Power banks manufactured before 2024 now banned from air travel in China
China is regulating the transport of power banks on domestic flights. (Symbolic image, source: Marcus Herbrich)
Following recent power bank recalls, a government is now taking action on taking power banks on flights. But these changes are unlikely to affect the majority of airline passengers, as only domestic flights in China are affected.
Silvio Werner (translated by Jacob Fisher), Published 06/28/2025
The topic of power banks is currently a hot one, with Anker having to announce the recall of over a million power banks and subsequently having to expand the recall. But Anker isn’t the only one struggling with problems, as airlines also have to consider these recalls and take preventative measures to avoid defective power banks inadvertently finding their way onto flights. As of today, June 28, 2025, certain power banks will no longer be allowed on domestic flights in China. “Certain power banks” is an understatement: Powerbanks without a CCC certification and the corresponding logo are no longer permitted on flights.
We did some investigating and found that none of our power banks have a CCC logo. This is hardly surprising: As one user on Reddit explains in a detailed post, the CCC certification for power banks didn’t exist before August 2023, meaning that the broad sales boom for power banks with this certification didn’t really start until 2024. Even then, there were probably still some leftover stocks from previous years.
For flight passengers outside of China, the restriction is only be an issue if they are planning a trip to China in the near future. It’s not entirely unlikely that Chinese airlines will also restrict the carriage of power banks on international flights in the future, and a stricter approach by airlines worldwide is also conceivable. Currently, power banks with a capacity of 100 Wh are permitted on most international airlines, and these can only be transported in hand luggage.
Editor of the original article: Silvio Werner – Senior Tech Writer – 14382 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2017
I have been active as a journalist for over 10 years, most of it in the field of technology. I worked for Tom’s Hardware and ComputerBase, among others, and have been working for Notebookcheck since 2017. My current focus is particularly on mini PCs and single-board computers such as the Raspberry Pi – so in other words, compact systems with a lot of potential. In addition, I have a soft spot for all kinds of wearables, especially smartwatches. My main profession is as a laboratory engineer, which is why neither scientific contexts nor the interpretation of complex measurements are foreign to me.
Translator: Jacob Fisher – Translator – 1859 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022
Growing up in regional Australia, I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Now I live in Germany, having moved here in 2014, where I study philosophy and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.
