In order to suppress cross boundary infringing activities, the Hong Kong Customs and the Guangdong Customs conduct parallel enforcement operations from time to time to strengthen interception of infringing goods at various sea and land control points. Where necessary, spontaneous dynamic intelligence would be fed to the opposite side for interception of suspicious vehicles and passengers. About 50 parallel operations have been mounted since their inception in 1996. During these operations both sides had cracked many infringing cases within their respective scope of jurisdiction. The effect of these operations has been prominent. Both parties will continue to strengthen cooperation in this respect.
In the wake of closer economic partnership between the Mainland and Hong Kong, cross boundary cargo and passenger flow is on the increase resulting in closer enforcement cooperation between the customs of the two places. Enhancement of mutual training and exchange between the customs officers of the two sides has become an important item of cooperation between the Mainland and Hong Kong.
Both the Hong Kong Customs and the Guangdong Customs conduct training courses for their counterparts every year so that the trainees would have a better understanding of the scope and practice of work of their counterparts for better cooperation in the future.
Training and exchange cover the following areas: