Challenges And Strategies For China Customs On Optimizing Clearance Environment After China's Entry Into WTO

China Customs is shouldering the holy task of guarding our country's economic door, it also plays an important role in our country's participation in global economic competition. As China has become a regular member of World Trade Organization, the Customs must adapt its work to the rules of global economy as quickly as possible so as to expedite the flow of commerce and facilitate legitimate trade, while effectively supervising and controlling activities across the border. Facing the challenges brought by economic globalization, such as rapid growth in trade volume, widely used Information Technology and increasing number of multinational crime, the Customs has to find a solution to an unavoidable issue, that is how to use its limited resources to raise working efficiency and optimize clearance environment. This article probes into the challenges lying ahead of the Customs in improving clearance environment, analyzes factors affecting clearance environment, and presents several strategies to the challenges. This article consists of four parts:Chapter One probes into the challenges lying ahead of the Customs in improving clearance environment. The increase in the volume of the Customs work and the changes in the way of international trade require the Customs to optimize the clearance environment. But inconsistencies of the Customs' law system with WTO rules and lack of experts in WTO practice are real challenges for the Customs.Chapter Two analyzes the factors affecting clearance environment. Standing from the point of business process, the author picks out the problems existing in the Customs operational process, management of human resources,and control of declaration market & I/E companies.Chapter Three presents strategies on the basis of previous analysis. They are applying Information Technology to improve the Customs operational process, using statistical analysis methods to provide reference to the fieldwork, strengthening lawmaking and publicity work, putting more efforts on human resource management, and intensifying control of declaration market and I/E companies.Chapter Four is a summary of the conclusion. In the author's opinion, optimizing clearance environment is beneficial to the economy. China Customs must recognize the challenges and problems it will meet, and take measures to optimize clearance environment so as to effectively control border activities and efficiently provide high-quality services to the society.