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Customs put new system on trial
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Song Yingwen
THE "China Electronic Port" system, based on a management model of "Electronic account + online checking + online service", will soon enter trial operation in Shenzhen, according to Shenzhen Customs.
"The e-port is expected to be up and running on June 1," Gong Zheng , head of Shenzhen Customs announced earlier at a press conference.
Being part of a national programme dubbed "China E-Ports", the system aims to improve the efficiency of foreign trade as well as to help conduct transactions online, curb smuggling and prevent tax-evasion through the linking of data centres of enterprises, banks, Customs, foreign trade, taxation and authorities involved in foreign trade.
By adopting modern information technology, the system will store all the electronic ledger data of imports and exports which are related to respective administrative departments and will also allow information be shared and exchanged on a unified, secure, and effective computer platform, thus helping to put a gag on illegal activities such as smuggling, foreign exchange fraud and tax evasion.
Any administrative departments can check the inter-departmental cross-industry data by hooking into the network and enterprises can also deal with all kinds of import and export businesses via the system.
The e-port allows only import and export enterprises with their operating licences registered in Shenzhen. Currently, there are altogether over 7,000 foreign trade enterprises qualified for transacting imports and exports by the net in the city.
According to Li Xiaodong, head of the e-port working group under Shenzhen Customs, 3,398 application forms have been distributed as of last weekend and 358 valid application forms.
However, Li urged qualified enterprises to register with the working group as soon as possible.
"Starting from June 1, an online application for the new version bill on the verification and cancellation of foreign exchange earned through export will be required before applying for a hardcopy application," Li explained. "Those enterprises who do not register to be clients of e-port will be frustrated to find their import and export business impossible because they can't apply for the new version bill."
The system has been put into operation in Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangzhou since April 1 and will be in use nationwide by June 1.
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