Legal basis: Article 16 of the Provisional Regulations on Value-added Tax in People's Republic of China (PRC) is exempt from value-added tax for the following items:
(1) Self-produced agricultural products sold by agricultural producers;
(2) Contraceptive drugs and devices;
(3) old books;
(4) Imported instruments and equipment for scientific research, scientific experiments and teaching;
(5) Imported materials and equipment provided free of charge by foreign governments and international organizations;
(6) Processing, assembling and compensating imported equipment for trade;
(seven) articles for the disabled directly imported by organizations for the disabled;
(8) selling articles for personal use.