diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index b0ffbd586d..f92a2c3070 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -772,8 +772,9 @@ class RunInventoryUpdate(BaseTask):
             ec2_opts = dict(inventory_source.source_vars_dict.items())
             regions = inventory_source.source_regions or 'all'
             regions = ','.join([x.strip() for x in regions.split(',')])
+            regions_blacklist = ','.join(settings.EC2_REGIONS_BLACKLIST)
             ec2_opts['regions'] = regions
-            ec2_opts.setdefault('regions_exclude', 'us-gov-west-1')
+            ec2_opts.setdefault('regions_exclude', regions_blacklist)
             ec2_opts.setdefault('destination_variable', 'public_dns_name')
             ec2_opts.setdefault('vpc_destination_variable', 'ip_address')
             ec2_opts.setdefault('route53', 'False')
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index b1d55bee11..1498d9ef27 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ EC2_REGION_NAMES = {
     'us-gov-west-1': 'US West (GovCloud)',
 }
 
+EC2_REGIONS_BLACKLIST = [
+    'us-gov-west-1',
+    'cn-north-1',
+]
+
 # Internal API URL for use by inventory scripts and callback plugin.
 if 'devserver' in INSTALLED_APPS:
     INTERNAL_API_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:%s' % DEVSERVER_DEFAULT_PORT