diff --git a/plugins/inventory/ec2.ini b/plugins/inventory/ec2.ini
index 345b185995..9d05dfad03 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/ec2.ini
+++ b/plugins/inventory/ec2.ini
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # in AWS and merge the results together. Alternatively, set this to a comma
 # separated list of regions. E.g. 'us-east-1,us-west-1,us-west-2'
 regions = all
-regions_exclude = us-gov-west-1
+regions_exclude = us-gov-west-1,cn-north-1
 
 # When generating inventory, Ansible needs to know how to address a server.
 # Each EC2 instance has a lot of variables associated with it. Here is the list: