The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress


LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON CONTROL OF THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF ALIENS

(Adopted at the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the
Sixth National People's Congress, promulgated by Order No. 31 of the
President of the People's Republic of China on November 22, 1985, and
effective as of February 1, 1986)

Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Entry into the Country
Chapter III Residence
Chapter IV Travel
Chapter V Exit from the Country
Chapter VI Administrative Organs
Chapter VII Penalties
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1
This Law is formulated with a view to safeguarding the sovereignty of the
People's Republic of China, maintaining its security and public order and
facilitating international exchange.
This Law is applicable to aliens entering, leaving and transiting the
territory of the People's Republic of China and to those residing and
travelling in China.
Article 2
Aliens must obtain the permission of the competent authorities of the
Chinese Government in order to enter, transit or reside in China.
Article 3
For entry, exit and transit, aliens must pass through ports open to aliens
or other designated ports and must be subject to inspection by the
frontier inspection offices. For entry, exit and transit, foreign-owned
means of transport must pass through ports open to aliens or other
designated ports and must be subject to inspection and supervision by the
frontier inspection offices.
Article 4
The Chinese Government shall protect the lawful rights and interests of
aliens on Chinese territory.
Freedom of the person of aliens is inviolable. No alien may be arrested
except with the approval or by decision of a people's procuratorate or by
decision of a people's court, and arrest must be made by a public security
organ or state security organ.
Article 5
Aliens in China must abide by Chinese laws and may not endanger the state
security of China, harm public interests or disrupt public order.

Chapter II Entry into the Country
Article 6
For entry into China, aliens shall apply for visas from Chinese diplomatic
missions, consular offices or other resident agencies abroad authorized by
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In specific situations aliens may, in
compliance with the provisions of the State Council, apply for visas to
visa-granting offices at ports designated by the competent authorities of
the Chinese Government.
The entry of nationals from countries having visa agreements with the
Chinese Government shall be handled in accordance with those agreements.
In cases where another country has special provisions for Chinese citizens
entering and transiting that country, the competent authorities of the
Chinese Government may adopt reciprocal measures contingent on the
circumstances.
Visas are not required for aliens in immediate transit on connected
international flights who hold passenger tickets and stay for no more than
24 hours in China entirely within airport boundaries. Anyone desiring to
leave the airport temporarily must obtain permission from the frontier
inspection office.
Article 7
When applying for various kinds of visas, aliens shall present valid
passports and, if necessary, provide pertinent evidence.
Article 8
Aliens who have been invited or hired to work in China shall, when
applying for visas, produce evidence of the invitation or employment.
Article 9
Aliens desiring to reside permanently in China shall, when applying for
visas, present status-of-residence identification forms. Applicants may
obtain such forms from public security organs at the place where they
intend to reside.
Article 10
The competent authorities of the Chinese Government shall issue
appropriate visas to aliens according to the purposes stated in their
entry applications.
Article 11
When an aircraft or a vessel navigating international routes arrives at a
Chinese port, the captain or his agent must submit a passenger name list
to the frontier inspection office; a foreign aircraft or vessel must also
provide a name list of its crew members.
Article 12
Aliens who are considered a possible threat to China's state security and
public order shall not be permitted to enter China.

Chapter III Residence
Article 13
For residence in China, aliens must possess identification papers or
residence certificates issued by the competent authorizes of the Chinese
Government. The term of validity of identification papers or residence
certificates shall be determined according to the purposes of entry.
Aliens residing in China shall submit their certificates to the local
public security organs for examination within the prescribed period of
time.
Article 14
Aliens who, in compliance with Chinese laws, find it necessary to
establish prolonged residence in China for the purpose of investing in
China or engaging in cooperative projects with Chinese enterprises or
institutions in the economic, scientific, technological and cultural
fields, or for other purposes, are eligible for prolonged or permanent
residence in China upon approval by the competent authorities of the
Chinese Government.
Article 15
Aliens who seek asylum for political reasons shall be permitted to reside
in China upon approval by the competent authorities of the Chinese
Government.
Article 16
Aliens who fail to abide by Chinese laws may have their period of stay in
China curtailed or their status of residence in China annulled by the
competent authorities of the Chinese Government.
Article 17
For a temporary overnight stay in China, aliens shall complete
registration procedures pursuant to the relevant provisions.
Article 18
Aliens holding residence certificates who wish to change their place of
residence in China must complete removal formalities pursuant to the
relevant provisions.
Article 19
Aliens who have not acquired residence certificates or who are on a study
programme in China may not seek employment in China without permission of
the competent authorities of the Chinese Government.

Chapter IV Travel
Article 20
Aliens who hold valid visas or residence certificates may travel to places
open to aliens as designated by the Chinese Government.
Article 21
Aliens desiring to travel to places closed to aliens must apply to local
public security organs for travel permits.

