On The New International Economic And Trade Development Of Modern Customs

With the rapid development of the world economy and trade, Customs authorities (or Service ) that undertake to control over in-coming and /or outgoing goods and means of transport, alongside their national borders are now facing a huge and profound change. The impact for such a change in Customs authorities/Services not only cones from the urgent requirement made by the trade industry, a typical representative of the external environment, but also results from the internal demands by the Customs Services themselves throughout the world. Under such circumstances, the World Customs Organization(WCO) is revising the International Convention on the Simplification﹠Harmonization of Customs Procedures—simply referred to as the Kyoto Convention–which was drafted and adopted in 1973 and is no regarded as one of the pillar–like international instruments in very active and elaborate manner, with a view to adapting to the above—mentioned new requirements made as a result of the new development in world economy and trade. Judging from the true situation of the world as a whole, a great majority of Customs Services in both developed and developing countries have given top priority to such an urgent task, that is to carry out reform, hence Customs reform and modernization becomes a common objective. In China, recognition and understanding of this issue could be traced back to the earlier period of time. In 1994, the General Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China Administrative System and then this strategic goal, as the most important subject matter is the main focus, not only for the present time but will last for a long-time-period in the near future. Since its announcement, China Customs has been making strenuous and unswerving efforts to conduct a comprehensive and in–depth discovery and discussion. Today, the discovery of this issue, either judged from the world-wide perspective or based upon practices in other countries proves so meaningful and significant in theory and practice. On one hand, it relates to the survival of China Customs nowadays and it also greatly matters with a critical issue concerning whether or not China's economy and trade is able to align with that in the international community and whether or not it is possible to be ranked as a first-class state on the other. Therefore the another is motivated to participate in discussing it under big cross-century background and from a big perspective for development of world economy and trade .Needless to say, it is the starting point and right motive that another writes this paper in his pursuit of making indispensable contribution and bring it into perfection.The whole paper with the Macro-background featured by new development of world economy and trade and with much development as its elementary clue, strives to study and analyze in an interrelated manner those basic theoretical issues on Customs. To be more specific, this paper mainly deals with theory on the evolution of Customs, theory on the functions performed by Customs, and the build-up and development of Customs.The paper, with about 260 thousand of words, mainly includes 3 parts, the first of introduction, the second of the function, the second of the function of modernized Customs in the new development of international economy and trade, and the third of the building and the development of modernized Customs in the new development of international economy and trade.