Vice Premier Wu Yi urged to keep on striking smuggling and
strengthening cooperation between all departments to improve
customs work at a conference on Tuesday.
She highly praised China Customs' efforts in cracking down on
smuggling in recent years and the contributions they had made to
safeguarding the country's economic and social development.
China Customs' revenue rose 24.3 percent year-on-year to reach
758.46 billion yuan (103.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2007.
Wu said it should further improve the taxation system to ensure
this year's goal.
The customs are at the front line against smuggling and
corruptions, thus it is vitally important to keep alert at all
times, she said.
(Xinhua News Agency January 9, 2008)