On the afternoon of June 10, the Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People¡¯s Court, the No. 3 Branch of the Shanghai People¡¯s Procuratorate, the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of Shanghai Customs, and Shanghai Maritime Police Bureau jointly signed in Lin-gang the Opinions on Serving and Guaranteeing the Construction of Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Strengthening Anti-Smuggling Work, aiming to give full play to their respective judicial functions, strengthen the joint efforts to fight against smuggling crimes, intensify the anti-smuggling work in the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and provide more solid and powerful judicial protection for the development of the Lin-gang Special Area. Zhu Zhisong, Deputy Secretary General of the Shanghai Municipal Government, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Executive Deputy Director of the Lin-gang Special Area Management Committee attended the meeting. Chen Yajuan, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People¡¯s Court, Xu Yanping, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chief Prosecutor of the No. 3 Branch of the Shanghai People¡¯s Procuratorate, Zhu Kangping, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Shanghai Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau, Fu Qiuhua, Deputy Party Committee Secretary and Director of the Shanghai Maritime Police Bureau, etc. attended the signing ceremony. Qu Furong, member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President of the Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People¡¯s Court interpreted the content of the Opinions.

President Chen Yajuan pointed out that the construction of the Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone is a major task entrusted to Shanghai by the Central Committee of the CPC with President Xi Jinping as the core. It is necessary to take the joint signing of the Opinions on Serving and Guaranteeing the Construction of Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Strengthening Anti-Smuggling Work as an opportunity, and fully take into account the particularity of Lin-gang Special Area of being located in China but supervised by customs, to intensify efforts to accurately crack down on smuggling crimes and derived criminal activities that violate intellectual property rights, destroy environmental resources, and endanger food and drug safety; strengthen the coordination of relevant parties; unify the law enforcement concepts and case handling ideas; establish and improve resource and information sharing mechanisms; strengthen mutual supervision and restriction; and give full play to the role of judicial functions, so as to provide superior and effective judicial services and guarantees for the development of Lin-gang Special Area with practical actions. (Photo/text: Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People¡¯s Court)