I. To Issue Customs Clearance Notice and Provide Guidelines on Customs Clearance.

The GACC develops and publishes the Customs Clearance Notice for the Seventh China International Import Expo of 2024, the Restriction List for Inspection and Quarantine during the Seventh China International Import Expo of 2024 and the Prohibition List for Inspection and Quarantine during the Seventh China International Import Expo of 2024 in order to provide detailed guidelines for overseas exhibitors.

II. To Set up Designated Customs Office for CIIE.

The Customs Office for NECC, subordinated to Shanghai Customs, has been set up as a designated service agency to ensure customs supervision and service during the CIIE.

III. To Deepen Technological Applications and Create an Intelligent Supervision & Service Mode.

China Customs supervises and serves the exhibitors and exhibits in the CIIE through big data platform and information technology for cross-border trade management, and creates a new digital, intelligent, facilitative and integrated supervision and service mode for the CIIE.

IV. To Dispatch Personnel on-site and Provide Customs Services.

During the CIIE, Shanghai Customs will send staff to the comprehensive service area of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) to provide customs clearance, supervision, consultation and other services.

V. The Organizer to Offer Tax Guarantee to Lighten the Burden on Overseas Exhibitors.

The National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) will provide the guarantee for duty and tax payable and present Shanghai Customs with the bank guarantee or tariff guarantee/insurance for the temporary exhibits at the import expo. Overseas exhibitors or its entrusted Designated Official Forwarders submit to the Customs with the Certification for Import Goods for the Seventh China International Import Expo of 2024 and the List of Import Goods for the Seventh China International Import Expo of 2024 issued by the NECC, instead of providing guarantee for each transaction.

VI. To Conduct Examination and Approval in the Nearest Customs for Better Facilitation.

For the inbound animals and plants and their products, food of animal and plant origin and the Chinese medical herbs that require administrative approval involving inspection and quarantine, Shanghai Customs and related Customs are authorized to handle the approval procedures in the nearest locality, and the relevant approvals shall be completed within three working days. In accordance with the principle of “facilitation and operability”, Shanghai Customs is entrusted to exercise the power of acceptance and examination on the overseas production enterprises of the imported aquatic products, dairy products and cubilose sold in the exhibition area, which are exempted from overseas on-site examination. After the examination, the General Administration of Customs issues temporary registration documents (temporary registration documents are only used in the exhibition area during the exhibition).

VII. To Set up a Special Channel to Give Priority to the Procedures.

VIP channels, special customs clearance windows and designated examination channels for inbound exhibits will be set up at the major ports for the CIIE. Priority will be given to the handling of customs procedures such as declaration, inspection, sampling and testing, and release upon the completion of inspection will be conducted.

VIII. To Consolidate Regulatory Measures and Extend the Temporary Entry Period of the Exhibits Under the ATA Carnet.

The good practice of the supervision services on the previous CIIE sessions will be consolidated and promoted. The re-exportation period of the temporary entry of exhibits under the ATA Carnet shall be the same as the period of validity of the carnet.

IX. To Promote Access Negotiations and Expand the Categories of Imported Exhibits.

Quarantine access negotiations with participating countries or regions will be promoted, with the progress of risk assessment sped up, to support the exhibition of agricultural and livestock products with acceptable risk levels and to realize trade with China. The signing of bilateral access agreements will be advanced to expand the categories of imported exhibits.

X. To Simplify Supervision Procedures to Facilitate the Entry of Special Articles.

Participants of the CIIE are allowed to enter China with special articles (biological products) for personal use and only for the prevention or treatment of diseases with a doctor’s prescription or relevant hospital certification. The allowable amount is limited to one course of treatment according to the prescription or specification.

XI. To Simplify Inbound Procedures to Facilitate the Exhibition of Food and Cosmetics.

Pre-packaged food and cosmetics only for exhibition shall be exempted from labeling in Chinese and sampling inspection as well as verifying the record certificates of the consignees and consignors; based on assessment of the food safety risk, those for trial and tasting in small amount shall be sampled for inspection before the exhibition, and shall be exempted from labeling in Chinese; those for trial sale in small amount at the exhibition site can be exempted from labeling in Chinese.

XII. To Simplify the Exit Procedures and Facilitate the Disposal of Exhibits after the Expo.

After the CIIE, if temporarily imported exhibits (excluding temporary import under the ATA Carnet) are transported into the customs special control area and bonded supervision site (exhibited automobiles shall be transported into the customs special control area and bonded supervision site entitled of vehicle bonded warehousing business), the temporary import declaration shall be written off subsequent to relevant customs formalities.

XIII. To Support Bonded Exhibition and Sales, and Expand the Spillover Effect of the CIIE.

The enterprises registered in the Customs Special Control Area or Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) (hereinafter referred to as “the Area/Center”) can transfer the bonded cargoes to the exhibition and sales venues of the CIIE, outside the Area/Center, for exhibition, sale and other business activities after the guarantee for such bonded cargoes is submitted.

XIV. To Support Cross-border E-commerce Business and Promote Online-Offline Integration.

Inbound exhibits that are allowed to be included in the cross-border e-commerce retail import list (2022 edition), enter the Area/Center after the exhibition, can be sold according to the cross-border e-commerce online shopping bonded retail import goods mode for those who meet the requirements.

XV. To Support Exhibition of Cultural Relics and Promote Preferential Tax Policies.

Exhibits identified as cultural relics by the national cultural heritage department are allowed to be exhibited as temporarily imported exhibits or bonded exhibits. The cultural relics exhibits, allowed to be sold to domestic consumers with the permission by relevant national cultural heritage department during CIIE, can be imported duty-free in accordance with relevant policies and regulations if they conform to the provisions of the preferential tax policies for the import exhibits sold during the CIIE.

XVI. To Prioritize Testing and Relevant Certifications for the Vehicles of Eligible Exhibitors.

For exhibitors’ vehicles which have finished the single-vehicle certification, obtained the China Compulsory Certification (CCC) and completed the information disclosure as required in China’s VI Vehicle Emission Standards in line with the requirements of Law of People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution, the Customs will prioritize them in commodity inspection in accordance with the law and in issuing relevant certificates.

XVII. To Expand the Scope of Exhibits and Allow Animal and Plant Products and Food to Participate without Quarantine Certificate.

Animal and plant products and food of animal origin that come from non-epidemic area without inspection and quarantine approval are allowed to participate. Shanghai Customs will issue the special examination and approval accredited by GACC for those that need quarantine approval.

XVIII. To Streamline Certificate Requirements for Certain Products.

The official sanitary or quarantine certificates issued by exporting country or place will be exempted if the food of animal origin will no longer spread the animal and plant epidemics.