Regulations of the People's Republic of China on

Administration of Arms Export

(Promulgated by Decree No. 234 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China on October 22, 1997, and revised in accordance with the Decision of the State Council and the Central Military Commission on Amending the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Administration of Arms Export on October 15, 2002)

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These Regulations are formulated for the purposes of strengthening the unified administration of arms export and maintaining the normal order of arms export.

Article 2 "Arms export" referred to in these Regulations means the export for trade of equipment, special production facilities and other materials, technology and related services which are used for military purposes.

Arms export referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be included in the arms export administration list. The arms export administration list shall be formulated, adjusted and published by the competent arms export department of the State.

Article 3 The competent arms export department of the State shall, under the leadership of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, take charge of the arms export work throughout the country and exercise supervision and administration of arms export throughout the country.

Article 4 The State shall institute a unified administration system for the export of arms, forbid any act of exporting arms which endangers the interests and security of the State and maintain the normal order of arms export according to law.

Article 5 The following principles shall be observed in exporting arms:

(1) conduciveness to the capability for just self-defence of the recipient country;

(2) no injury to the peace, security and stability of the region concerned and the world as a whole;

(3) no interference in the internal affairs of the recipient country.

Article 6 Where an international treaty concluded or acceded to by the People's Republic of China contains provisions different from these Regulations, the provisions of the international treaty shall prevail, except for the provisions on which reservations are made by the People's Republic of China.

Chapter II Arms Trading Companies

Article 7 "An arms trading company" referred to in these Regulations means a legal person enterprise which has obtained according to law the business operations right for arms export and is engaged in arms export business activities within the approved scope of business.

Article 8 The business operations right for arms export shall be examined and approved by the competent arms export department of the State. Specific measures shall be formulated by the competent arms export department of the State.

Article 9 An arms trading company shall enjoy full autonomy in its management and assume sole responsibility for its profits or losses according to law.

Article 10 An arms trading company shall honour contracts, guarantee the quality of goods and improve post-sale services.

Article 11 In accordance with the provisions of the competent arms export department of the State, an arms trading company shall truthfully present the documents and data pertinent to its arms export business activities. The competent arms export department of the State shall keep business secrets of the arms trading company and protect its lawful rights and interests.

Article 12 An arms trading company may entrust an approved transportation enterprise for arms export with the transportation of arms for export and related business matters. Specific measures shall be formulated by the competent arms export department of the State.

Chapter III Administration of Arms Export

Article 13 The State shall implement a licencing system for arms export.

Proposals and contracts for arms export shall be submitted in form of application for examination and approval in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. Arms shall be exported on the basis of a licence for arms export.

Article 14 Proposals for arms export shall be examined and approved by the competent arms export department of the State, or by the competent arms export department of the State jointly with the relevant departments of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.

Article 15 When proposals for arms export are approved, an arms trading company may conclude contracts for arms export with the foreign side. After a contract for arms export is concluded, it shall file an application with the competent arms export department of the State for examination and approval; the competent arms export department of the State shall make a decision thereon within 20 days from the date of receipt of the application. A contract for arms export shall become effective only after it is approved.

When filing an application with the competent arms export department of the State for approval of its contract for arms export, an arms trading company shall attach the valid certification documents of the recipient country.

Article 16 Important proposals and contracts for arms export shall be examined by the competent arms export department of the State jointly with the relevant departments of the State Council and the Central Military Commission and be submitted to the State Council and the Central Military Commission for approval.

Article 17 An arms trading company shall, before exporting arms, apply to the competent arms export department of the State for an arms export licence on the basis of the approval document for the contract of arms export; when the requirements are met for an arms export contract, the competent arms export department of the State shall issue the arms export licence within 10 days from the date of receipt of the application.

The Customs shall accept declarations according to the arms export licence, and examine and give clearance in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Article 18 Measures for the examination and approval of proposals and contracts for arms export and methods for the issue of arms export licences shall be prescribed by the competent arms export department of the State.

Article 19 For arms export, the competent arms export department of the State shall issue a notice of arms export jointly with the departments concerned. Upon receiving the notice of arms export, the departments concerned and the local people's governments shall conscientiously perform their functions and responsibilities according to the relevant provisions of the State in order to ensure safe, speedy and accurate export of arms.

Chapter IV Order of Arms Export

Article 20 No unit or organization which has not obtained the business operations right for arms export shall engage in any arms export business activity.

The State forbids any individual to engage in any arms export business activity.

Article 21 Arms trading companies shall abide by the provisions of laws and administrative regulations and maintain the normal order of arms export in their arms export business activities.

Article 22 Arms trading companies shall not commit any of the following acts in their arms export business activities:

(1) impairing the security of the State or social and public interests;

(2) pushing out any other competitor by means of unfair competition;

(3) infringing upon the intellectual property rights protected by the laws of the People's Republic of China;

(4) forging, altering, obtaining by fraud or illegally transferring any document or certificate such as the approval document for arms export proposals, the approval document for a contract, the licence and the valid certification document of the recipient country;

(5) overstepping the approved scope of business; or

(6) any other act in violation of the provisions of laws and administrative regulations.

Article 23 The competent arms export department of the State may, when it deems necessary or at the request of an arms trading company, deal with any act which obstructs the normal order of arms export.

Chapter V Legal Liability

Article 24 Where any arms trading company violates the provisions of Article 11 of these Regulations, the competent arms export department of the State shall order it to make corrections within a specified time limit and give it a warning; if failing to make corrections within the specified time limit, such company shall be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan and its business operations right for arms export shall be suspended or even revoked.

