Leaving China - Guide for foreign experts working in China

Foreign experts with valid passports or other certificates can leave China within the valid period of their visas or residence permits.
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If the ticket home is to be paid by the inviting unit according to contract, it will buy or help to buy that of the shortest and most direct route.m7Kq m2K`l;\k*k
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(2) "Lift-over" belongings %\'x%Cq:h8@ FL&H[
Any duty free items, in special customs status categories or items that the baggage declaration form states must be taken out of the country, which experts do not wish to take back with them, are normally not allowed to be sold or donated to individuals or units without prior permission form the Customs office. Items should usually be sold at appointed stores or at the local foreign goods purchasing departments, and duties for special items should be repaid according to the Customs law. All receipts for such transactions must be kept and produced for inspection at Custom in departure. Customs approval has to be given if experts wish to present duty-free items to their work units in China.
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All items taken out of the country are required to be inspected at Customs, and the baggage declaration form produced, along with receipts or Customs permits for goods that have been sold or presented to some Chinese work units.8ZNN-a J
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(4) Returning credentials issued in China
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The Chinese are very friendly people. To show their gratitude and friendship to the experts, their Chinese colleagues and leaders of the work units are likely to hold a number of farewell receptions before their departure. Their friends from other countries may also call upon the experts to say goodbye. Experts leaving China should take all these things into consideration when they are scheduling their last few days in China. )WF1X-r.TC
Foreign experts' work units should be cooperative in helping them complete the above procedures.