For the better prevention and control of the coronavirus disease, 2019 (COVID-19) and the prevention of the disease spread through ports, the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China(GACC) issued the Announcement on Re-adopting the Health Declaration Form for Inbound and Outbound Travellers on January 26 following the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China and the Specific Rules for Enforcing the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China. In accordance with the situation of epidemic prevention and control at ports and the change of relevant criteria, the fourth edition of the Health Declaration Form for Inbound and Outbound Travellers was officially adopted at 00:00, March 3, 2020.

A customs officer is checking a passenger's health declaration form at Terminal T2 of Beijing Capital International Airport on March 7, 2020. (Photo by Chen Jianli)

If the online declaration is not convenient for you, you can also apply in advance to the health and quarantine department of the airport customs for a paper edition of the Health Declaration Form for Inbound and Outbound Travellers or get the form at the counters of airlines and fill in it truthfully.

When entering or leaving China, you must show the customs staff the bar code information of electronic declaration or the filled paper edition of the Health Declaration Form for Inbound and Outbound Travellers for verification and go through temperature monitoring, medical inspection, medical screening and other health and quarantine procedures. The customs will clear those who pass the verification.

You could also scan the following mini-program via Wechat or search the "Customs Pocket Declaration" on WeChat for health declaration.