Chapter V Exit from the Country
Article 22
For exit from China, aliens shall present their valid passports or other
valid certificates.
Article 23
Aliens belonging to any of the following categories shall not be allowed
to leave China:
(1) defendants in criminal cases or criminal suspects confirmed by a
public security organ, a people's procuratorate or a people's court;
(2) persons who, as notified by a people's court, shall be denied exit
owing to involvement in unresolved civil cases; and
(3) persons who have committed other acts in violation of Chinese law who
have not been dealt with and against whom the competent authorities
consider it necessary to institute prosecution.
Article 24
Frontier inspection offices shall have the power to stop aliens belonging
to any of the following categories from leaving the country and to deal
with them according to law:
(1) holders of invalid exit certificates;
(2) holders of exit certificates other than their own; and
(3) holders of forged or altered exit certificates.

Chapter VI Administrative Organs
Article 25
China's diplomatic missions, consular offices and other resident agencies
abroad authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be the Chinese
Government's agencies abroad to handle aliens' applications for entry and
transit.
The Ministry of Public Security, its authorized local public security
organs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its authorized local foreign
affairs departments shall be the Chinese Government's agencies in China to
handle aliens' applications for entry, transit, residence and travel.
Article 26
The authorities handling aliens' applications for entry, transit,
residence and travel shall have the power to refuse to issue visas and
certificates or to cancel visas and certificates already issued or declare
them invalid.
The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may,
when necessary, alter decisions made by their respectively authorized
agencies.
Article 27
An alien who enters or resides in China illegally may be detained for
examination or be subjected to residential surveillance or deportation by
a public security organ at or above the county level.
Article 28
While performing their duties, foreign affairs police of the public
security organs at or above the county level shall have the power to
examine the passports and other certificates of aliens. When conducting
such examinations, the foreign affairs police shall produce their own
service certificates, and relevant organizations or individuals shall have
the duty to offer them assistance.

Chapter VII Penalties
Article 29
If a person, in violation of the provisions of this Law, enters or leaves
China illegally, establishes illegal residence or makes an illegal
stopover in China, travels to places closed to aliens without a valid
travel document, forges or alters an entry or exit certificate, uses
another person's certificate as his own or transfers his certificate, he
may be penalized by a public security organ at or above the county level
with a warning, a fine or detention for not more than ten days. If the
circumstances of the case are serious enough to constitute a crime,
criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the law.
If an alien subject to a fine or detention by a public security organ
refuses to accept the penalty, he may, within 15 days of receiving
notification, appeal to the public security organ at the next higher
level, which shall make the final decision; he may also directly file suit
in the local people's court.
Article 30
In cases where a person commits any of the acts stated in Article 29 of
this Law, if the circumstances are serious, the Ministry of Public
Security may impose a penalty by ordering him to leave the country within
a certain time or may expel him from the country.

Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 31
For the purposes of this Law the term "alien" means any person not holding
Chinese nationality according to the Nationality Law of the People's
Republic of China.
Article 32
Transistory entry into and exit from China by aliens who are nationals of
a country adjacent to China and who reside in areas bordering on China
shall be handled according to any relevant agreements between the two
countries or, in the absence of such agreements, according to the relevant
provisions of the Chinese Government.
Article 33
The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall,
pursuant to this Law, formulate rules for its implementation, which shall
go into effect after being submitted to and approved by the State Council.
Article 34
Affairs concerning members of foreign diplomatic missions and consular
offices in the People's Republic of China and other aliens who enjoy
diplomatic privileges and immunities, after their entry into China, shall
be administered in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State
Council and its competent departments.
Article 35
This Law shall go into effect on February 1, 1986.




Important Notice:
This English document is coming from "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.

吉林省吉林市人民政府


吉林市社会科学优秀成果奖励办法

（2013年1月17日吉林市第十五届人民政府第1次常务会议审议通过 2013年1月24日吉林市人民政府令第228号公布 自2013年3月1日起施行）




第一条 为奖励在社会科学研究领域中做出突出贡献的集体和个人，调动社会科学工作者的积极性和创造性，促进社会科学事业的繁荣和发展，更好地为经济和社会发展服务，根据《吉林省社会科学优秀成果奖励若干规定》，结合本市实际，制定本办法。

第二条 本市社会科学优秀成果奖的申报、评审、授予工作适用本办法。

第三条 吉林市社会科学优秀成果奖（以下简称优秀成果奖）为本市社会科学研究领域的最高奖励，每二年评审一次，每类分设一、二、三等奖，由市人民政府颁发。

第四条 市社会科学优秀成果奖评审委员会（以下简称评审委员会）负责优秀成果奖的评审工作，每届任期二年。

评审委员会的职责是：

（一）制定或者修订优秀成果奖评审工作实施细则；

（二）审批、选聘初审组和复审组成员，并指导、监督其工作；

（三）最终审定获奖的社会科学成果和奖励等级；

（四）决定优秀成果奖评审工作的其他事项。

评审委员会的日常工作由市社会科学界联合会负责。

市人力资源和社会保障、财政等部门，应当按照各自职责，共同做好优秀成果奖评审相关工作。

第五条 每届评审委员会由市社会科学界联合会会同有关部门协商提名组成，报市人民政府批准。

评审委员会成员主要由从事社会科学工作的专家、学者和本市有关部门的负责人组成，成员不少于15人。其中，具有正高级专业技术职称的人员不得少于三分之二。

第六条 凡获奖社会科学成果，必须坚持以马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论、“三个代表”重要思想和科学发展观为指导，坚持党的基本纲领和基本路线，理论联系实际，具有较高学术水平或者应用价值。在学术研究和学科建设上有突破和创新，对本市改革开放、经济和社会发展中重大问题的研究产生积极的影响，对实践有重要指导作用。

