The General Administration of Customs is working on a slew of measures, including shortening the overall port clearance time for imports and exports, to further improve port efficiency under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership framework, said a senior Customs official.
In terms of Customs protection of intellectual property rights, Dang said that the GAC will actively fulfill the obligations stipulated by the RCEP, strengthen cooperation and coordination with other Customs authorities of the RCEP members, jointly improve the level of intellectual property protection in the region, and maintain a favorable business environment.
China's foreign trade extended its growth momentum during the first four months, with the country fully promoting efforts to coordinate the growth of this sector. Its foreign trade expanded 28.5 percent on a yearly basis to 11.62 trillion yuan in the January-April period, up 21.8 percent over the same period in 2019, latest Customs data showed.
Apart from further shortening the overall port clearance time for foreign trade goods, Dang stressed that the government will actively support the innovative development of ports in inland areas, and give backing to the establishment of cargo airports in inland areas with proper conditions or increase the opening of international passenger and cargo routes at existing ports, she said.
With joint efforts of the GAC, multiple ministries and commissions, the regulatory documents that need to be verified in the import and export process at ports have been streamlined from 86 in 2018 to 41, dropping by 52.3 percent to date this year.
Among these 41 types of regulatory documents, with the exception of three types that cannot be processed through internet due to special circumstances, the remaining 38 types of documents can all be applied for and processed online.
A total of 23 types of documents can be processed through the "single window" system in international trade. Companies do not need to submit hard copy supervision certificates to the Customs since automatic comparison and verification are made during Customs clearance session, she said.
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