Hong Kong – Hong Kong Customs and General Administration of Customs of People’s Republic of China hold review meeting and strengthen co-operation on drug detector dogs (with photos)

     ​The 2024 Review Meeting between Hong Kong Customs and the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) was held in Hong Kong today (November 27). The Hong Kong Customs delegation was headed by the Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho, while the Mainland Customs delegation was headed by the Vice-Minister of the GACC, Mr Wang Lingjun.
      
     Ms Ho welcomed Mr Wang’s visit to Hong Kong Customs with his delegation, and chaired the meeting. During the meeting, the two Customs administrations reviewed the co-operation over the past two years and recognised the remarkable achievements yielded from close co-operation on various fronts. The two sides also reached consensus on the 2025-2026 Co-operation Plan. The salient points of the Co-operation Plan are:
      
     (1) to actively promote high-quality development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA);
     (2) to accelerate co-operation in the construction of Smart Customs;
     (3) to continuously deepen co-operation in risk management and law enforcement;
     (4) to deepen co-operation in multilateral and international Customs affairs, promoting vital principles of “Smart Customs, Smart Borders and Smart Connectivity Initiative”, and enhancing co-operation and exchanges under the framework of the World Customs Organization; and
     (5) to strengthen co-operation in exchanges and training.
      
     During the meeting, the two sides also discussed the setting up of the Working Group on Developing Low-altitude Economy as announced in the 2024 Policy Address by the Chief Executive to formulate development strategies and interdepartmental action plans. To foster the development of the GBA low-altitude cross-boundary corridor and promote an interface with the Mainland to facilitate cross-boundary low-altitude flying activities within the GBA, the two sides agreed after discussion to enhance communication at the technical level.
      
     After the meeting, both sides signed a co-operative arrangement on areas of drug detector dogs. The signing of the arrangement further enhanced the exchange and co-operation between the two administrations in the field of drug detector dogs, paving the way for technical exchanges and sharing of scientific research results in the field and joint promotion of the intelligent and informative management of drug detector dogs.