China Wildlife Protection Law (2022 revision) Art. 28 — ban on sale, purchase and use of nationally protected wildlife and products (禁售购利用)
Verbatim first-hand clauses from Article 28 of the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (2022 revision, Presidential Order No. 126, effective 2023-05-01). Chinese original is the C1-verified text (each clause a byte-substring of the saved source file); an English gloss follows each clause. This article bans the sale, purchase and use of nationally key protected wildlife and products thereof, with a permit-and-label exception — the core trade restriction relevant to exotic-pet commerce.
Verbatim C1 claims (each a byte-substring of the source file)
- 中文原文：禁止出售、购买、利用国家重点保护野生动物及其制品。
EN: The sale, purchase and use of nationally key protected wildlife and products thereof is prohibited.
- 中文原文：因科学研究、人工繁育、公众展示展演、文物保护或者其他特殊情况，需要出售、购买、利用国家重点保护野生动物及其制品的，应当经省、自治区、直辖市人民政府野生动物保护主管部门批准，并按照规定取得和使用专用标识，保证可追溯，但国务院对批准机关另有规定的除外。
EN: Where sale, purchase or use is needed for scientific research, captive breeding, public exhibition, cultural-relic preservation or other special circumstances, approval by the provincial-level wildlife-protection authority is required, and a special label must be obtained and used as prescribed to ensure traceability, except where the State Council provides otherwise.
- 中文原文：出售、利用有重要生态、科学、社会价值的陆生野生动物和地方重点保护野生动物及其制品的，应当提供狩猎、人工繁育、进出口等合法来源证明。
EN: Sale or use of terrestrial wildlife with important ecological, scientific and social value (三有) or locally key protected wildlife and their products requires legal-origin proof of hunting, captive breeding or import/export.
Related: cn_wildlife_law_art25_captive_breeding, cn_wildlife_3you_list_2023, cn_protected_wildlife_list_2021.