On April 2016, the Customs Administration Seminar for English-speaking African Countries was held successfully. This 21-day foreign-aid program was hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, and organized by our university. 24 customs officials from 6 countries including Ghana, Egypt, Malawi, Ethiopia, Tanzania and South Sudan attended the seminar.

In the morning of April 7, the grand opening ceremony was held in our university. Presented at the ceremony were the vice-principle of UIBE, Mr. Zhao Zhongxiu, the deputy division chief of Education and Training Center of General Administration of Customs, Mr.Wang Donghong and the dean of School of Continuing Education, Mr. Zeng Gang. The ceremony was hosted by the director of the Committee of the School of Continuing Education, Mr. Xia Haiquan. Vice-principle Mr. Zhao Zhongxiu introduced the history of our university, the advantages of the subject and the characteristics of international education in his speech, and highly commended upon the friendship between African and Chinese people. Deputy division chief of Education and Training Center of General Administration of Customs, Mr. Wang Donghong, commended highly of the quality of the foreign-aid program held by our university, and hoped the officials could have an in-depth understanding of the current status of China customs administration and further direction of development. Ms. Al Halfed on behalf of all officials showed her gratitude to our university for our warm welcome and arrangement, and indicated that they were all looking forward to the seminar.







(Group photo in the opening ceremony)

With the great support from the General Administration of Customs, the School of Continuing Education integrated the best resources from both university and the society and made well-organized arrangement for the seminar. Focusing on customs management, the officials were arranged to visit companies and institutions such as National Customs Information Center, China Customs Museum, Shenzhen Dapeng Customs and Yantian Harbor.

On April 13, the group visited National Customs Information Center and China Customs Museum. The deputy director of National Customs Information Center Mr. Yu Zhenjing had an in-depth discussion with the officials on the development of IT-based customs. In the China Customs Museum, the officials learnt about the history and current status of China customs.


(National Customs Information Center)

In the afternoon of April 15, the officials went to Shenzhen Dapeng Customs and YantianHaborContainer Terminal for a fieldtrip. Staff in Shenzhen Dapeng Customs introduced the general situation of the customs and guided the officials for a visit to the Risk Monitoring Center. They also answered the questions raised by the officials and had an in-depth discussion. Later, accompanied by the staff, the officials visited one of the four international transmitting deep-water ports in the coastal area of China, Yantian Harbor Terminal and Yantian Container Buliding. The officials all thought that the fieldtrip was very impressive and beneficial for promoting further in-depth cooperation and development among the international customs.

To make the officials better understand the developing status of China, we arranged visits to Hainengtongda Communications co., ltd, Jinwang International Education Company and Zhuhai Hengqin Free Trade Zone.


(Fieldtrip)

On April 27, the grand graduation ceremony of 2016 Customs Administration Seminar for English-speaking African countries was held in our university. Presented at the ceremony were the vice-principle of UIBE, Mr. Zhao ZHongxiu, the division chief of Education and Training Center of General Administration of Customs, Ms. Chen Lifen, and Ms. Gao Li from the Education and Training Center. The ceremony was hosted by the dean of the School of Continuing Education Mr. Zeng Gang. The seminar was approved by the Ministry of Commerce and also highly commended by the officials who attended the seminar. School of Continuing Education will continue to promote the cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce, further optimize the teaching resources and course settings, and improve the quality of training and related services. Through training international business officials, we can further expand the international influence of our university.