The China Customs symbol, also known as the Customs Emblem, consists of a walking stick of Shang God crossed with a golden key.

Meaning:

1. The staff of Shang God is the Shang God, which was held by Hermes in ancient Greek mythology.

2. It is said that Hermes made a fortune trading with this gold cane, so people called Hermes the Shang God, and the gold cane became the Shang God's staff.

3. The key is the power given by the motherland to the customs department to guard the customs clearance gate, which symbolizes that the customs will guard the customs for the motherland.

4. The customs emblem means that China Customs carries out entry and exit supervision and management according to law, safeguards national sovereignty and interests, promotes foreign economic and trade development and scientific and cultural exchanges, and guarantees socialist modernization.

Functions:

1. Entry and exit supervision

Supervise the inbound and outbound means of transport, goods, luggage, postal articles and other articles; Collecting customs duties and other taxes and fees; Seize smuggling; Compiling customs statistics; Handle other customs business.

2. Smuggling

Customs is the competent department in charge of smuggling. China implements the anti-smuggling system of "joint anti-smuggling, unified handling and comprehensive management". With the cooperation of public security, industry and commerce and other law enforcement departments, the customs is responsible for organizing, coordinating and managing anti-smuggling work and handling the seized smuggling cases in a unified manner. At the same time, the customs throughout the country resolutely cracked down on illegal and criminal smuggling activities such as drugs, cultural relics, weapons and ammunition, endangered animals and plants, reactionary, obscene, pirated and distributed religious propaganda materials, and actively cooperated with relevant departments to fight against economic crimes such as swindling foreign exchange, swindling tax rebates, and manufacturing and selling counterfeit and shoddy goods.

3. Compiling statistics

Compiling customs statistics is an important business of China Customs General Administration. Customs statistics is the national trade statistics of import and export goods, which is responsible for statistical investigation and analysis of goods entering and leaving China customs territory, scientifically and accurately reflecting the operation situation of foreign trade, and implementing effective statistical supervision.

4. Taxation

Customs tax is an important source of national fiscal revenue and an important tool for the state to implement macro-control. According to the law, the General Administration of Customs of China is also responsible for collecting import value-added tax and consumption tax on imported goods in addition to the duty of collecting customs duties.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Customs