With the official
approval of the China¡¯s State Organs Establishments Committee,
the China General Customs Administration established a subordinate
organization of independent legal personality --China E-Port
Information Data Center in May. 2001. China E-Port Information
Data Center is mainly responsible for the system integration,
network platform establishment, program exploitation and
system maintenance of the ¡°The Tenth Five-year Science and
Technology Program¡± ¡°Gold Customs¡±¡ª China E-Port and provides
e-government affairs service for governments of all levels
and more than 5 million import and export enterprises.
Undertaking
its demand-oriented, application-minded working guides since
its establishment, Data Center has always focused on the
national key pilot projects. Presently, 31 e-port application
programs have been promoting in nation wide and 47 provincial
capitals, cities under direct planning by the state, 300
prefecture-level cities have set up China E-port dedicated
access. The projects involves China Customs, Administrations
of Foreign Exchange, Ministries of Taxation, Administrations
of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, ministry
of commerce, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Railways,
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade,
Trade and Industry Department of Hongkong, Macao Economy
Bureau and other 11 banks, including Bank of China, Industry
and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China,
Bank of Communications, China Merchants Bank. The enterprise
users of the China E-Port are about 180.000 with daily e-bills
and documents more than 500.000 and daily click rate more
than 4.300.000 times. The project receives remarkable social
and economic benefits on rectifying the national economic
order, strengthening the government¡¯s integrated management
and facilitating the Customs Clearance.
With its 323 working staff,
among whom are 6 doctors, 76 masters and a great many of
IT talents as well as 5 departments- Central Office, Technology
Department, Operating Department, Client Service Department
and Finance Department, Data Center has always dedicating
to transferring scientific and technological achievements
into practical productive forces, serving for national export-oriented
economic development, putting central government¡¯s establishment
of E-Port into effect, guaranteeing the needs of ¡° Port
Law Enforcement System¡±.
In order to ensure the systematic
normal running of E-port, China¡¯s State Organs Establishments
Committee approved to set up branches of Information Data
Center at 41 locations directly under local Customs. All
the branches are institutions directly under Customs, which
take charge of undertaking the local e-government affairs
card, enterprise card make and input and providing technical
support, operation training, hot line consulting service
etc. to the local networking enterprises, further promote
the application projects of E-Port and guarantee the systems
run smoothly. |