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Dazhong Daily:
The efficiency of customs clearance is a major concern for foreign trade enterprises, and is also one of the main forces propelling stable growth in foreign trade. Could you please outline the efforts the GACC has undertaken in this regard? And what new measures will the GACC take this year to further simplify customs clearance? Thank you.
Wang Lingjun:
Thank you for your questions. I would like to invite my colleague Mr. Lin to answer.
Lin Shaobin:
Thank you for your questions. Convenience is efficiency, and efficiency is money. Every minute and cent saved in customs clearance adds strength and momentum to the development of foreign trade enterprises. We have always adhered to the principle of "responding to the needs of enterprises," continuously promoting innovation in customs supervision services, and striving to create a safe, convenient and efficient customs clearance environment. The facilitation measures for customs clearance can be summarized in three words: excellent, simple and fast.
"Excellent" refers to optimized processes and services. We have continuously optimized the reform of import and export customs clearance models, implemented a "green channel" for fast clearance, and facilitated enterprises to accelerate their import and export processes. For example, in Guangdong province, we have implemented the "Greater Bay Area (GBA) Combined Port" and the "GBA One Port" convenient customs clearance models, optimizing connections of multiple links such as customs clearance and port allocation. We have achieved uninterrupted year-round circulation and 24/7 direct loading of import and export goods transferred between hub ports and feeder ports. The main import procedures have been reduced from 11 to eight, and the main export procedures from 14 to 10. According to our calculations, the average goods storage period has been shortened to within two days from the previous five to seven days. For low-risk compliant goods, the entire process from declaration to release can now be done online, essentially achieving clearance in seconds.
"Simple" refers to simplified documents and procedures. We have actively promoted the substantial simplification of regulatory certificates required for import and export procedures, and have basically achieved online verification. In accordance with one-stop government services, we have implemented several reforms. For example, Qingdao Customs has combined tax-related and inspection-related testing, improving the clearance efficiency of imported fuel oil and increasing the turnover capacity of oil storage tanks by more than 30%. We have also continuously simplified business processes, with companies now able to enjoy one-stop customs clearance through the single window system for international trade. Recently, we also removed filing procedures for overseas warehouses in cross-border e-commerce. Enterprises now only need to complete the customs declaration entity filing and the cross-border e-commerce enterprise filling to immediately start operations. In short, we are striving to simplify wherever possible and simplify as much as possible, with the goal of making customs clearance for businesses as easy as possible.
"Fast" refers to quick operation and checking. The convenience of customs clearance ultimately depends on how fast it is. We have implemented the remote on-site inspection reform through smart customs pilot program. By using video connections to conduct remote inspections, we can reduce the inspection time per shipment by 90%. We have implemented a control and inspection model for high-tech goods such as vacuum packaging, which can reduce customs clearance time for enterprises by 80%. We have implemented pilot reforms such as "smart inspection and quarantine" and "release before inspection" for imported bulk mineral products and crude oil. For example, Zhanjiang Customs has adopted the "smart inspection and quarantine" model for imported iron ore, reducing the clearance time for each batch by 15 hours and reducing the workload requiring company cooperation by more than 95%. We have also conducted destination inspection pilot programs for imported rail-transported copper concentrate at Urumqi and Lanzhou customs, reducing the clearance time from the original 150-200 hours to less than 30 hours.
There is no end to the work improving customs clearance facilitation. We are well aware of this, and so will continue to organize and promote specialized campaigns to facilitate cross-border trade. We are also planning to introduce specific policies and measures to facilitate customs clearance at airports. In summary, we aim to help foreign trade enterprises save time, money and labor, and reduce their concerns, during customs clearance.
Thank you.
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