbound checked baggage must complete relevant customs formalities.
Article 11 When the Customs is examining goods, the departure and entry railway station should send its personnel to break the seals in the
cars, open car doors, or remove the tarpaulin in accordance with customs requirements. The recipient or sender of the goods, or their
agents should remove, load, or unload goods, and open or re-pack them. When the Customs deems necessary, it can, at its discretion,
open them for examination or re-examination, or take samples. The Customs should produce evidence for the name and amount of each
item taken as a sample.
Article 12 For the goods and commodities that are returned by the Customs because they do not meet China’s entry control regulation, the railway
station should complete the formalities for their return upon production of a written notice of rejection issued by the Customs.
For those goods that are rejected as they contravene the international railway transportation regulation, the Customs must allow
the return upon production of the railway department’s record of rejection.
Article 13 Only after the Customs has stamped a seal on the goods delivery note, or baggage or package declaration, can the railway station
deliver or transport the relevant goods and commodities out of the country.
Article 14 Prior to the transportation of “inter-customs transportation” goods, the Customs should stamp a seal on the goods delivery note with
words Goods Under Customs Supervision after checking that the relevant documents, goods and commodities are correct. It then returns
the delivery note to the railway station together with the customs seal for their transportation. The customs seal must be handed
to the responsible person of a train by the railway station. It then will be sent together with a delivery note to the designated
place or to the customs of the departure station.
Article 15 For the goods under customs supervision, if there is any change in the station of arrival in the country or a station of departure
in the country, the railway station that arranges for the change should notify the customs of such a change. The designated station
or departure station that has been changed must be a customs station. The relevant railway station should hand the customs seal to
the responsible person of a train together with the delivery note to the designated place or the customs of the departure station
that has been changed. In case there is no customs house at the designated place, the applicant for the change will have to obtain
the consent of the customs near the designated delivery station before the entry station will proceed with the change.
Article 16 The goods carried by passengers that have gone through customs and approved by the customs at the station of arrival in the country
will be sealed by the Customs, and then the Customs seal will be handed to the responsible person of the train, which will then be
brought to the Customs at the place of arrival.
Article 17 The materials, spare parts, tools, wheel, and bogies for the repair of an inbound or outbound train will be exempted from customs
duties and product taxes (or value-added taxes) when they are confirmed to be used for the repair of an inbound or outbound car under
the supervision of the Customs.
For the materials used for sealing cars and tools for railway transportation (including tarpaulin), the railway station should declare
in good faith to the Customs, and the Customs will inspect them and let them pass tax-free.
Article 18 The goods for public use and the daily necessities for personal use within a reasonable amount carried by the personnel at the departure
and entry station and by stewards on trains (including food such as grain and vegetables), and the drink and food used by passengers
on an inbound and outboard train, will be inspected by the Customs and then allowed through tax-fee.
For the return of tarpaulin and empty containers, the recipient and sender or their agents should fill out the “tax-exemption certificate
for the returned of goods” for the tarpaulin and containers of recipients or senders. It then must be handed to Customs of the entry
or departure station in the country for signature and stamping before being returned to the railway station for the tax-free return
of these items.
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