Article 25 Where any arms trading company violates the provisions of subparagraph (4) or (5) of Article 22 of these Regulations and also violates the criminal law, it shall be investigated for criminal liability in accordance with the provisions of the criminal law on the crime of illegal operation, the crime of forging, altering, buying or selling official documents, certificates or seals of a State organ or other crimes; if the case is not serious enough for criminal punishment, the competent arms export department of the State shall give it a warning, confiscate its illegal income and concurrently impose a fine of not less than one time but not more than three times the illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 300,000 yuan shall be imposed and its business operations right for arms export shall be suspended or even revoked.

Where any arms trading company violates the provisions of subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) of Article 22 of these Regulations or the provisions of laws or other administrative regulations, the competent arms export department of the State shall impose penalties on it in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations and may concurrently suspend or even revoke its business operations right for arms export; if violating the criminal law, it shall be investigated for criminal liability in accordance with the relevant provisions of the criminal law.

Article 26 Any illegal activity in violation of the provisions of Article 20 of these Regulations shall be banned by the competent arms export department of the State; if such activity violates the criminal law, criminal liability shall be investigated in accordance with the provisions of the criminal law on the crime of illegal operation or other crimes; if the case is not serious enough for criminal punishment, the competent arms export department of the State shall give a warning, confiscate the illegal income and concurrently impose a fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; if there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed.

Article 27 Where an arms trading company refuses to accept a specific administrative act of the competent arms export department of the State, it shall apply for administrative reconsideration according to law at first; if it still refuses to accept the decision of administrative reconsideration, it may bring an administrative suit to the people's court according to law.

Article 28 Where any State functionary engaged in administration of arms export abuses his power, neglects his duty or accepts or extorts money or property from other persons by taking advantage of his office thereby violating the criminal law, he shall be investigated for criminal liability in accordance with the provisions of the criminal law on the crime of abuse of power, the crime of neglect of duty, the crime of acceptance of bribes or other crimes; if the case is not serious enough for criminal punishment, he shall be given an administrative sanction according to law.

Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions

Article 29 These Regulations shall be applicable to the export of police equipment.

Article 30 These Regulations shall come into force as of January 1, 1998.

Military Products Export Control List

Foreword

For the purpose of enhancing arms export control, streamlining the order of arms export, and pushing overall lawful administration, this list is made in accordance with the "Arms Export Regulations of the People's Republic of China".

Conventional classification is used in this list with 14 categories, including: small arms; artillery and other projectors; ammunition, land mines, sea mines, bombs, anti-tank missiles and other explosive devices; tanks, armored vehicles and other military vehicles; military engineering equipment; military ships and their special equipment; military aero vehicles and their special equipment; rockets, missiles, military satellites and their support equipment; military electronic products and fire control, range finder, optical, guidance and control equipment; powder and explosive, propellants, incendiary agents and related compounds; military training equipment; protective equipment against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; logistic equipment, materials, and other support military equipment; and miscellaneous articles. Each category is further divided into several sub-categories, and explanations are given to related technical terms, thus a framework structure is formed with the main body of four levels of weapon definitions, weapon categories, main systems or components of weapons, and the parts and components, technologies and services directly related to the weapon equipment.

In conformity with the international commitment made by China, this list does not include nuclear weapon (or its key components, raw materials or technologies) or other articles banned for export.

In conformity with the second item of the "Arms Export Regulations of the People's Republic of China", this list is made, revised and published by the State arms export control authority.

The State arms export control authority is responsible for the explanation of this list.

Category 1 Small Arms

1.1 Small arms: arms carried and used by individual or squad, including:

1.1.1 Firearms: tubular type weapons mainly using the energies by the way of powder burning gas to launch bullet of cartridge through barrel, with the caliber below 20mm (0.78 inch), including pistol, submachine gun, rifle, machine gun, and other special purpose guns.

1.1.2 Grenade weapons: infantry close combat weapons to fulfill a certain combat task by launching grenade, including grenade-discharger, mortar-type grenade launcher, recoilless launcher, rocket launcher, grenade launcher, jet shot grenade launcher, individual guided weapons, grenades, and other types of grenade launchers.

1.1.3 Special equipment: weapons carried and used by individual or squad to fulfill the tasks of demolition, mine laying, mine detecting, mine clearing, setting on fire, setting on smoke, illumining, signaling, anti-riot action, and other special tasks.

1.1.4 Light-weight laser jamming devices.

1.1.5 Cold weapons, including bayonet, multi-purpose knife, paratrooper knife, pilot knife, and other military knives.

1.2 Sighting devices, night sighting devices, mufflers, restrainers, and flash restrainers associated with all articles enumerated in paragraph 1.1 of this category.

1.3 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs 1.1 through 1.2 of this category.

1.4 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 1.1 through 1.3 of this category.

Category 2 Artillery and Other Projectors

2.1 Artillery: tubular type shooting weapons using the energies by the way of powder burning gas to launch shells, with the caliber equal to or bigger than 20mm (0.78 inch), including cannons, howitzers, mortars, howtars, rocket launchers, recoilless guns, anti-aircraft guns, tank guns, anti-tank guns, aircraft guns, shipboard guns, coast guns, and the self-propelled forms and APU of the above artilleries,

2.2 Artilleries of various new energies.

2.3 Sighting devices, night sighting devices, range finders, launch mounts and base associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs 2.1 through 2.2 of this category.

