National administrative organs that exercise the powers of import and export supervision and management in accordance with the laws and administrative regulations of the country (or region). Customs is to supervise, inspect and levy customs duties on goods and articles entering or leaving the country. Take care of the inward and outward means of transport, cargo, baggage items, postal items and other items; collect customs duties and other taxes and fees; check; compile customs statistics; handle other customs services.
The Customs of the People's Republic of China is the country's entry and exit supervision and management institution. It implements a vertical management system and is divided into three levels in the organization: 1 is the General Administration of Customs; 2 is the Guangdong Branch; Tianjin and Shanghai 2 special commissioners' offices, 41 There are two customs schools and two customs schools (Shanghai Customs College and Qinhuangdao Customs School); the third level is 562 customs agencies under the jurisdiction of each customs department. In addition, it has presences in Brussels, Moscow, Washington and Hong Kong. China Customs now has more than 48,000 personnel (including customs anti-smuggling police).
The General Administration of Customs of China, in accordance with the provisions of the "Customs Law", supervises inward and outward means of transport, cargo, baggage items, postal items and other items. In 2003, the Customs supervised a total of 1.64254 million tons of imported and exported goods, 22.92 million vessels (cars, racks) of inbound and outbound transport, and 44.10 million TEUs of inbound and outbound containers, an increase of 1.6%, 3%, and 26.4% year-on-year; 223.59 million person-times, 96.57 million items were mailed and 53.59 million were sent by express mail.