Overview

• The CAAC’s emergency ban, effective June 28, bars portable power banks lacking China Compulsory Certification or under recall from both carry-on and checked baggage on domestic services.
• Travelers arriving at Chinese airports have been compelled to surrender disallowed devices at security, prompting confusion and last-minute disposals.
• More than two million units produced by Anker and Romoss were recalled this month and several manufacturers have had their 3C certifications suspended or revoked.
• The regulator cited a global rise in lithium battery incidents—highlighted by January’s Air Busan fire and a March Hong Kong Airlines emergency landing—as justification for the measure.
• International flights remain exempt and existing rules against in-flight charging with power banks continue to apply.