Cross-Border Supply Chain Asset Recovery and Entity Deregistration Liability Arithmetic
Asset recovery requires pre-filed bailment titles, while entity deregistration liability hinges on statutory severance and tax clearance arithmetic.
Xianzhi Chu Jing
Meaning
An administrative and judicial coercive measure enacted under the Exit and Entry Administration Law and the Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China prevents designated individuals from departing mainland territory. Known as xianzhi chu jing, this restriction bars target persons from boarding international flights, passenger ships or border trains while unresolved civil litigation, unpaid tax liabilities, ongoing criminal proceedings or unexecuted court enforcement judgments remain active against them or their corporate entities. The legal restriction ceases to apply once the underlying obligation is settled, adequate financial security is deposited with the court, or the petitioning creditor consents to the formal lift of the travel ban.
Statutory Ground
Imposition of an exit ban occurs across multiple administrative and judicial channels governed by specialized statutory mandates. People’s courts issue exit restrictions against judgment debtors who fail to satisfy effective civil judgments or against the legal representatives of debtor enterprises undergoing enforcement proceedings. Tax authorities possess the statutory power under the Tax Collection Administration Law to request immigration border exit restrictions against legal representatives and responsible corporate officers of enterprises carrying unsettled tax arrears.
Public security bureaus and supervisory commissions independently impose border exit bans on individuals implicated in open criminal investigations or state anticorruption inquiries.
Execution Protocol
Implementation protocols connect the ordering administrative authority or judicial body directly with the National Immigration Administration via the national integrated border control database. Once the intermediate or basic people’s court approves a creditor’s petition for an exit ban, the court transmits an execution order to the entry-exit border inspection authority. Target foreign or domestic individuals receive no mandatory advance administrative notification prior to attempting departure at Chinese customs checkpoints.
Border control officers execute immediate physical interception, confiscate travel documents, issue a formal exit denial notice and instruct the individual to contact the issuing court.
Lift Procedure
Revocation of an exit restriction requires the targeted individual or corporate entity to resolve the formal cause of the enforcement action through complete payment, court settlement or valid collateral provision. The restricted party must file a petition with the specific issuing people’s court or administrative authority demonstrating that the judgment has been fulfilled or that an equivalent guarantee has been frozen by the judiciary. Once the court verifies compliance, it issues a formal cancellation notice and transmits the release directive through the immigration control system.
Processing times for lifting the border restriction across local courts and immigration checkpoints generally require several business days.