Article 16  The State may restrict or prohibit the import or export of relevant goods and technologies for the following reasons that:
(1) the import or export needs to be restricted or prohibited in order to safeguard the state security, public interests or public morals,
(2) the import or export needs to be restricted or prohibited in order to protect the human health or security, the animals and plants life or health or the environment,
(3) the import or export needs to be restricted or prohibited in order to implement the measures relating to the importations and exportations of gold or silver,
(4) the export needs to be restricted or prohibited in the case of domestic shortage in supply or the effective protection of exhaustible natural resources,
(5) the export needs to be restricted in the case of the limited market capacity of the importing country or region,
(6) the export needs to be restricted in the case of the occurrence of serious confusion in the export operation order,
(7) the import needs to be restricted in order to establish or accelerate the establishment of a particular domestic industry,
(8) the restriction on the import of agricultural, animal husbandry or fishery products in any form is necessary,
(9) the import needs to be restricted in order to maintain the State's international financial status and the balance of international payment,
(10) the import or export needs to be restricted or prohibited as laws and administrative regulations so provide, or
(11) the import or export needs to be restricted or prohibited as the international treaties or agreements to which the state is a contracting party or a participating party so require.

Article 17  The State may, in the case of the import or export of the goods and technologies relating to fissionable and fissionable materials or the materials form which they are derived as well as the import or export relating to arms, ammunition and implements for war, take any measures as necessary to safeguard the state security. The State may, in the time of war or for the protection of international peace and security, take any measures as necessary in respect of import or export of goods and technologies.

Article 18  The authority responsible for foreign trade under the State Council in conjunction with other relevant authorities under the State Council shall, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 16 and 17 in this Law, establish, adjust and publish the list of goods and technologies of which the import or export is subject to restrictions or prohibitions. The authority responsible for foreign trade under the State Council independently or in conjunction with other relevant authorities under the State Council may, with the approval from the State Council, decide, on a temporary basis, to impose restrictions or prohibitions on the import or export of goods and technologies not included in the list provided in the above paragraph within the meaning of Article 16 and Article 17 in this Law.

Article 19  Goods subject to import or export restriction shall be subject to quota and/or licensing control; technologies whose import or export is restricted shall be subject to licensing control. Import or export of any goods and technologies subject to quota and/or licensing control will be effected only with the approval of the authorities responsible for foreign trade under the State Council or the joint approval of the foregoing authorities and other relevant authorities under the State Council in compliance with the provisions of the State Council. Certain imported goods may be subject to tariff rate quota control.

Article 20  Quotas and tariff rate quotas of the imported and exported goods shall be distributed on the principles of transparency, equity, impartiality and efficiency by the authority responsible for foreign trade under the State Council or the relevant authorities under the State Council within their respective responsibilities. Specific measures for the distribution shall be laid down by the State Council.

Article 21  The state shall implement the commodity assessment system in a uniform manner and in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations carry out certification, inspection or quarantine in respect of imported and exported commodities.

Article 22  The state shall implement origin management in respect of the imported and exported goods. Specific measures therefore shall be laid down by the State Council.

Article 23  Where the import or export of cultural relics, wildlife animals, plants and the products thereof are prohibited or restricted by other laws or administrative regulations, the provisions of relevant laws and regulations shall be observed.

Chapter 4  International Trade in Services

Article 24  In respect of international trade in services, the People's Republic of China shall, in accordance with the commitments made in international treaties or agreements to which the People's Republic of China is a contracting party or a participating party, grant the other contracting parties or participating parties market access and national treatment.

Article 25  The authority responsible for foreign trade under the State Council in conjunction with other relevant authorities under the State Council shall, pursuant to provisions of this Law and other laws and administrative regulations, administer the international trade in services.

Article 26  The State may impose restrictions and prohibitions on the international trade in services for the reasons that:
(1) restrictions or prohibitions are needed to safeguard the state security, public interests or public morals,
(2) restrictions or prohibitions are needed to protect the human health or security, the animals and plants life or health or the environment,
(3) restrictions are needed to establish or accelerate the establishment of a particular domestic service industry,
(4) restrictions are needed to maintain the balance of international payment of the state,
(5) restrictions or prohibitions are needed as laws and administrative regulations so provide, or
(6) restrictions or prohibitions are needed as the international treaties or agreements to which the state is a contracting party or a participating party so require.

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