2.4 Military flame thrower and its associated components and devices, including oil storage devices, pressure source devices, oil pipe, igniters, and throwing devices.

2.5 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs 2.1 through 2.4 of this category.

2.6 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 2.1 through 2.5 of this category.

Category 3 Ammunition, Land Mines, Sea Mines, Bombs,

Anti-Tank Missiles and Other Explosive Devices

3.1 Ammunition: the generic name of the devices and parts and components to use powder burning gas pressure or other energies to throw shots and accessories by using firearms, individual or squad combat launching devices, and various types of tubular weapons and launching mounts (tubes), including:

3.1.1 Cartridges, gun ammunitions, rockets, grenades and other ammunition of various calibers equipped for all weapons of Categories 1 and 2 in this list.

3.1.2 The projectile (including fuse, shell body, and filler), propelling charge (including gun propellant and its attachments, cartridge case or charge bags, and igniters), core, booster explosive, initiator, primer, safety and safety release devices, and the once-operation high output power associated with all articles enumerated in paragraph 3.1.1 of 3.1 in this category.

3.1.3 Ammunition belt and linking machinery.

3.2 Ammunition manufacturing machinery and ammunition loading machinery.

3.3 Land mine: weapons to be laid under or above land surface as explosive barriers to be triggered by targets' action (or by operators), including:

3.3.1 Anti-tank mines, anti-personnel mines, and special mines.

3.3.2 Mine body and fuse.

3.4 Sea mine: Explosive devices to be laid in close shore shallow sea water, or in river or lake to damage or delay ships, amphibious vehicles and personnel, including:

3.4.1 River mines, beach mines, and special mines.

3.4.2 Mine body, fuse, charge, initiator, auxiliary instrument, mine-laying attachments, depth setting and holding devices and related components of mines.

3.5 Bomb: ammunition and their dispensers to be released by aircraft or other aero vehicles, including charge shell body, stabilizing devices, fuse, explosion enhancing devices, hanging lug, and the attached speed reducing devices, guidance devices and power systems required per application.

3.6 Anti-tank missile: missiles to be used to attack tanks or other armored targets, defense works, or shelters (including remote control guidance or homing guidance devices of anti-tank missiles).

3.7 The launching devices, demolition devices, initiator, flashback devices, detonators, sighting devices, night vision devices, and various equipment equipped for all articles enumerated in paragraphs 3.1 through 3.6 of this category.

3.8 The handling, controlling, initiating, monitoring, inspecting, and dismounting devices, and software, equipment and apparatus associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs 3.1 through 3.7 of this category.

3.9 Destroying and eliminating equipment of military explosives.

3.10 Burning resistant materials processed or semi-processed with advanced composite materials (such as silicon, graphite, and carbon/boron fibers) and specially designed or modified for all articles in this category.

3.11 Parts, components, support parts, accessories, attachments fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs 3.1 through 3.9 of this category.

3.12 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 3.1 through 3.11 of this category.

Category 4 Tanks, Armored Vehicles and Other

Military Vehicles

4.1 Tank: tracked armored fighting vehicles with strong straight fire, high off-road maneuverability and strong armor protection, including main battle tanks, amphibious tanks, reconnaissance tanks, and airborne tanks.

4.2 Armored vehicle: various types of tracked or wheeled military vehicles with armor protection, including amphibious armored vehicles, armored infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, armored reconnaissance vehicles, armored command vehicles, armored communication vehicles, armored electronic-countermeasure vehicles, armored intelligence processing vehicles, armored ambulance vehicles, armored decontamination vehicles, armored ammunition supply vehicles, armored supply vehicles, and armored security vehicles.

4.3 Other military vehicles: all tracked or wheeled vehicles for military applications (military engineering vehicles and logistic support vehicles are not included in this category), including special assault vehicles, various types of rocket and missile launching vehicles, chassis vehicles for self-propelled artillery, fighting support vehicles, high-maneuverability multi-purpose wheeled vehicles (including reconnaissance vehicles and security vehicles), and other special military vehicles.

4.4 The chassis, power and transmission devices specially designed or modified for all articles enumerated in paragraphs 4.1 through 4.3 of this category.

4.5 The active armor and reactive armor devices equipped for articles enumerated in paragraphs 4.1 through 4.2 of this category.

4.6 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs 4.1 through 4.5 of this category.

4.7 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 4.1 through 4.6 of this category.

Category 5 Military Engineering Equipment

5.1 Military engineering equipment: equipment used for military actions of engineering construction, bridge construction, floating crossing, wading crossing, mine laying, mine detecting, mine sweeping, mine clearing, rescue, recovery, demolition, obstacle-clearing, and concealment, including:

5.1.1 Vehicles and equipment for military engineering construction, including bulldozer, loader, digger, road smoother, road press, and military engineering machinery, equipment, materials and tools.

5.1.2 Engineering, rescue and recovery vehicles, including tank recovery vehicles, armored maintenance and recovery vehicles, armored servicing engineering vehicles, tank bridgelayers, road equipment (including road vehicles), floating crossing equipment, boat bridge, military bridges (including mechanical bridge and landing stage), floating pier, and wading crossing equipment (including light wading equipment).

