国务院


进口影片管理办法(附英文)
1981年10月13日，国务院

第一条 为了加强对进口影片的管理，根据一九八0年四月十四日中共中央、国务院、中央军委《关于制止滥放内部参考影片的通知》精神，特制订本办法．
第二条 凡属从外国及港澳地区进口发行影片或试映拷贝（包括35毫米、16亳米、超8亳米、影片录相带和影片视盘等，以下统称影片）的业务，统由中国电影发行放映公司（以下简称中影公司）经营管理．
影片进口时，由海关凭中影公司填报的进口货物报关单核查放行．属于在全国发行的商业性影片，应在进口时办理纳税手续；属于非商业性影片，应予免税；属于非商业性影片，进口后经过批准在全国发行的，由中影公司按章向北京海关办理补税手续．
第三条 中国电影资料馆进口的资料影片（包括中国电影资 料馆与外国电影资料馆互相选购、交换、赠送或通过其他途径购作资料的影片），属于非商业性影片，海关凭该馆填报的进口货物报关单核查免税放行．
进口的资料影片，如经批准，需向全国发行的，由中影公司按章向北京海关办理补税手续．
第四条 科学技术、工业、农业、教育、卫生、新闻、外贸、外事 等单位，因业务需要进口的专业性纪录、科教影片，属于国务院系统的单位进口的，由国务院各部委（总局）审批；属于地方单位进口的，由省、自治区、直辖市人民政府审批．
影片进口时，海关凭有关部委（总局）或省、自治区、直辖市人民政府的批准文件和申请单位填报的进口货物报关单一式三份核查免税放行，并将盖有海关印章的报关单一份转送文化部电影事业管理局备案．
第五条 外国、港澳地区及台湾省的团体或个人运进给机关、团体、学校等单位的故事片，凡属国务院系统的单位接受的，须经文化部电影事业管理局审批；属地方单位接受的，须经省、自治区、直辖市文化局（电影局）审批，并抄送文化部电影事业管理局备案．
影片进口时，海关凭接受单位填报的进口货物报关单和批准文件核查免税放行．
接受单位应当将接收的影片交中国电影资料馆统一保管．如因业务上特殊需要，接受单位可以凭上级主管部门的批准文件向该馆提取，供有关人员参考借鉴，但不准外借，不准招待映出，不准拿到社会上公开放映．借鉴后仍送回中国电影资料馆保管．
进口的故事影片，如经批准在全国发行的，应由中影公司向海关办理补税手续．
第六条 对外国人和华侨、港澳及台湾省同胞等邮寄或者入境随身携带属于赠给我国个人作为业务参考的科教影片，海关应准许进口，并凭接受影片的个人填报的进口货物报关单及其所在单位的证明信件核查免税放行．属于赠给我国个人的故事影片，一般地不准进口，海关予以退运．
如遇特殊情况，由文化部和海关总署研究处理．
对外国驻华使（领）馆人员、外国工商企业派来我国的常驻人员（包括外国常驻记者）和应聘来华工作的外国专家（包括文教、经济、科技专家）携带（或者从国外邮寄给他们）的影片，按海关现行有关规定办理．影片进口后应由有关部门严格控制，只限他们在内部放映；我方单位或个人不许借映．
第七条 除香港长城、凤凰、新联三公司回内地拍片，由国务院港澳办公室同有关地区和有关单位直接联系外，凡属中外或我与港澳地区及台湾省的合作制片业务，统由中国电影合作制片公司管理．合拍影片的进口，由中国电影合作制片公司向海关办理进口报关手续；其中批准在全国发行的，则由中影公司按章向北京海关办理补税手续．
第八条 对违反规定进口的或走私进口的影片，海关按有关 规定处理；对没收的影片，凡有保留参考价值的可转送文化部电影事业管理局交中国电影资料馆保存．
第九条 本办法自发布之日起施行．

MEASURES FOR CONTROL OVER IMPORTED FILMS

Important Notice: (注意事项)
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.

