Online Interview
Topic: Jinan Customs District - P. R. China’s Youngest Customs District
Time:10:30 AM (Fri) May 09, 2014
Special Guests:Liu Weiwei, Party Leadership Group Secretary and Director General of Jinan Customs District
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Jinan Customs District - P. R. China’s Youngest Customs District
[Liu Weiwei]: Yes, we will continue to organize such lectures. Based on the philosophy of “People's Customs Serve the People", Jinan Customs District organized on-site office and policy publicity activities last year. We gave lectures on preferential policies to 1,128 enterprises, solved 84 problems on site, and developed 102 customized support measures to directly help them to make best use of the preferential policies. All those activities were highly commended by local Party committees, governments and import and export enterprises. This year, we will carry out on-site office and policy publicity activities on a regular basis, establish a long-term working mechanism, set up a real-time platform for communication between customs and enterprises, and provide lectures on policies in a faster, more accessible and comprehensive manner via information media such as portals, so as to enable those enterprises to enjoy these up-to-date preferential policies timely, help them to alleviate burdens, raise efficiency and improve competitiveness. For example, we will make similar online interviews on the website of Jinan Customs District. Meanwhile, the import and export enterprises may also dial the Custom hotline 0531-12360 for consultation at any time. This hotline has manual service in 7*24 hours. All your questions will be answered. 05/09/2014 11:40:04
[Netizen: Yi Sheng Zhong Cheng]: Hello, Ms. Liu. I am a student majored in customs declaration and will graduate this year. My question is whether the cancellation of the qualification examination for declarers means everyone can work as a declarer, or there are other requirements for becoming a declarer. 05/09/2014 10:38:53
[Liu Weiwei]: Hello! In order to implement the requirements of the State Council on streamlining administration and delegating more power to the lower levels, the Customs canceled the verification and approval of qualification for declarers, and will not set up any threshold and access conditions for customs declaration practitioners, and no longer organize the qualification examination for declarers from 2014 onwards. At present, the Administrative Measures of the Customs for the Practice of Declarers is under revision and is expected to be released soon. Any person can work as a declarer if he is at or above 18 years old and with full capacity for civil conducts. 05/09/2014 11:40:19
[Netizen: anonymity]: When was Jinan Customs upgraded to a customs district directly under GACC? Does hanging out its shingle mean its successful upgrading? 05/09/2014 10:37:28
[Liu Weiwei]: The upgrading of Jinan Customs was approved on May 9, 2012 after GACC reported to the State Council and the State Commission Office of Public Sectors Reform (SCOPSR). The date of approval marks its successful upgrading. After preparations for some time, Jinan Customs District hung out its shingle and started the official operation on December 13, 2012. 05/09/2014 11:41:05
[Netizen: anonymity]: I heard that Zibo, Dongying and Binzhou were under the jurisdiction of Zibo Customs House, so are the 9 regions within the jurisdiction of Jinan Customs District classified by the administrative region? 05/09/2014 10:41:17
[Liu Weiwei]: The jurisdiction of Zibo Customs House is over the customs business of the entire Zibo City, and the customs business in Dongying City and Binzhou City are under the jurisdiction of Dongying Customs House and the Customs Office of Jinan Customs District in Binzhou respectively. The jurisdiction areas including Jinan, Zibo, Weifang, Tai’an, Dongying, Dezhou, Liaocheng, Binzhou and Laiwu within Jinan Customs District at present are classified by the administrative region. 05/09/2014 11:41:23
[Netizen: Yang Guang Da Bai Cai]: Hello, I am glad to raise my question here. I noticed that the foreign trade statistics of our country were denominated in USD in the past, and changed into RMB this year. So I want to know why the State made such modification and if this change will boost China’s development of foreign trade. 05/09/2014 11:01:25
[Liu Weiwei]: Hello! GACC decided to fully disclose various customs statistics denominated in RMB commencing from the disclosure of the 2014 Customs statistics, aiming to completely keep in line with the internationally-accepted system for data disclosure in local currency, further improve the Customs’ statistics disclosure system, facilitate the formation of a coordinated and unified statistical denomination system, and provide data users with more abundant customs statistics. Meanwhile, to ensure the continuity of the historical customs statistics, and in consideration of the data user's habits, various customs statistical statements denominated both in USD and in RMB will be disclosed. 05/09/2014 11:41:47
[Netizen: anonymity]: Our company is a law-abiding enterprise applicable to Grade B management at present. Is it easy for an enterprise to obtain the approval for upgrading of the management grade? 05/09/2014 10:57:52