aeoprogramofchinacustoms byxuqiuyuedirectorgeneraldepartmentofpostclearanceauditofgacc conceptofaeo aeo authorizedeconomicoperatoraeoprogramis oneofthetwopillarsofframeworkofstandardstosecureandfacilitateglobaltrade safe apartnershipcooperationprogrambetweencustomsandtrade aimingtosecureandfacilitateglobalsupplytrainsecurity aeoprogramofchinacustoms aeoprogramofchinacustoms a china spracticesonimplementingaeoprogram 1 transformingaeoconceptintoaninternalprogram measuresonclassifiedmanagementofenterprises mcme aeoprogramofchinacustomswasenteredintoforcedon1stapril2008 aeoprogramofchinacustoms 2 establishingverificationauditsystem provisionalmeasuresforthecustomsverificationauditwaspublicizedon30thapril2008whichspecifiestherules procedures methods andcontentsofverificationauditforaeo operationalcriteriaofcustomsverificationauditwasestablishedindecember2008whichincludes35criteriain4groups aeoprogramofchinacustoms 3 developingacomputersystemnamedintegrationmanagementsystemofenterprisesinformationinaugust2009 tohelpcustomsgatherinternalandexternalinformationofcompaniesandlinkthestatusofcompaniestothedeclarationsystem 4 othersmeasures introducingaeoconcepttocustomsandpublics training aeoprogramofchinacustoms b maincontentsofmcme1 maincontentsofmcme scopes consignorsandconsignees customsbrokers thatincludes6typesofoperators importers exporters manufacturers warehouseoperators customsbrokers freightforwarders aeoprogramofchinacustoms 5categories classaa thehighestclass aeoofchinesecustomsclassa thehighclass preliminaryaeoclassb normalclassclassc thelowerclassclassd thelowestclass aeoprogramofchinacustoms criteriaofclassifying enterprises levelofcompliancewithlaws regulations customsrulesandrelevantanti corruptionprovisions operationalandmanagerialperformance statusofsafetyandsecurity recordskeptintheprocessofcustomscontrolandcustomsstatisticscompilation managementprinciples facilitatingcomplianceandsafety differentmanagementmeasuresfordifferentcategories enterprisesofclassaaandclassacanenjoyfacilitationbenefits enterprisesofclassbshallbesubjectedtoregularmeasures andenterprisesofclasscandclassdshallbesubjectedtostrictcontrol aeoprogramofchinacustoms numberofcategories uptojune2010 aa 1560 a 21198 b 421094 c 865 d 184 aeoprogramofchinacustoms paniesofclassaa companiesofclassaaareaeosofchinacustoms andshould complywithcustomslawsandregulations haveagoodfinancialstatus haveastrictinternalcontrolsystem complywithsupplytrainsecurityrequirements besubjecttocustomsverificationaudit aeoprogramofchinacustoms benefitslinkedtoclassaaofconsigneesandconsignorsofimportersandexporters trustrelease assigningspecificpeopletohelpcompaniescoordinatingandresolvingdifficultcustomsissues applyinglowerexamineratetotheirimportandexportcargoes aeoprogramofchinacustoms andincludingbenefitstoclassa declarationsatregistrationplace andinspectionsandclearanceproceduresatports givingprioritytosendpeopletoenterprises carryingoutchecksandinspectionsoftheproductionorassemblinganddisassemblinglinks performinginspectionandclearanceformalitiesatthebusinesssite aeoprogramofchinacustoms givingprioritytohandlingurgentcustomsclearanceformalitiesoutofworkinghoursandduringholidays performingthenominalpaymentofthebankguaranteedepositaccountsystemornotoperatingthebankguaranteedepositaccountsystem givingprioritytohandlingprocessingtradeformalitiessuchasenteringrecordsmodifyingandreportingforverificationpurposes givingprioritytohandlingdeclarationregistrationformalities aeoprogramofchinacustoms 3 verificationaudit standardsofverificationaudit followingintointernalcontrol compliancewithimportandexportlawsandregulations financialstatusandtradesecurity totally35criteriaof22itemsin4groups methodsofverificationaudit paperchecking observingonthespot inquiryandconversation monitoring dailymonitoring andpostaudit practicesoninternationalcooperationofaeobychinacustoms practicesoninternationalcooperationofaeobychinacustoms a china eu 3roundsofmeetingonlegislationcomparisonofaeoprogramswereheldin2008undersstlpilot exchangingvisitsofjointauditweremadein2009 areportofevaluationandrecommendationstojcccisbeingdrafted themraisexpectedtobesignedbytheendof2010 b china us ajointstatementaboutjointvalidationpilotwassignedin2008 3roundsofjointvalidationspilotweremadeduring2008 2010 40chinesemanufacturerswerevalidatedand34gotpassed pilotevaluationandanewcooperationplanarebeingmade practicesoninternationalcooperationofaeobychinacustoms c china japan korea thefirsttripartiteworkinggrouponaeowasheldinseptember2009 mappingoutthegoalandactionstepsonaeocooperationamongthethreeparties d china singapore aeoworkinggroupwasestablishedin2009 legisla