President Shi Jianjun firstly reviewed the history of cooperation between UIBE and Customs system, introduced the development situation of subject construction of UIBE and pointed out that the development of customs major cannot be separated from the economic trend of open economy of our country. Meanwhile, he emphasized that considering the particularity of customs administration major compared with other administration majors, due attention should be paid to special talents majoring in customs administration and greater efforts should be made to develop customs career, striving for achieving systematic cooperation combing undergraduate teaching, MPA cultivation and in-service staff training as soon as possible.



Director Qiu Yueling expressed thanks for strong support that UIBE gives on behalf of General Administration of Customs, believing that foreign trade and customs supplement each other and cannot be separated. It has been a long time since UIBE and General Administration of Customs cooperated. It could be said that in customs system, there are many staffs graduating from School of Public Administration, UIBE. The scientific curriculum provision and qualified faculties contribute a lot to the cultivation of lots of customs talents who have strong professional capacity, solid professional foundation and stronger competence. Director Qiu hoped that based on cooperation greater efforts will be made to further enhance the cooperation in scientific research exchange and practice guidance, so that the cooperation can be made more deeply and widely.



Dean Peng Xianggang expressed thanks for the trust and support that Director Qiu showed and promised that support will be given to customs administration major from such aspects as curriculum provision and faculties’ selection and designation. He also sincerely hoped that School of Public Administration can cultivate more and more excellent customs administration talents for the country.



At last, Dean Peng Xianggang and Director Qiu Yueling jointly completed the signing of the agreement. Thus, the ceremony of renewing the Agreement Concerning Cooperating to Cultivate Customs MPA by Teaching and Training Center of General Administration of Customs and UIBE successfully ended. The conference was presided by Wu Chengzhong, Director of MPA Education Center of School of Public Administration, UIBE.

Before the starting of the Ceremony, the leadership of General Administration of Customs visited History Museum of UIBE accompanied by Yang Xiaoping, Deputy Director of President’s Office.