5.1.3 Equipment, materials and vehicles for mine laying, mine detecting, mine sweeping, and mine clearing, including mine-clearing tanks, road mine clearing vehicles, armored mine -clearing vehicles, armored mine laying vehicles, towed mine layers, mine-scattering vehicles, rocket mine laying vehicles, rocket mine clearing vehicles, mine clearing rockets, man-packed mine laying systems, electronic mine detection materiel, metallic mine detectors, non-metallic mine detectors, aerial bomb detectors, demolition rockets, soft demolition device, primacord net, mine clearing roller, and mine clearing plough and mine clearing chain.

5.1.4 obstacle-clearing equipment, including obstacle-clearing vehicles, anti-infantry obstacle-clearing systems, and landing obstacle-clearing systems.

5.1.5 Engineering demolition equipment, including rocket demolition kits, foxhole exploders, bangalore torpedo, unified explosive block, explosive initiators, and remote-control priming devices.

5.1.6 Testing and inspection apparatus.

5.1.7 Camouflage and cheating equipment, including decoy, simulation devices, and smoke, camouflage and covering devices.

5.2 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles enumerated in paragraph 5.1 of this category.

5.3 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 5.1 through 5.2 of this category.

Category 6 Military Ships and Their Special Equipment

6.1 Military ship: ships designed, built, upgraded, modified, or equipped for military purpose and able to navigate at water surface, in ground effect wing area or under water surface, including:

6.1.1 War ships (including those powered by nuclear energy), including destroyer, escort vessel, escort boat, missile boat, torpedo boat, sub-chaser, submarine, amphibious war ship, landing ship, patrol boat (including river and lake patrol boat), assault boat, military hovercraft, mine laying ship, anti-water mine ship, mine hunting and sweeping ship, and other special war ships.

6.1.2 Military auxiliary ships, including submarine support and rescue ship, marine supplies ship, medical service ship, supplies/repair ship, reconnaissance ship, battle support logistic ship, non-battle support and service ship, and other special operational ships for military purposes.

6.2 Shipboard weapon systems: weapon systems and their equipment specially designed or modified to give combat ability to war ships, taken the military ship or carrier-based aero vehicle as the platform, and provided with the functions from target finding to firing control They include the battle command and control system, ship machine gun, ship artillery, rocket gun, torpedo, water mine, missile, depth bomb, anti-submarine warfare device, firing control device, and various types of mine hunting, sweeping and clearing devices.

6.3 Special equipment for ships: special system or equipment specially designed or modified for war ships, including:

6.3.1 Ship power, propelling and control equipment, including nuclear power, diesel engine, gas turbine, steam turbine, electric propelling system, and power battery, electric generator, propelling motor, as well as various types of propeller and rear transmission device.

6.3.2 Ship navigation system and equipment, including integrated navigation display and control console, inertial navigation system, platform compass, satellite navigation receiving equipment, electronic compass, magnetic compass, electronic sea chart, radio navigation system, log, depth-sounder, and diving meter.

6.3.3 Other special equipment and devices for ships, including helicopter touch-down system and equipment, ship-board unmanned aero vehicle launching and recovering equipment, swing absorber, ship operation system and rudder, diving and floating control console, air compressor, high-pressure air bottle, pressure storage vessel, various types of pumps, anchor device, cabin air environment control system and equipment, special propellers, various types of protection and rescue equipment and submarine support and rescue equipment.

6.4 Shipboard electronic and optic equipment, including C4ISR (command, control, communication, computer, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) system for naval operational application, various types of radar, electronic warfare, electronic reconnaissance, electronic jamming, and electro-magnetic environment simulators, various types of sonar and system display and control console, home ship noise inspector, acoustic target simulator, and communication system and equipment, various types of antenna, electro-optic tracing instrument, electronic countermeasure system and equipment, diving periscope and associated device, water-acoustic countermeasure system and firing control equipment, various types of water-acoustic jamming device, smoke shell and decoy, infrared night vision sight, laser range finder, under-water target detecting and tracing device (including acoustic, magnetic, and water pressure detecting and tracing equipment).

6.5 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 6.1 through 6.4 of this category.

6.6 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, related production lines, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 6.1 through 6.5 of this category.

Category 7 Military Aero Vehicles and Their

Special Materiel and Equipment

7.1 Military aero vehicle: aero vehicles specially designed, modified or equipped for military purposes, including fighter (interceptor), bomber, fighter-bomber, attacker, reconnaissance aircraft, early-warning aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, tanker aircraft, shipboard aircraft, seaplane, transport aircraft, all-purpose aircraft, ultra-light aircraft, training aircraft, demonstration aircraft, ground-effect wing aero vehicle, hovercraft, special manned aero vehicle, balloon, airship, armed helicopter, reconnaissance helicopter, communication and command helicopter, shipboard helicopter, transport helicopter, multi-purpose helicopter, training helicopter, electronic countermeasure helicopter, unmanned helicopter, reconnaissance unmanned aero vehicle, electronic countermeasure unmanned aero vehicle, unmanned attack aero vehicle, target aero vehicle, unmanned airship, and the associated control and inspection equipment, special parachute and helmet for paratroops, helmet and life saving equipment (including life-saving parachute, ejection seat, and other survival kit) for military aero vehicle pilots.

7.2 Military aircraft engine: engines specially designed or modified for the military aero vehicles of item 7.1 of this category, including piston engine, turboprop engine, turboshaft engine, turbojet engine, turbofan engine, ram jet engine (including air inlet), solid rocket engine, liquid rocket engine, and the associated equipment for the above-mentioned engines.

