Before you ship, ask whether the item/technology needs an export licence — dual-use and catalogue controls are easy to miss.
China export licensing spans dual-use/export-control licences and other catalogue export permissions. Classification, end-user and destination drive the dual-use track. The live singular `/china-export-licence` wiki and how-to-apply page already own that cluster — this plural map entry orients exporters and points there rather than cloning. Import licences are the inbound twin. Customs declaration still happens either way.
4 questions before you choose the route.
This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.
Dual-use/control list hit?
Open live export-licence cluster.
Dual-useOther catalogue export licence?
MOFCOM/GACC maps.
CatalogueEnd-user docs ready?
Live how-to.
EUCImport-side twin needed for returns?
Import licences.
ImportWorking rule: Map the regulated role before marketing or launch in China.
The signal ledger.
These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.
Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.
Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.
Questions people ask before they build.
Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.
Why another export-licence URL?
This is the Wave-4 map slug. The live `/china-export-licence` cluster remains the dual-use how-to related guide — cross-read, do not merge casually.
Where is the apply how-to?
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.