Customs officials plan more Belt and Road partnerships

Customs officials from China have pledged to streamline procedures for smoother trading among countries on the Belt and Road Initiative.

The General Administration of Customs said on Thursday that the efforts would be centered on preventing cross-border smuggling and on using more multi-modal logistics networks.

According to Huang Songping, the GAC spokesman, the administration has already teamed up with officials from countries such as Laos, Kazakhstan and Mongolia to improve supply chain security and launched joint efforts to prevent smuggling of drugs, endangered wild animals and weapons.