The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC), also known as the China Customs, is a ministry-level administrative agency under the
State Council of the People's Republic of China
The State Council of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Central People's Government, is the chief administrative authority and national cabinet. It is constitutionally the highest administrative organ of the country and the e ...
. It is responsible for the collection of
value added tax
A value-added tax (VAT or goods and services tax (GST), general consumption tax (GCT)) is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution. VAT is similar to, and is often compared wi ...
,
customs duties
A tariff or import tax is a duty (tax), duty imposed by a national Government, government, customs territory, or supranational union on imports of goods and is paid by the importer. Exceptionally, an export tax may be levied on exports of goods ...
,
excise duties, and other indirect taxes such as
air passenger duty,
climate change levy, insurance premium tax,
landfill tax and aggregates levy. It is also responsible for managing the
import and
export
An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country. The seller of such goods or the service provider is a ...
of goods and
services into
mainland China
"Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...
.
The agency is headed by a minister. The seat is currently vacant. The most recent minister was
Yu Jianhua, appointed in May 2022, before his December 2024 death.
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, 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.
List of ministers
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 Republ ...
, for the agency's pre-1949 predecessor
* China Immigration Inspection
* Customs and Excise Department (Hong Kong)
* Macau Custom Service under the Secretariat for Security (Macau)
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 China