Smart Customs Empowers Cross border Air Transport to Accelerate Takeoff

At Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport in the early morning, the international departure hall was crowded with people. Mr. Li, a cross-border e-commerce practitioner who is preparing to take a flight from Qingdao to Singapore, efficiently completed his check-in and headed straight to the joint customs and security inspection channel.

Almost without stopping, all inspections were completed by walking through the passage, "Mr. Li said.

This efficient customs clearance is a vivid manifestation of the implementation of the deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on "Digital China Construction" by the Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Customs under Qingdao Customs. The main theme of this level is "smart supervision and service openness", promoting innovative regulatory models to accurately connect with the needs of route expansion, and helping Qingdao Airport build an international aviation hub in Northeast Asia.

Since the beginning of this year, the route network of Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport has continued to expand, covering 24 major international cities, connecting 26 international destinations, and linking 45 domestic destinations. An open air route that connects Northeast Asia to the east, Eurasia to the west, Southeast Asia to the south, and domestic trunk and branch connections has accelerated its formation.

To serve the newly opened routes, Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Customs has implemented "accompanying support", moving the service window forward to the apron and extending it to enterprises, establishing a "pre judgment" mechanism with the airport and airlines, intervening in advance during the route demonstration stage, and providing "full cycle" services from filing to customs clearance process design. At the same time, we will innovate and implement the "dual pre inspection" customs clearance mode, and add hand luggage inspection gates in the health and quarantine areas. While passengers' hand luggage passes through the airport, the backend will synchronously perform machine inspection and judgment on checked luggage. The 'double pre inspection' allows law-abiding passengers to 'pick up their luggage and leave', and the clearance time is reduced by about one-third compared to the traditional mode, "said Wang Qing, head of the Customs Travel Inspection and Control Department at Qingdao Jiaodong Airport. This is not only a technological upgrade, but also a change in regulatory concepts.

With the empowerment of smart customs, the route network of Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport continues to be encrypted, and multiple airlines have opened international transit services. Passengers can enjoy the convenience of "one-time check-in and luggage hanging" at the departure station. Previously, the biggest headache for transferring flights was the issue of luggage. Now that 'seamless connection' has been achieved, the transfer efficiency has been greatly improved, "said Ms. Jin, who often travels between China and South Korea for work.

At present, Qingdao Airport's international travel services have covered 12 international destinations and 45 domestic destinations. (Ma Yanhui/article)