The General Administration of Customs (GAC; ) is a ministry-level administrative agency within the
government of the People's Republic of China
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. It is responsible for the collection of
value added tax (VAT),
customs duties,
excise duties
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, and other indirect taxes such as
air passenger duty
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,
climate change levy
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Scope and purpose
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,
insurance premium tax,
landfill tax and
aggregates levy. It is also responsible for managing the
import and
export
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of goods and
services
Service may refer to:
Activities
* Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty
* Civil service, the body of employees of a government
* Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...
into
mainland China
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. The current director is
Ni Yuefeng
Ni Yuefeng (; born September 1964) is a Chinese politician who is the current party secretary of Hebei, in office since April 2022. Previously he served as head and party branch secretary of the General Administration of Customs and before that ...
, appointed in March 2018.
Customs emblem
The emblem was designed by a customs officer named Chen Tiebao () in 1951. The emblem consists of a golden key and the
Caduceus of
Hermes
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, crossing with each other. It was officially adopted on 1 October 1953. The emblem was not used from 1966 to 1985, as it was considered "too capitalist".
海关关徽
. 郑州海关.
See also
* Chinese Maritime Customs Service
The Chinese Maritime Customs Service was a Chinese governmental tax collection agency and information service from its founding in 1854 until it split in 1949 into services operating in the Republic of China on Taiwan, and in the People's Repub ...
, for the agency's pre-1949 predecessor
* China Immigration Inspection
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* Customs and Excise Department (Hong Kong)
The Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) is a government agency responsible for the protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region against smuggling; the protection and collection of revenue on dutiable goods on behalf of the Hon ...
* Macau Custom Service
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under the Secretariat for Security (Macau)
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References
External links
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Government agencies of China
Customs services
1949 establishments in China
Government agencies established in 1949
State Council of the People's Republic of China