North China Port City Improves Entry-Exit Inspection

The Tianjin Administration for Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine was established August 10 in a bid to bring the north China port city's relevant services up to international standards.

The new administration is a merger of three former bureaus: the Tianjin Commodity Inspection Bureau, the Tianjin Animals and Plants Quarantine Bureau, and the Tianjin Health Inspection Bureau.

The move is aimed at simplifying inspections at ports of entry and exit, raising efficiency, and doing away with procedural redundancies.

As a major coastal port, Tianjin handles a huge amount of traffic and shoulders a heavy inspection burden.

The new organization will also reform its inspection procedures, supervisory system, license registration system, and import-export functions.