China Customs is a State agency that supervises and manages all arrivals to and departures from the Customs territory of the People's Republic of China. It is organized around a tripartite structure:General Administration of Customs (including subordinated units:Guangdong Sub-Customs Administration,Supervising Office of General Administration of Customs in Tianjin,Supervising Office of General Administration of Customs in Shanghai)£»41 regional Customs houses£» 313 Customs houses. Additionally,China Customs hosts 2 Customs schools situated in Shanghai and Qinhuangdao. It also has well-established overseas offices in Brussels,Moscow,Washington, etc.With over 48,000 working staff,China Customs maintains efficient Customs control at 247 ports of entry. China Customs operates the vertical management policy.The General Administration of Customs(GAC) is the highest supervision unit of China Customs,which is itself the full-ministerial-level government agency affiliated directly with the State Council and which manages Customs facilities nation-wide.GAC comprises 15 departments, 6 subordinated institutions,4 social institutions,1 accredited unit and 3 overseas offices.The incumbent Minister is Mr.Mou Xinsheng. China Customs is implementing its working guideline of¡°exercising law-based administration,safeguarding the national gateway,serving the national economic interests and promoting social development¡±and undertaking its principles of ¡°politically staunch£¬professionally capable and reliable¡±to meet the management requirements. China Customs is empowered with the following mandates: To Control inward and outward means of transportation,goods,personal articles, mails and parcels,etc£»To collect Customs duties and taxes£»To combat smuggling£» To compile Customs Statistics£»To transact other Customs affairs.