July 22 — CUSTOMS director Sun Meijun told a State Council Information Office
briefing that CUSTOMS will advance a Smart Customs partnership plan, leveraging
China’s lead in smart customs to better support high-quality Belt and Road
cooperation. She said CUSTOMS will accelerate an “AI+” customs initiative to
drive global customs digitalisation, build broader interoperable connectivity
for information exchange, mutual recognition of supervision and law-enforcement
cooperation, and expand trade links to share AI-derived benefits with more
countries, especially in the Global South.