7.3 Airborne equipment: various types of airborne equipment specially designed or modified for the military aero vehicles of item 7.1 of this category, including radar, communication system and equipment, navigation equipment, flight control equipment and instruments, pneumatic equipment, hydraulic equipment, aerial submarine detecting equipment (including suspension sonar, sonar buoy, and magnetic detecting instrument), aerial detecting, surveying and reconnaissance equipment, ejection survival equipment, takeoff and landing equipment, environment control equipment, electric power supply and distribution equipment, external stores management system and equipment, data transmission system and equipment, airborne computer, air data system, device for friend-or-foe identification, responder, APU, avionics integration system, non-avionics integration system, electronic map, flight parameter measuring and recording system, fuel equipment, wheel and brake equipment, airborne oxygen supply equipment, individual protection and life-saving equipment, and various types of flight indication devices.

7.4 Airborne weapon system, including missile (including associated testing and inspection equipment), air bomb, rocket, aircraft artillery, aircraft gun, air torpedo (or water mine), various types of airborne weapon nacelle, weapon suspension and launching device, and airborne fire control system and equipment (including airborne radar, airborne electronic countermeasure system, optic/electro-optic anti-submarine detecting device, photography nacelle, radar or electro-optic reconnaissance nacelle, sighting nacelle, navigation nacelle, guidance nacelle, electronic countermeasure nacelle, mission computer, multi-function display, sight, helmet sight, camera gun, video recording system, helmet sight display, C4ISR system, and head-up display).

7.5 Flight support equipment and facility: airfield facilities and airport/station equipment, first and second class support equipment, runway quick repair equipment and devices, wild field airdrome setting equipment and devices, airfield equipment (including various types of pneumatic supply car, electric power supply car, and towing car) specially designed or modified to support the operation and maintenance of the military aero vehicles of item 7.1 of this category.

7.6 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs from7.1 through 7.5 of this category.

7.7 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, metrology and calibration, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 7.1 through 7.6 of this category.

Category 8 Rocket, Missile, Military Satellite and

Their Support Equipment

8.1 Rocket: flying vehicle driven by the reactive force created by rocket engine jet medium, including:

8.1.1 Carrier rocket, including carrier rockets with load capability in various classes, any stage or any sub-stage of a carrier rocket, rocket engine, and rocket body.

8.1.2 Tactic rocket, including shipboard rocket, air rocket, artillery rocket, mine-laying rocket, anti-tank rocket, military meteorological rocket, and the payloads, rocket engines and stabilizing devices of various types of tactic rockets.

8.2 Missile weapon system: the weapon system consisting of missile system and its associated technical equipment and facilities, and able to fulfill combat tasks independently.It includes missile system, combat logistic support system, target reconnaissance and sighting system, command and communication system.

8.2.1 Missile system: the generic name of missile and its associated technical equipment for testing and launching, etc, including missile and its transport, jointing, charging, testing, sighting, launching and electric power supplying equipment.

8.2.2 Missile: unmanned flying weapon with power plant, able to control flying trajectory, and with payload, including surface-surface, surface-air, air-surface, and air-air missiles.

8.2.3 Direct combat equipment, including missile and missile launching system, searching and tracing system, and communication system (including the tracing system using the transponder installed with the missile system, missile mounting and dismounting, positioning, and launching equipment, as well as the command and communication vehicles and equipment, positioning and direction setting equipment at various stages).

8.2.4 Technical support equipment, including testing equipment, maintenance equipment, missile charging equipment and transport equipment.

8.2.5 Missile main system equipment, including fuse and warhead system equipment (including warhead, fuse, safety device, safety release device, secured ignition device and other related equipment), guidance and control system equipment (including target detecting device, flight control device and components, as well as related electronic and electric equipment), missile-borne telemetry equipment, power plant, missile-borne energy source and missile body.

8.2.6 Various types of components, equipment, programs and software of missile weapon system, including:

8.2.6.1 The stages and sub-stages of missile system, the stages and sub-stages of rocket, the inter-stage mechanism of carrier rocket, the missile reentry vehicle, the thermal insulation sleeve and its components of the ablation materials of missile reentry vehicle, the thermal sink device and its components of missile reentry vehicle, and the electronic equipment of missile reentry vehicle.

8.2.6.2 Liquid rocket engine, solid rocket engine, turbojet engine, turbofan engine, ramjet engine, combined engine, plasma engine, liquid propellant, solid propellant, rocket engine body, inner liner, thermal insulation layer and jet nozzle, missile launching and ejection devices, and missile booster.

8.2.6.3 Warhead, fuse, safety device, safety release device, secured ignition device, independent targeting devices of multiple warheads, warhead pressure-resistant, explosion-resistant, and electro-magnetic resistant devices and other related equipment.

8.2.6.4 Guidance and control device, including target detecting and display equipment and device, radar guidance device, infrared guidance device, television guidance device, laser guidance device, image guidance device, composite guidance device, radio command guidance device, autopilot, inertial navigation device, command device, missile-borne computer, execution mechanism, thrust vector control system, rudder system, missile hydraulic, mechanical, electro-optic, and electro-mechanic control systems, attitude control system and equipment.

8.2.6.5 Missile command and control system, including firing control and data transmission program and device, target detecting, identification, tracing, illuminating and indicating systems and their associated equipment, radar detecting equipment, command and control system and its associated equipment, launching system and its associated equipment, electric supply and distribution system and its associated equipment.

