In 1980, the State Council decided that since the customs resumed taxation, Customs revenue The total amount has increased rapidly and the structure has been continuously optimized. From 1980 to 2009, the customs collected 6 trillion and 200 billion yuan for the state, accounting for 28% of the central government's revenue in the same period. At the same time, the standardization, legalization and internationalization of customs tax collection and management have been greatly improved. This is what journalists learned today from the 30th Anniversary Symposium on restoring taxes to customs.

Sheng Guangzu, director general of the customs and Excise Department, said at the meeting that customs revenue was strengthening in the past 30 years. State financial resources At the same time, it is also an important means of regulation to promote national economic development. Since the first autonomous tax reduction in 1992, the total tariff level has dropped from 44% in 1991 to 9.8% in 2010, and the tax reduction rate has been as high as 77.85%. At the same time, according to different tasks and requirements of economic and social development, China has formulated and adjusted the import tax policies for foreign investment, special economic zones and open cities, key projects, key industries and key technologies. In order to fulfill the relevant national policies and regulations, the customs and customs have been upgrading the products and technologies of traditional industries such as textiles and light industries through shipbuilding, railways, and so on. heavy machinery The major technological equipment manufacturing industry has also shortened the gap with the international advanced level, and a large number of national key projects have been successfully constructed and brought into full play.

　　 The customs also persisted in integrating the administration according to law to the construction of the legal system of tax collection and administration. China joined the World Trade Organization from 1985 to 2001. Along with the advent of the Customs Law, the construction of customs tax law system entered the stage of system development. Since 2002, according to the promise of entering WTO and the development of the economic situation, the customs regulations and tax administration regulations have been revised, and the regulations on origin and regulations for the reduction and exemption of duties on import and export goods have been promulgated.