General Administration of Customs: 10 measures to support the development of China-Europe trains to fully guarantee their normal and orderly operation

Guangming News (Reporter Zhao Yanyan) On March 1st, the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference on the effective prevention and control of overseas epidemic cases according to law. Lin Wei, director of the Health and Quarantine Department of the General Administration of Customs, stated that in order to support the development of China-Europe trains, on February 24th, the General Administration of Customs issued 10 measures to support the development of China-Europe trains.

Among the 10 measures, including allowing enterprises to choose to go through customs clearance formalities at the entry and exit points or at ports of origin, to support the construction of the China-Europe Railway Link Station, to promote the development of the China-Europe Railway Group's intermodal business, and to support the use of China-Europe Railway Cross-border e-commerce, express mail, and mail transportation services, support the construction of bonded supervision sites in key logistics node cities of China-Europe trains as needed, use the advantages of the bonded system to promote the development of trains, and operate China-Europe trains efficiently and intensively. This series of measures.

The implementation of these measures will greatly enhance the level of facilitation of cross-border transportation between China and Europe by train, release the transportation capacity of China and Europe by train, expand imports, strengthen information sharing and interconnection, and further promote economic and trade exchanges between countries along the route.

Safety is a prerequisite for development. At present, the epidemic prevention and control of China-Europe trains is an important basis for ensuring rapid customs clearance and normal operation of trains. To this end, the General Administration of Customs has specifically formulated the guidelines for sanitary quarantine operations of entry-exit trains, which have put forward clear requirements for declaration, review, on-site quarantine, on-site disposal, and sanitary treatment. At the same time, the health declaration and health of the crew and passengers are strictly enforced Monitor and develop emergency plans. Trains that may be contaminated by the new crown virus should be promptly disinfected to prevent the spread of the epidemic through trains.

Through these measures, the General Administration of Customs will make every effort to ensure the normal and orderly operation of China-Europe trains.

[Director: Feng Hao]