The State Council recently distributed the Plan for Implementing Information Sharing, Supervision Mutual Recognition and Mutual Assistance in Law Enforcement and Promoting Simplified Customs Declaration Construction and Reform (the Plan) to promote coordination between the hinterland and the coastal and border areas and realize information exchange, mutual recognition of supervision results and mutual assistance in law enforcement among port administration departments. The Plan put forward to set up an effective cross-sectoral and inter-regional customs declaration coordination system between the hinterland and coastal and border areas, and enable application of the unified regulatory standards in the same department, coordinated supervision and law enforcement among different departments, mutual recognition of supervision results, and optimize the customs declaration procedure so as to create a management system that adapts to the actual situation of China and has international competitiveness.

 

The Plan put forward to promote the reform of streamlining administration and delegating the power to the lower level of relevant port administration departments and improve the in-process and after-process supervision; facilitate construction of “single window”, simplify the on-site customs declaration procedures. Except for the necessary law enforcement procedures, the other affairs will be handled through the territorial administration, ex ante services and follow-up verification to minimize the on-site law enforcement contents at the port customs clearance site. It also requests to promote the new customs clearance mode “joint inspections and one-time release” and “one-stop” joint aboard inspection and other operations, accelerate integration of customs clearance and inspection and quarantine of the hinterland and coastal and border areas, and gradually cancel the designated port management of permits; and implement paperless customs clearance and permit online verification and cancel after verification, actively promote self-help customs clearance of travelers. On the basis of optimizing mechanism, efforts will be made to improve the progressive reform measures of the customs clearance management system, explore relatively concentrated execution of administration rights and cross-sectoral law enforcement and carry out inspection system innovation and comprehensive law enforcement pilot and other reform measures.

 

Source: Nanfang Daily, Feb. 4, 2015