On April 22, 2015, Wang Ling, the Party Secretary of UIBE, led a team to visit the General Administration of Customs, discussing with Qiu Yueling, Director of the training center of the Customs, for the cooperation between the Customs and UIBE.

They reviewed the long history of cooperation’s between the Customs and UIBE. Director Qiu said that UIBE has developed a mount of talents for the Custom Office, among whom there are dozens working as Customs Director or Sub-ministry Department Chief. There are also many middle-level officials who graduated from UIBE having grown as the backbone of the Customs Office. Currently, both sides are working closely in the area of MPA education.

Secretary Wang said that the Custom’s administration area is expanding along with the social and economic development, and UIBE can provide intellectual service for the Customs in more areas such as e-commerce, trade facilitation and the going global of China’s companies. She also mentioned that efficient communication between the Customs and the university will help improve the practical value of academic researches, thus enabling the university to better contribute to the country’s foreign trade.

They have discussed deeply on areas of cooperation and cooperation methods. Secretary Wang introduced the cooperation between the Ministry of Commerce and UIBE, and hoped the Customs and UIBE can also find a cooperation entry point to achieve mutual benefits and win-win. About cooperation areas, Secretary Wang gave some ideas including systematizing China’s Customs theories and practices since the Reform and Opening up to launch a theoretical research on the Customs’ innovative administration, and strengthening academic cooperation between the two sides with the help of the national research platform so as to build a think tank for the Customs. Secretary Wang also suggested that there can be more cooperation’s on talents training and textbook compilation involving university teachers of abundant theoretical knowledge and department level customs officials of plenty practical experiences, especially those who will retire soon. Secretary Wang emphasized that the university will do more studies to detail the cooperation areas and methods.

Director Qiu also expressed her great willingness to promote the cooperation between the Customs and UIBE. She agreed a lot with Secretary Wang’s ideas and suggestions. Finally, she said the Customs will also further clarify their cooperation needs, and hoped the close and comprehensive cooperation between the two sides could be realized soon under mutual efforts.

Attendees also include Li Pin, the Education Division Chief of the Customs’ training center, Wang Tao, Director from UIBE’s Party Committee Office, Qiu Hongwei from the subjects office of UIBE, and Teng Yun, Wang Shuwen and Xu Wei from School of Public Administration of UIBE.