The Chinese mainland's largest entry port for live fish from Taiwan has opened a special channel for customs clearance of Taiwan's agricultural and fishery products, in line with a package of preferential policy measures adopted recently by the Central Authorities.
The Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on April 12 unveiled the package of 10 preferential policy measures to boost exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Strait.
The measures include facilitating the entry of Taiwan's agricultural and fishery products that meet the quarantine standards into the mainland.
Customs authorities of the port in Dongshan County of Zhangzhou City in Fujian Province, situated opposite the Taiwan Island, launched the green channel to ensure that live fish from Taiwan meeting the quarantine standards can leave the port within two hours after arrival. Previously the process needed six hours.
Over 90 percent of Taiwan's live fish enter the mainland market from the Dongshan port.
"I have been serving on this route for over 16 years. Now the cross-Strait relations are getting closer and closer. The customs services here are great, and the officers' attitude is also great. It is so convenient, and I can finish my job here and go home soon," said Lin Zhilai, captain of a Taiwan fishing vessel, which carried 15 tons of live groupers from Taiwan to the Dongshan port on Thursday.
According to statistics, the Dongshan customs guaranteed the entry of 1,263.2 tons of live groupers worth 51.978 million yuan (around 7.6 million U.S. dollars) from Taiwan in the first quarter of this year, up 88.3 percent and 96.1 percent respectively compared with the same period of last year.
Fujian customs launches faster entry of Taiwan live fish