8.2.7 Missile production and testing equipment, including simulation testing equipment and associated software, mechanics environment testing equipment, impact overload testing equipment, electro-magnetic interference testing equipment, electro-magnetic compatibility testing equipment, detonation testing equipment, stress testing equipment, target characteristic testing equipment, wind tunnel testing equipment, missile component assembly line, product final assembly line, production line special equipment, manufacture testing and inspection equipment, fixtures and associated general-purpose equipment.

8.2.8 Special software (including combat command, control and communication software, guidance radar data processing software, missile flight control software, missile launching control software, firing field measurement, testing equipment and associated software, missile-borne and ground telemetry equipment and associated software) associated with the above-mentioned products and equipment.

8.3 Military satellite: satellites used for military purposes, including:

8.3.1 Military communication satellite, military reconnaissance satellite, military navigation and positioning satellite, military meteorological satellite, military remote sensing satellite, military surveying satellite, and military testing satellite.

8.3.2 Satellite components, including antenna, propellant, attitude control device, energy source device, thermal control device, telemetry and control device, GPS, and various types of mission devices.

8.3.3 Satellite ground equipment, including data receiving equipment and data processing equipment.

8.4 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples specially used by all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 8.1 through 8.3 of this category.

8.5 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, metrology and calibration, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 8.1 through 8.4 of this category.

Category 9 Military Electronic Products and Fire Control,

Range Finding, Optic, Guidance and Control Devices

9.1 Electronic equipment used for military purposes or specially designed, modified or equipped for military applications, including:

9.1.1 Command automation system and equipment, including combined combat command automation system, air force C4ISR system, navy C4ISR system, army C4ISR system, air traffic control system, military computer system, application support software system and associated equipment.

9.1.2 Radar system and its sensors, including radar systems and their sensors, and the associated systems and equipment of various types of radar with the functions of early warning, surveillance, target indication and guidance, fire control, battle field reconnaissance, measurement, traffic control, meteorology, identification friend or foe, searching, capture, tracing, imaging, and firing calibration.

9.1.3 Electronic warfare equipment, including radar countermeasure system and equipment, electro-optic countermeasure system and equipment, communication countermeasure system and equipment, radio proximity fuse countermeasure system and equipment, water-acoustic countermeasure system and sensor, radar and electro-optic decoy equipment, electronic support measure (ESM) system, missile approaching warning system and equipment, radar warning equipment, missile-borne electronic countermeasure system and equipment, electro-optic protection equipment, electronic defense and protection equipment and apparatus, electronic warfare products inspection, maintenance and repair equipment, electronic warfare special elements, components and parts, anti-radiation attack electronic warfare equipment, microwave energy weapon equipment, electronic warfare active and passive electro-optic stealth system and equipment, navigation interference system and equipment, identification friend or foe equipment, air traffic control responder, reconnaissance interference system and equipment, laser jamming system, jamming shell and launching device.

9.1.4 Intelligence reconnaissance equipment, including battlefield intelligence reconnaissance equipment, technical reconnaissance equipment, intelligence reconnaissance equipment, and intelligence comprehensive processing system.

9.1.5 Communication and navigation equipment, including communication network and communication network assembly, military communication system and equipment, shortwave communication equipment, ultra short wave communication equipment, relay communication equipment, scatter communication equipment, radio terminal equipment, field programmed interchanger, field manual interchanger, field telephone set, field fax machine, field carrier wave unit, field optic terminal, field combined communication network, communication truck, field communication cable, satellite communication equipment, field communication electric power supply equipment, radio navigation, inertial navigation and airborne radio navigation equipment, airborne broadcasting and warning equipment.

9.1.6 Identification and positioning system and equipment.

9.1.7 Security system, including tangible security system and equipment, communication and computer network security system, and information security system and equipment.

9.2 The fire control system, range finding instrument and device, optic system (including military telescope and periscope), electro-optic system, and electro-mechanical-optic system of all types of weapons of this list, including artillery and projectile tracing and guidance system, range finding and positioning system, altimeter, hitting point observation instrument and calibration instrument, various types of sight and equipment, periscope, military communication device, target indicator, target detecting system, and the laser unit, infrared focal plane array detector, image enhancement unit, night sight equipment and system specially designed, upgraded or assembled for military applications.

9.3 Guidance and control devices, including the guidance and control devices of all types of weapon systems of this list.

9.4 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 9.1 through 9.3 of this category.

9.5 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, metrology and calibration, upgrading and modification of all articles(and their upgraded products)enumerated in paragraphs of items from 9.1 through 9.4 of this category.

Category 10 Gunpowder and Explosive, Propellant,

Incendiary Agent and Related Compounds

10.1 Military gunpowder, military explosive, the propellant of all weapons of this list, military incendiary agent, military fuel thickening agent, and military pyrotechnic agent, including:

10.1.1 Launching powder and its composition: gunpowder used to launch bullets and shells, including single-base launching powder, dual-base launching powder, triple-base launching powder, multi-base launching powder, composite nitric acid ester launching powder, nitramine launching powder, high-energy low-ablation launching powder, and black gunpowder.

10.1.2 Propellant and its composition: including dual-base propellant, composite solid propellant (including butyl light hydroxyl, butyl light carboxyl, butyl hydroxyl, and butyl hydroxyl-carboxyl), various types of liquid propellant, and modified propellant.

10.1.3 Military explosive and its composition: explosive used for various types of ammunition and military demolition engineering, including single compound explosive (including TNT, DNT, RDX, octogen, and Tai'an), composite explosive (including casting explosive, composite explosive with metal powder, passivated explosive, fuel air explosive, low fragility explosive, and intermolecular explosive).

