The development of the Binhai New Area has been included into national development strategy, which implants new vitality and vigor to simplification of Customs formalities. All units in Tianjin Port explore and innovate to create a favorable service environment for Customs clearance. They improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of Customs clearance, which enables Tianjin Port become an efficient and convenient gateway.

In order to achieve good results of implementing simplified Customs formalities, Tianjin Port further intensifies the port management mechanism and implements simplified Customs formalities. Based on the current situation and the requirement of developing the Tianjin Binhai New Area, Tianjin Port establishes the leadership and working mechanism of improving simplified Customs formalities step by step.

In the aspect of mechanism setting, four mechanisms, including Tianjin Port working coordination mechanism, supervision system, service quick response mechanism and Customs clearance supervision mechanism, have been established. While in the aspect of institution formulating, five institutions, including Tianjin Port Joint Committee institution (including goods Customs clearance joint committee, ship inspection joint committee and anti-stowaway joint committee etc.), Tianjin Port key enterprises communication institution, institution of overtime work in the long holiday in Tianjin Port, information communicating institution and the institution of monthly report on quantization goal of customs clearance, have been formulated.

At the same time, Tianjin Port intensifies the reform of Customs clearance inspection mode and put “24-hour Customs clearance institution” and “efficient Customs clearance institution” into effect, which improves the efficiency of Customs clearance. These measures enrich and improve Customs clearance, making regional Customs clearance reform obtain remarkable results.

In the reform of regional Customs clearance, over 70 percent of goods and over 50 percent of trade volumes stem from central and western areas or transit transportation. On the basis of traditional cooperation, seizing the rare historical opportunity of Development of the West, the uprising of the central areas of China, Northeast China revitalization and promoting the development of Tianjin Binhai New Area, Tianjin Port implements the model of “declare at the original place and check in at the port”, and establishes a mechanism of business cooperation—“inspect at production site and check in at the port” and installs an allopatric electronic declare system of dangerous goods. Through this way, Tianjin Port not only brings the advantages of port and inland supply of goods into full play, but also accelerates the supplementary extension between coastal and inland ports, better serve the regional economic development, strengthen the relationship with inland regions, with the aim of achieving designable results of win-win and multi-wins.