Below, we have listed some categories of items and services prohibited by laws and regulations of China, prohibited from importation and exportation by China Customs, or considered improper by Alipay. However, this list is not exhaustive:

Prohibited Items

    * Drugs and drug-related raw materials;
    * Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, radioactivity drugs, toxic drugs for medical treatment, medicine for drug rehabilitation, and pharmaceutical preparation by medical institution;
    * Espionage equipment or devices such as those for eavesdropping or secret photographing;
    * Pornographic materials and sexual services;
    * Any publication, document or information with content of reactionism, pornography, race or religious discrimination and other content prohibited by law;
    * Any form of firearms, ammunition and other related items, such as firearms, imitation firearms (such as replica gun ), bullets(or cannonball), silencers, gun powders, guns with narcotic injection, as well as related products such as brochures, packages, etc.;
    * Knives, such as daggers, three square knives (including three square scrapers for machine processing), flick knives with a self-locking device (jump knives), as well as other similar single-blade, double-edged and three square knives;
    * Other weapons, such as crossbows, steel and lead shots, etc ;
    * Hazardous materials, such as explosives, radioactive materials, flammable gases, liquids and solids, and toxic substances;
    * Any item that might be used to endanger others, infringe others' interest or for illegal purpose, such as picklock, anti speed radar detector, anti photo radar equipment, stun guns, etc.;
    * Police-related and military items and equipment, such as surveillance and bugging devices, police uniforms and badges, handcuffs, police vehicle lighting and sirens, police-related equipment;
    * Gambling machines, such as slot machines, perspective mahjong and poker, etc;
    * Refurbished mobile phones, laptops and computers;
    * Satellite and cable TV scrambler, such as Smart Card Programmers, Smart Cards, Descramblers, and Hardware or Software DSS Emulators;
    * Gold, silver and other precious metals (not including jewelry);
    * Financial products and financial instruments including inheritance of property, money transfers, issuing bank guarantees and letters of credit, credit cards, debit cards, bills, loans, fundraising and funding for personal investment purposes, stocks, funds, bonds, or other securities etc.;
    * Any form of invoices, lotteries;
    * Currency, not including trading of invalidated currency or currency that is not in circulation, for collection purpose;
    * Textile quota;
    * Crude oil;
    * Wild fauna, protected animals of China, living organism, internal organs, body parts, skins, hides, specimens and other manufactures of endangered animal, especially ivory and sea turtle products; rare wild flora and its manufactures protected by any laws or regulations; endangered species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
    * Prescription veterinary products and drugs, such as Sentinel, Revolution, Heartgard, Interceptor, etc.;
    * Any item that may infringe others' intellectual property, such as counterfeit of famous brand, products violating others' copyright or patent;
    * Human parts and remains, not including hairpiece;
    * Any item containing the image, name, or signature of another person;
    * Bulk email or mailing lists that contain personally identifiable information including names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses; any software or tools which are designed or used to send unsolicited commercial email;
    * Any item illicitly acquired , such as from smuggling, theft or rubbery;
    * Any form of government documents ,such as identification card, personal files, permits, letters of recommendation, any kind of certificate of degree, etc.;
    * Any forgery and distortion such as false documents, bills, currency, coins, licenses and permits;
    * Products that apply provisions of Chinese laws and regulations about permit administration but cannot provide related permit;
    * Any item under certain compulsory quality or security standard or rule of Chinese laws and regulations fail to accord with such standard or rule;
    * Any item prohibited by any laws and regulations, or considered improper by Alipay according to social moralities and conventions, such as second-hand underwear, etc.

Restricted Items

    * Cigarettes and other tobacco products;
    * Medicine, medical devices and equipment, not including prohibited items;
    * Adult erotica products;
    * Devices and equipment which can be operated exclusively with related qualification or permission from the government, such as radio transmitter, dish satellite antenna, etc.

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