10.1.4 Military incendiary agent and its composition, including liquid incendiary agent and solid incendiary agent.

10.1.5 Military fuel thickening agent and its composition.

10.1.6 Military pyrotechnic agent and its composition.

10.2 Chemical compounds specially made for all articles of this category.

10.3 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly associated with the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, and metrology of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 10.1 through 10.2 of this category.

Category 11 Military Training Equipment

11.1 Military training and education equipment, including:

11.1.1 Training, simulation, and education equipment for army weapon equipment.

11.1.2 Training, simulation, and education equipment for navy ships and special weapon equipment.

11.1.3 Training, simulation, and education equipment for military aero vehicles and special weapon equipment.

11.1.4 Training, simulation, and education equipment for special weapon equipment.

11.2 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples of all articles enumerated in paragraphs 11.1 in this category.

11.3 echnology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, metrology and calibration, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 11.1 through 11.2 of this category.

Category 12 Protective Equipment against Nuclear,

Biological and Chemical Weapons

12.1 Protective equipment against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons: protective equipment against assaults of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, including all equipment and apparatus capable of detecting, protection, washing and decontamination, and emergency rescue, which are made by utilizing the technologies of protective equipment against assaults of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

12.1.1 Detecting equipment, including radiation, biological and chemical reconnaissance, detecting, and inspecting equipment and apparatus, and identification and warning equipment and apparatus for assaults of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons (including nuclear monitoring apparatus, chemical detecting apparatus, biological detecting apparatus, poison detecting pack (paper), testing box, testing truck, anti-chemical detecting truck, poison gas alarm, radiation alarm, and biological detector).

12.1.2 Protection equipment, including individual protection equipment (including filtering gas mask, isolation gas mask, and various other types of gas masks, filtering self-rescue device, chemical oxygen self-rescue device, compressed oxygen self-rescue device and other self-rescue devices), collective protection equipment (including anti-poison tent, shelters against assaults of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, movable shelters against assaults of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, poison gas filtering vent device, particle filter, filter absorber, and oxygen recovering device), protective armor and protective coating.

12.1.3 Washing and decontamination equipment, including washing and decontamination apparatus and vehicles, and personal decontamination and rescue kit.

12.1.4 Emergency rescue equipment and apparatus, including protective gauze mask, anti-chemical emergency rescue injection kit, special medicine and vaccine.

12.2 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs 12.1 in this category.

12.3 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, metrology and calibration, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 12.1 through 12.2 of this category.

Category 13 Logistic Equipment, Materials, and Other

Support Military Equipment

13.1 Logistic equipment, including military supplies equipment, hygiene equipment, military transport equipment, fuel equipment, encampment equipment, storehouse equipment, logistic command management automation equipment, navy special logistic equipment, air force special logistic equipment, and missile troop special logistic equipment.

13.1.1 Military supplies equipment and materials: bedding and clothing, equipment, supplies, and catering equipment and devices for military troops, including:

13.1.1.1 Military bedding and clothing:

Military clothing: uniforms made of various types of baffle painting, green or other color cloth, with fixing fittings (such as shoulder badge belt, arm badge belt, etc) for holding rank sign, arm badge, etc, including military common uniform, military ceremony uniform, combat and training uniform, sailor's uniform, etc.

Military cap, military tie, military badge, and military button.

Military shoes and boots, including combat boots, officer leather shoes, baffle painting rubber shoes, military rubber shoes, combat and training shoes, horse riding boots, and various types of special shoes and boots for pilots, armored vehicle soldiers, and horse riders.

Military cloth, including various types of baffle painting cloth, military green cloth, and special cloth with functions against infrared or radar reconnaissance.

Other things, including military mosquito clothing (cap), military shirt, military vest, military knitted underwear and underpants, military sweat shirt and pants, and military gloves.

13.1.1.2 Military harness and outfit:

a) Common harness, including individual equipped and carried bullet pocket, magazine pocket, grenade pocket, gun loop sling, rifle scabbard, pistol holster, knife scabbard, military knapsack, military back rack, military shoulder bag, and Sam Browne belt.

b) Protective outfit, including steel helmet, body armor, and weapon covers.

c) Other things, including military outer waist belt, military rain coat, military canteen, military messkit, military camp-bed, military life carrying kit, military blanket, military sleeping bag, military mosquito net, military horse harness, and military supplies cover canvas.

13.1.1.3 Catering equipment and device, including field catering and processing equipment (field kitchen truck), field catering storage and transport equipment, and military provisions and catering equipment and device.

13.1.1.4 Other military supplies, including field food, military survival food, and military water bag.

13.1.2 Hygiene equipment and materials, including:

13.1.2.1 Hygiene equipment carried by mobile vehicle, including military medical equipment and unit carried by military hygiene technical vehicle, military medical cubic cabin, military medical ship, military medical airplane, and military hygiene train.

13.1.2.2 Attachment devices for wound transport equipment, including wound transporting military attachment devices, military stretcher, and military stretcher-type rescue system on automobile, airplane, and ship.

13.1.2.3 Battle field rescue equipment, including knapsack of army doctor and medical orderly, military devices for bleeding stopping, binding, and fixing, field equipment for wound respiration and recovering, and military life jacket.

13.1.2.4 Field medical technical support equipment, including field X-ray machine, field liquid preparation equipment, and field oxygen generating equipment.

