Organized by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), supported by the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Zhuhai, the Gongbei Customs, the Macao Customs Service and the Macao Economic Services, and co-ordinated by the Macao Convention & Exhibition Association, Macau Fair and Trade Association and the Association of Advertising Agents of Macau, a Seminar on Logistics, Customs Clearance, Inspection and Quarantine Policies in force in Zhuhai, regarding Merchandise Intended for Trade Fairs & Exhibitions (Edition 2013) was held at 11:00 a.m. on March 22, 2013, at the Sicily Room of Macao Venetian-Resort-Hotel.
Those present at the seminar included the President of Macao Trade and Investment Institute, Mr. Jackson Chang, the Assistant Director of Economic Affairs Department of Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Macao SAR, Mr. Gao Shangde, the Deputy Director of the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Zhuhai, Mr. Wang Xianfu, the Deputy Chief of Customs Clearance and Supervision Division of Gongbei Customs, Mr. Jiang Qingwen, the Chief of Macao Peninsula Enforcement Division of Macao Customs Service, Mr. Vong Vai Man and the representative of Foreign Trade Management Department of Macau Economic Services, Mr. U Ion Tak, Louis. Representatives of Macao´s convention and exhibition sector, including members of trade associations, convention and exhibition companies, logistics companies and trade fair exhibitors were also present.
In view of the booming convention and exhibition industry, both in Mainland China and Macau, there has been an ever increasing travelling by the Macao´s convention and exhibition entrepreneurs to Mainland China through the Gongbei and Hengqin checkpoints in Zhuhai.
In view of the foregoing and in order to provide to Macao´s convention and exhibition sector a better understanding of the procedures adopted by the competent authorities in Mainland China with regards to customs clearance, inspection and quarantine, IPIM invited the Deputy Chief of Customs Clearance and Supervision Division of Gongbei Customs, Mr. Jiang Qingwen, and the Chief of Customs Clearance Division of Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Zhuhai, Mr. Le Haiyang, to introduce the “Inspection and Quarantine Policy in Respect of Articles Intended for Exhibition in Trade Fairs 2013” and “Customs Clearance (Entry and Exit) of Articles Intended for Exhibition in Trade Fairs”, so that Macao´s convention and exhibition sector could more efficiently arrange for the transportation, customs clearance, inspection and quarantine of the items intended for exhibition in trade fairs in the Mainland, being encouraged and promoted, in this way, the development of local sectors, enabling them to grasp the business opportunities in the regional co-operation.
During the seminar, the participants enquired the speakers regarding procedures and requirements for customs clearance, what should be done in the event that the items intended for exhibition in trade fairs could not be sent back as planned, and also about the different requirements of the two territories concerning the content of the labels written in Chinese, affixed on the food souvenir from Macao, intended for sale at the trade fairs in the Mainland, coming to have a better understanding between the MICE and logistics operators on both sides.