Whole Document (法规全文)
MEASURES FOR CONTROL OVER IMPORTED FILMS
(Approved by the State Council on October 13, 1981 and promulgated
by the Ministry of Culture and the General Administration of Customs)
Article 1
These Measures are formulated for tighter control over imported films in
accordance with the spirit of the Circular Concerning Checking the
Excessive Showing of Films for Restricted Information Only, which was
issued by the State Council of the People's Republic of China and the
Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China on April 14,
1980.
Article 2
The business of importing and releasing films or copies for preview
(including 35-mm, 16-mm and extra-8-mm films, films on video-tapes and
films on videodiscs, which are hereinafter generally referred to as
"films") from foreign countries and the regions of Hong Kong and Macao
shall be exclusively handled and controlled by the China National Films
Release and Projection Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "the China
Films Corporation").
With respect to the import of a film, the Customs shall, on the strength
of the Customs Declaration Form for Imported Goods duly completed and
presented by the China Films Corporation, effect inspection and grant
clearance. With respect to films to be released nationwide for commercial
purposes, formalities to pay Customs duties shall be fulfilled at the time
of the import thereof. Films to be imported for noncommercial purposes
shall be exempted from Customs duties. If, upon approval, films imported
for noncommercial purposes are to be released nationwide after the import
thereof, the China Films Corporation shall, in accordance with the
relevant regulations, fulfil the formalities with the Beijing Customs for
retroactive payment of Customs duties.
Article 3
With respect to data films imported by the China Cinematheque (including
films selected and purchased from each other by, or exchanged between, or
given to each other as presents by the China Cinematheque and foreign
cinematheques and films purchased through other channels as data), if they
are imported for noncommercial purposes, the Customs shall, on the
strength of the Customs Declaration Form for Imported Goods duly completed
and presented by the China Cinematheque, effect inspection and grant
clearance without levying duties.
If, upon approval, imported data films need to be released nationwide, the
China Films Corporation shall, in accordance with the relevant
regulations, fulfil the formalities with the Beijing Customs for
retroactive payment of Customs duties.
Article 4
With respect to specialized documentaries and science and educational
films imported by units of science and technology, industry, agriculture,
education, public health, journalism, foreign trade and foreign affairs to
meet the needs in their business or professional work, if the importing
units are affiliated to departments under the State Council, the import
shall be subject to the examination and approval of the respective
ministries or commissions (or bureaus) under the State Council. If the
importing units are local ones, the import shall be subject to the
examination and approval of the people's governments of the provinces,
autonomous regions or municipalities directly under the Central
Government. At the time of the import of these films, the Customs shall,
on the strength of the documents of approval issued by the ministries or
commissions (or bureaus) concerned under the State Council or by the
people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions or
municipalities directly under the Central Government and of the Customs
Declaration Forms for Imported Goods duly completed and presented in
triplicate by the applying units, effect inspection and grant clearance
without levying duties and shall dispatch one copy of the said Forms
affixed with the Customs official seal to the Cinema Administrative Bureau
of the Ministry of Culture for the record.
Article 5
With respect to feature films presented to mainland institutions,
organizations, schools and other units by foreign organizations or
individuals or by those in the regions of Hong Kong and Macao or in Taiwan
Province, if the recipient units are affiliated to departments under the
State Council, the acceptance shall be subject to the examination and
approval of the Cinema Administrative Bureau of the Ministry of Culture.
If the recipient units are local ones, the acceptance shall be subject to
the examination and approval of the cultural bureaus (or cinema bureaus)
of the provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities directly under the
Central Government and shall be reported in writing to the Cinema
Administrative Bureau of the Ministry of Culture for the record. At the
time of the import of these films, the Customs shall, on the strength of
the Customs Declaration Forms for Imported Goods duly completed and
presented by the recipient units and of the relevant documents of
approval, effect inspection and grant clearance without levying duties.
The recipient units shall hand the said films over to the China
Cinematheque for unified custody. If the films have to be used to meet the
special business or professional needs, the recipient units may, on the
strength of the documents of approval issued by the higher competent
authorities, pick them up for the reference of the personnel concerned but
may not lend them out, or show them for entertainment purposes or show
them to the public. Upon completion of the reference, the films shall be
sent back to the custody of the China Cinematheque.
If, upon approval, imported feature films are to be released nationwide,
the China Films Corporation shall fulfil the formalities with the Customs
for retroactive payment of Customs duties.
Article 6
With respect to science and educational films that are sent by post by
foreigners, overseas Chinese and compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and
Taiwan Province or carried in person by them when they enter China's
mainland to be given to individuals in China as presents for use as
reference materials, the Customs shall permit their import and shall, on
the strength of the Customs Declaration Forms for Imported Goods duly
completed and presented by the individuals that are to accept the films
and of the letters of certification issued by the units where the said
individuals belong, effect inspection and grant clearance without levying
duties. With respect to feature films given to individuals in China as
presents, the Customs shall in general not permit their import and shall
send them back. Under special circumstances, the Ministry of Culture and
the General Administration of Customs shall study and dispose of them.
With respect to films that are carried in person by personnel of foreign
embassies (or consulates) in China, resident personnel in China sent by
foreign industrial and commercial enterprises (including resident foreign
correspondents) and foreign experts (including experts in culture and
education, economy, and science and technology) who have been recruited to
work in China (or that are sent to them by post from abroad), the Customs
shall handle them in accordance with the existing relevant provisions.
These films shall, after their import, be placed under the strict control
of the departments concerned and shall be shown only by the aforesaid
foreigners among themselves. Chinese units or individuals are not
permitted to borrow these films for projection.
Article 7
Business activities with respect to the joint production of films by China
and foreign countries and the joint production of films by China's
mainland and the regions of Hong Kong and Macao or by the mainland and
Taiwan Province shall all be subject to the administration of the China
Films Joint Production Corporation, with the exception of the business
activities of the three Hong Kong films companies of the Great Wall, the
Phoenix and the Sunlin when they come back to shoot films on the mainland,
where the Office of Hong Kong & Macao Affairs under the State Council
shall directly approach the regions and units concerned for matters in
this respect. With respect to the import of the films jointly produced,
the China Films Joint Production Corporation shall fulfil the formalities
of import Customs declaration with the Customs. If, among these films,
there are some that are to be released nationwide, the China Films
Corporation shall, in accordance with the relevant regulations, fulfil the
formalities with the Beijing Customs for retroactive payment of Customs
duties.
Article 8
Films that are imported in violation of the relevant provisions or
smuggled in shall be dealt with by the Customs in accordance with the
relevant provisions. Those among the confiscated films that are worth
keeping because of their value for reference may be passed on to the
Cinema Administrative Bureau under the Ministry of Culture, which shall
hand them over to the China Cinematheque for preservation.
Article 9
These Measures shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation.