Recently, Beilun Customs under Ningbo Customs found 6560 plastic stationery boxes with unauthorized Disney patterns (Frozen, Snow White) in exported goods. The goods infringe intellectual property rights, and customs have lawfully detained them per China's Customs Law.

Ningbo, a new comprehensive pilot city for service industry opening-up, implements 113 tasks (7 exclusive, 106 public) focusing on bonded maintenance, AI+manufacturing, shipping services, etc., advancing from goods to service opening-up and exploring replicable experiences.

In 2025, Ningbo Zhoushan Port became China's largest bonded biofuel oil refueling port for ships (over 60,000 tons). Ningbo Customs supports its business growth, breaking single refueling records, and aims to build an international clean energy refueling center amid shipping decarbonization.

Guangzhou Customs seized about 25 tons of illegally hidden fireworks (declared as shoes/skirts) at Nansha Port. Fireworks are Class 1 dangerous goods; customs will crack down on illegal exports.

Hengqin Customs seized a Guangdong Macau dual license plate car at Hengqin Port on Dec 29 last year, finding 6 bottles of foreign liquors (Hennessy XO etc.) hidden above the engine. It reminded that hiding taxable goods for entry/exit is smuggling, with criminal liability if serious.

Recently, Wan Chai Customs (subsidiary of Gongbei Customs) seized 40 bags (1.1 tons) of fake concealed natural charcoal via cross-border e-commerce (declared as scarf but actual charcoal, identified as original charcoal). Charcoal is in 2004 Prohibited Export Catalogue, now handed to anti-smuggling dept.

As of Jan 9, 2026, cumulative registrations of "two cars heading north" exceed 200,000. Gongbei Customs optimizes procedures for smooth registration. Hong Kong/Macao residents enjoy daily cross-border travel, with Macau car owners like Mr. Li using the service for weekend activities.

Since RCEP's 4-year implementation, Dalian Customs has issued 87,000 RCEP certificates, supervised over 30 billion yuan in RCEP goods, helped enterprises gain ~200 million yuan tax cuts, and supported enterprises via training, self-service printing, etc., with examples like Yingkou Shangran Clothing and Dalian Liaowu'er Electric.

Kunshan International Airport Pre Cargo Station (China's first filing-system aviation pre cargo terminal) covers over 100 countries/regions. By 2025, its import-export value will hit 16.175 billion yuan, boosting logistics efficiency by over 60% and cutting costs by over 30%. In December 2025, the first Jiangsu domestic trade goods were sent to Guangzhou via it, supporting foreign/domestic trade for high-quality development.

Wenzhou Airport officially opened the Wenzhou-Jakarta international cargo route (its first new freight route this year), carrying Southeast Asian aquatic products. Wenzhou Customs ensured efficient clearance, expanding Wenzhou's international logistics radiation and boosting Belt and Road economic and trade exchanges.

On January 15th, cross-border e-commerce and bonded goods from multiple Chinese cities were directly transported to countries like Kazakhstan via international road transport under the Convention. Customs optimized its implementation, launched pilots, improved clearance convenience, and aimed to serve the Belt and Road Initiative.

On Jan 13-14, the National E-commerce Work Conference was held in Beijing. It summarized 14th Five-Year Plan e-commerce achievements (digital consumption over 23.8t yuan, top online retail market for 13 years, 36 Silk Road e-commerce partners) and deployed 2026 key work (four aspects) for the 15th Five-Year Plan's start year. Vice Minister Sheng Qiuping spoke, and relevant representatives attended.

On Jan 14, 2026, China’s customs released 2025 foreign trade data: total imports/exports hit a record 45.47 trillion yuan (3.8% growth), retaining world’s largest goods trader title. Highlights include Belt and Road trade growth, surging high-tech exports, private enterprises as main driver, US-China trade mutual benefit, and resilience amid global challenges.

Yiwu, known as the "world supermarket", attracts global foreign-funded entities with open policies and convenient services. Foreign entrepreneurs from Nepal, Pakistan, Türkiye, Syria share their success stories of starting businesses here, which now has over 10,000 foreign-funded businesses from 160+ countries and regions.

A batch of Linxia Mountain Ginseng (over 2 million yuan, with "one ginseng, one code" traceability mark) was successfully exported to Macau via Tonghua Customs, being China's first export using its exclusive tax number added this year. This marks a new stage for the industry's globalization, with customs providing green channel support to solve past identity recognition issues and enhance competitiveness.

By 2025, enterprises under Shunyi Customs exported 306 batches of alcoholic products (47.01 million yuan) to 19 countries/regions. Beijing Red Star Co., Ltd. (with intangible cultural heritage Erguotou) expanded overseas, and Beijing Customs provided one-on-one support, 7×24 appointment inspection, etc. to facilitate export.

Recently, Beijing Customs at Capital International Airport found 79.13kg undeclared cannabis in 4 checked bags of two foreign transit passengers. THC, CBD and cannabinol were detected. The case was transferred to customs anti-smuggling department. Customs reminded drug smuggling is criminally liable per PRC Criminal Law.

Rizhao's foreign trade enterprises (Zhongda Sports, Asia Pacific Senbo) are active in production/exports in early 2026. Customs offers policy support and optimizes clearance. It also covers 2025 trade data and 2026 plans (e.g., Zhongda's online migration, export doubling).

Since last September, Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Customs launched the "Double Pre Inspection" mode, cutting clearance time to under 8 sec, handling over 550k passengers in 4 months. Tech integration enhances efficiency and supervision precision, improving passenger experience; future plans include expanding scenarios for smarter port services.

According to Jining Customs (subsidiary of Qingdao Customs) 2025 data: over 70 Jining import enterprises used China's FTA preferential policies, importing 1.5b yuan with 120m yuan tariff reduction; customs issued 42640 FTA origin certificates (visa amount 17.63b yuan, up 15.7%/9.9% YoY) for exports, helping 833m yuan foreign tariff reduction; future plans include smart customs, targeted FTA policy services.