On June 15, Vice Minister Sun Yibiao held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Yitzhak Cohen, Vice Minister of Finance, Mr. Moshe Asher, Director General of Tax Authority and Mr. Avi Ben Arditi, Director General of Customs Service of Israel in Jerusalem. The two sides spoke highly of the economic and trade relations and Customs exchanges between the two countries, and had an in-depth exchange of views and reached consensus on deepening Customs cooperation under the framework of “the Belt and Road” Initiative, strengthening AEO mutual recognition cooperation, intensifying bilateral administrative assistance as well as promoting capacity building cooperation. The Israeli counterparts conveyed their congratulations to China Customs on Mr. Liu Ping’s election as Director of the Directorate of Tariff and Trade Affairs of the WCO. The Israeli side expressed its willingness to strengthen the all-round cooperation with China Customs.

After the meeting, Vice Minister Sun and Mr. Yitzhak Cohen  signed Action Plan between The Israel Tax Authority and The General Administration of Customs of The People’s Republic of China Regarding Mutual Recognition of the Authorized Economic Operator Programs and China–Israel AEO Mutual Recognition Road Map, Vice Minister Sun and Mr. Moshe Asher signed Agreed Minutes of the Meeting between The Vice Minister of the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China and the Deputy Minister of Finance of the State of Israel.

Accompanied by Mr. Moshe Asher, Vice Minister Sun visited Israeli high-technology enterprises and debriefed the cooperation between Israeli Customs and enterprises.