Online Interview
Topic: By Streamlining Administration, Delegating Power to Lower Levels and Transforming Functions, What has China Customs Transformed?
Time:02:30 PM (Thu) April 03, 2014
Special Guests:Chen Xudong, Press Spokesman of the GACC, Director of the GACC Department of Policy and Legal Affairs, and Director General of the GACC Office of Reform; Ms. Qiu Yueling, Director General of National Education and Training Center of the GACC
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By Streamlining Administration, Delegating Power to Lower Levels and Transforming Functions, What has China Customs Transformed?
[Chen Xudong]: The authority of Administrative examination and approval is within the scope of “power list”. Administrative organs shall not exercise powers that are not stated clearly in the “power list”. Customs implement “list management” for existing items subject to administrative examination and approval and have announced the list of those items.
[Netizen: anonymous]: Good afternoon, Mr. Chen! Could you tell us when the power list of GACC and Customs at all levels will be published? Are the handling time for different customs services the same all over the country? How can enterprises report cases involving contents not covered in the disclosed power list or prolonged handling time or non-acceptance to GACC via official channels? March 31, 2014 17:39:53
[Chen Xudong]: Power list of the Customs system has been published on the website of GACC on April 1. For specific contents, please click on the column of government information publicity on this website. As there are various types of customs services, it's difficult to completely unify the handling times required by different services. If the services are not provided in compliance with the contents and deadlines specified in the disclosed power list, enterprises can report to Customs via the hotline 12360. 04/03/2014 15:12:37
[Netizen: Di Di]: After reform on items subject to examination and approval related to processing trade, will related policies be changed relatively? 04/03/2014 10:09:29
[Chen Xudong]: The reform on administrative approval system related to processing trade conducted by the Customs has indeed caused wider controversy among all sectors of society. After revision and issuing of related customs regulations, some processing trade companies misunderstand that processing trade policies will be adjusted largely, and then call for consultation in succession. Here, I will explain this for you. During this reform of administrative examination and approval, the core content is to optimize supervision process and management method by means of information resources, and eventually improve customs supervision efficiency, manage in a “correct, efficient and good manner”, and make all enterprises and individuals under customs services feel that they “go through customs quickly”. 04/03/2014 15:13:34
[Netizen: La La La]: There are two items, namely, “registration” and “verification and cancellation” in canceled administrative examination and approval procedures related to processing trade links. Could you explain them in details for us? 04/03/2014 10:10:13
[Chen Xudong]: Based on features of bonded processing trade goods, the Customs apply chain-type process management to processing trade goods, that is, registration—import—processing—export—verification and cancellation. Therefore, “registration” and “verification and cancellation” are both management links in processing trade. 04/03/2014 15:14:23
[Chen Xudong]: This reform of administrative examination and approval for customs processing trade is mainly to cancel administrative examination and approval procedures and related legal documents. Customs will conduct management in accordance with general business process. Wherein, for the business of registration and verification and cancellation, the Customs are exploring and creating new management mode by means of information technology and risk identification. In other words, by using systematic functions such as loading parameters and setting channel identification, the Customs achieve intensified, smart and automated operation with “automatic clearance plus necessary manual intervention”, so as to further improve the efficiency of customs supervision over processing trade and facilitate enterprises to do relevant business. See the following figure.
[Chen Xudong]: At present, the Department of Processing Trade and Customs Bonded Operation has conducted pilot programs in Huangpu Customs House and several other Customs houses, set up review and identification channels in red, yellow and green, and will gradually achieve e-clearance without manual interventions for the green channel with low-risk handbook. Wherein, the time for filing and changing a low-risk handbook will be shortened from original 2-3 days on average to 3-5 minutes, to further simplify handling procedures, cut down the time and improve efficiency. 04/03/2014 15:15:28