China reports progress in anti-smuggling campaign
( 2003-08-04 10:42) (Xinhua)
Chinese customs handled
55,755 smuggling cases from 1998 to 2002, with the value estimated at 43.04
billion yuan (5.19 billion US dollars), sources from the General Administration
of Customs said Sunday.
Other law enforcement departments including public security bureaus and
administrations for industry and commerce also dealt with some 41,000 smuggling
cases involving a total value of 8.02 billion yuan (9.7 million US dollars)
since a nationwide anti-smuggling campaign was launched in July 1998.
The crackdown on smuggling has effectively curbed illegal tradeand resulted
in a sharp growth of the trade business, the sources said.
The country has been witnessed an average annual growth of 17.7percent in
imports and exports since 1998, and more than 1 trillion yuan (120 billion US
dollars) worth of customs tariffs has been put into the state coffers.
The customs' anti-smuggling police force has detained 14,955 smuggling
suspects since it was founded in 1999, with 7,791 of them transferred to
judicial departments.
In the last five years, procuratorates at all levels have litigated 7,030
smuggling suspects, while courts at various levelshave dealt with 3,324
smuggling cases, with 4,690 convicted smugglers punished according to
law.
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