13.1.2.5 Field blood station equipment, including field blood collection, storage and transportation equipment.

13.1.2.6 Field epidemic prevention and protection equipment, including field water testing and poison detecting equipment, and field meat food examination equipment.

13.1.2.7 Medicine specially needed by military troops.

13.1.3 Military transportation equipment, including:

13.1.3.1 Special transportation equipment, including military integrity self-loading/unloading supplies vehicle, military side-pile integrity loading and unloading supplies vehicle, military integrity loading and unloading trailer, military container, military pallet, and military specially modified railway carriage.

13.1.3.2 Military loading/unloading and fixing equipment, including field-platform truck, military light modular platform, military unified assembled platform, military heavy water transportation adjustable platform, and military unified equipment transportation binding and fixing devices.

13.1.3.3 Special emergency repair and protection equipment, including military multi-purpose float box, military soft road surface paving truck, and ship umbrella-type leak blocker.

13.1.3.4 Military automobile transportation service equipment, including military large transport vehicle driving simulator.

13.1.4 Fuel and oil equipment, including:

13.1.4.1 Field fuel equipment: various types of fuel equipment used for fuel transportation, storage, pumping, and quality testing under field conditions, including field oil pipeline, pumps, field oil depot, field fuel station, field multiple-vehicle fueling (trailer) truck, and field fuel testing box.

13.1.4.2 Military oil products: liquid fuel, lubrication grease, special liquids, and additive agents developed for military purposes.

13.1.5 Camp equipage, including:

13.1.5.1 Various types of military tent and field heating and cooling equipment.

13.1.5.2 Field water drawing, clarifying, storing, canning, and sea water purifying equipment.

13.1.5.3 Field electric generator and power grid.

13.1.6 Warehousing equipment, including:

13.1.6.1 Field material handling machinery.

13.1.6.2 Field warehouse material management automation equipment.

13.1.7 Logistic command management automation equipment, including:

13.1.7.1 Field logistic command work equipment.

13.1.7.2 Military logistic information, graphics, audio-video, data transmission, and management (processing) equipment, software and technology.

13.1.8 Navy special logistic equipment: navy special logistic support equipment and apparatus for navy dock, coast and beach, island and reef, and marine logistic support.

13.1.8.1 Marine ship supplies equipment and devices, including longitudinal liquid supplies equipment for marine navigating ships, crosswise liquid supplies equipment for marine navigating ships, crosswise dry supplies equipment for marine navigating ships, and abreast supplies equipment for ships.

13.1.8.2 Shipboard helicopter supplies equipment and devices, including ship-to-helicopter hovering fueling equipment, and helicopter vertical supplies equipment.

13.1.8.3 Marine wound search and rescue equipment and apparatus, including marine medical container group, marine wound search and rescue equipment, and navy special stretcher.

13.1.8.4 Coast and beach mobile support equipment and apparatus, including coast and beach fuel supply vehicle group, coast and beach fuel supply cubic cabin, coast and beach storage and fueling system, light single-point docking system, and submarine material up-and-down transfer machine.

13.1.8.5 Navy special fuel testing equipment, including ship fuel quick tester.

13.1.9 Air force special logistic equipment: air force special logistic equipment for air force airfield, air station and temporary airfield logistic support, including:

13.1.9.1 Air fuel storage, transportation, pumping and testing equipment and apparatus, and field airdrome fuel supply system.

13.1.9.2 Airfield quick building, bomb removing, emergency repair, and maintenance equipment and apparatus, airfield pavement clearing equipment, and airfield position and logistic facilities concealment and protection equipment, apparatus and materials.

13.1.9.3 Air crew, ground crew, and paratroop special combat and training uniform, working uniform and food.

13.1.9.4 Runway quick repair equipment and apparatus, and field airdrome building equipment and apparatus.

13.1.9.5 Fuel and material air lift, air drop and binding equipment.

13.1.9.6 Military aviation medical special equipment and apparatus.

13.1.10 Missile troop special logistic equipment: special logistic equipment for logistic support of missile tunnel fixed position and mobile launching position, including:

13.1.10.1Equipment for logistic support of missile tunnel fixed position and mobile launching position, including environment and life support equipment.

13.1.10.2Other missile troop special logistic equipment, including fuel, pollution monitoring and processing, and rescue equipment.

13.2 Auxiliary military equipment, including:

13.2.1 Military photography, cubic surveying and measuring equipment.

13.2.2 Military self-equipped diving equipment and underwater respiration equipment.

13.2.3 Military energy conversion devices, including devices to convert nuclear energy, thermal energy, solar energy, and chemical energy into electric energy.

13.3 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 13.1 through 13.2 of this category.

13.4 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, metrology and calibration, upgrading and modification of all articles enumerated in paragraphs from 13.1 through 13.3 of this category.

Category 14 Other Articles

14.1 The articles in this category cover all those ones, which are not specifically enumerated in all other categories of this list, and which have substantial military applicability, and are specifically designed or modified for military purposes. The decision on whether any of these articles may be in cluded or not into this category, should be specifically made by the state arms export control anthority.

14.2 Parts, components, accessories, attachments, fittings, spare parts, semi-finished products, and samples associated with all articles in this category.

14.3 Technology, manufacturing techniques, equipment, technical documents (including software), services, special raw materials and auxiliary materials directly related to the development, production, test, measurement, inspection, application, maintenance, metrology and calibration, upgrading and modification of all articles in of this category.