第七条 优秀成果奖的评审、授予工作遵循公开、公平、公正的原则，不受任何组织或者个人的干涉。

第八条 优秀成果奖评审经费和奖励经费，经市人民政府批准后由市财政部门专项核拨，专款专用。

第九条 优秀成果奖实行初审、复审、终审三级评审制度。

第十条 优秀成果奖评审工作开始前，由评审委员会在本市主要媒体上发布公告。

第十一条 评审委员会可以授权下列单位成立优秀成果奖评审初审组（以下简称初审组）：

（一）市直各部门、各单位；

（二）县（市）区人民政府、吉林高新技术产业开发区管理委员会、吉林经济技术开发区管理委员会；

（三）市属社会科学各社会团体；

（四）高等院校及企业；

（五）驻吉部队；

（六）其他经评审委员会确认，应当成立初审组的单位。

第十二条 初审组成员不少于5人，应当由具有副高级以上专业技术职称的人员组成，初审组人员名单必须报评审委员会批准。

初审组对申报的社会科学成果进行初审，按照规定的比例评选出进入复审的社会科学成果。

第十三条 评审委员会应当按照学科相近的原则组成若干复审组。复审组成员不少于7人，由具有副高级以上专业技术职称的人员组成。

复审组对经初审组审核通过的社会科学成果，按照规定的比例向评审委员会提出社会科学成果获奖和奖励等级的建议。

第十四条 凡符合下列情形之一的社会科学成果，有关集体和个人可以申报优秀成果奖：

（一）规定期间内公开出版或者发表的；

（二）规定期间内公开出版或者发表的研究吉林市历史和现实问题的；

（三）规定期间内被县级以上领导机关决策时采纳，并产生明显经济效益或者社会效益的。

符合上述情形的社会科学成果，其申报数量不受限制，但同一社会科学成果在评审中不能多处申报。

第十五条 有下列情形之一的社会科学成果，不得申报优秀成果奖：

（一）已经在相当于或者高于本办法奖励级别的评奖中获奖的；

（二）著作权有争议的；

（三）法律、法规规定属于保密范围内的；

（四）大事记、概览、辑集的人物传略、统计资料、年鉴、文件、领导讲话、工作总结和工作汇报等。

第十六条 优秀成果奖分为下列三类：

（一）著作类，包括正式出版的专著、译著、编著、工具书、教材、古籍整理出版物、通俗读物、研究资料、地方志书；

（二）论文类，包括论文、调查报告；

（三）咨询成果类，包括论证报告、咨询报告、咨询方案。

涉及社会科学方面的音像作品及电子出版物可作为社会科学成果参评。

第十七条 申报评奖的社会科学成果没有达到相应奖励标准的，该项奖励空缺。

第十八条 参加优秀成果奖评审的集体或者个人，按照下列规定申报：

（一）县（市）区、吉林高新技术产业开发区、吉林经济技术开发区以及市直部门（单位）、高等院校、企业人员向所在地负责社会科学工作的机构或者所在单位申报；

（二）市属各社会科学社会团体的人员向所在的社会科学社会团体申报；

（三）本市非社会科学社会团体的人员以及非本市的人员向评审委员会确定的有关单位申报。

第十九条 评审委员会在终审时，出席人数不得少于评审委员会组成人员的三分之二；终审表决采用无记名投票方式进行，拟获奖的社会科学成果得票数必须超过参加表决人员的半数。

第二十条 拟获奖的社会科学成果由评审委员会在本市主要媒体上发布公告。自公告发布之日起15日内有异议的，可以向评审委员会提出，评审委员会应当在15日内作出处理决定。

第二十一条 优秀成果奖获得者，由市人民政府颁发奖励证书和奖金，获奖结果记入本人档案和学术档案，作为考核、晋级、任用、评定专业技术职务（职称）和享受有关待遇的依据。

非本市人员获得优秀成果奖的，由评审委员会将结果通报本人或者所在单位。

第二十二条 获奖的社会科学成果，因知识产权引起纠纷，由获奖人自行承担相关法律责任。

第二十三条 剽窃他人研究成果或者以其他不正当手段骗取奖励的，由评审委员会报请市人民政府撤销奖励，追回奖励证书和奖金，并由其所在单位给予行政处分；违反其他有关法律、法规的，依法进行处罚；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。

第二十四条 参与优秀成果奖评审的评审组成员及有关工作人员，在评审工作中弄虚作假、徇私舞弊的，依法给予行政处分，构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。

第二十五条 本办法自2013年3月1日起施行。2000年10月1日施行的《吉林市社会科学优秀成果奖励办法》同时废止。