TRIAL MEASURES FOR CONTROL OF THE EXPORT OF CULTURAL RELICS WITHSPECIAL PERMISSION
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英文本源自中华人民共和国务院法制局编译, 中国法制出版社出版的《中华人民共和国涉外法规汇编》(1991年7月版).
当发生歧意时, 应以法律法规颁布单位发布的中文原文为准.
This English document is coming from the "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.
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TRIAL MEASURES FOR CONTROL OF THE EXPORT OF CULTURAL RELICS WITH
SPECIAL PERMISSION
(Approved and promulgated by the State Council of the People's
Republic of China on July 31, 1979)
1. These Measures are formulated in accordance with the provision that
"ordinary cultural relics in existence before the Sixtieth Year of the
Reign of Emperor Qian Long of the Qing Dynasty may, subject to the special
permission of the State Administrative Bureau of Museums and
Archaeological Materials, be exported" contained in the first point of the
Recommendations on Strengthening the Commercial Administration of Cultural
Relics and Implementing the Policy for the Protection of Cultural Relics,
which was submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Ministry of
Commerce and the State Administration for Protection of Cultural Relics
and which has been approved and transmitted by the State Council for
implementation.
2. The specially permitted export of cultural relics shall be strictly
controlled in accordance with the principle of causing no adverse
political effects and no leakage of State secret. It is imperative to act
in accordance with the changes in the international cultural relics market
and seize upon the favourable opportunities in order that the export of a
small quantity of cultural relics will bring in a relatively great amount
of foreign exchange so as to support the development of the socialist four
modernizations.
3. The criteria for cultural relics (including those passed down from
former generations and those unearthed) that may, with special permission,
be exported are as follows: (1) they shall be those of which there are
large numbers of replicas and which are overstocked; (2) they shall be
those unearthed during archaeological excavation which, after the
completion of the tasks of scientific research, are no longer in value for
domestic preservation; (3) they shall be those which, in addition to
satisfying the conditions set forth in items (1) and (2), are strictly
below the third-class (inclusive) as specified in the classified criteria
of assessment for museums formulated by the State; and (4) in assessing
cultural relics to be exported, any objects whose authenticity is hard to
determine at the moment or disputable shall not be exported for the time
being so that the outflow of important cultural relics out of carelessness
can be avoided.
4. The head office of the antique shops is hereby enjoined to handle in a
unified way the work with respect to the export of cultural relics as
specially permitted. The cultural relics needed shall be supplied by the
departments for cultural relics in the various localities. The head office
of the antique shops shall, prior to the specially permitted export of
cultural relics, make a list of the items of the cultural relics concerned
and the quantities thereof and submit the list to the Cultural Relics
Assessment Panel, which shall put forward their conclusions drawn from the
academic assessment of the listed cultural relics as to their respective
ages, authenticity and value. The list shall finally be subject to the
examination and approval of the State Administration for Protection of
Cultural Relics, which shall then issue a Special Permit for Export of
Cultural Relics.
5. With respect to cultural relics that may, with special permission, be
exported, the head office of the antique shops shall, after the State
Administration for Protection of Cultural Relics has approved the export
thereof, conduct studies in conjunction with the relevant foreign trade
department and determine through consultation the specific mode(s) of
export and the prices. If the mode of open sales is adopted, the sales
operations may, in accordance with the principle of benefiting the State
as much as possible, be exclusively entrusted to the foreign trade
departments or be handled by the antique shops under the department for
cultural relics.