On September 7, 2022, Qingdao Highroad International Logistics Co., Ltd. successfully passed the Qingdao Customs AEO certification standard inspection and obtained the title of China Customs AEO Advanced Certification Enterprise.

AEO advanced certification is the highest level of customs recognition of an enterprise’s credit status. It is also the highest credit rating of international trade enterprises jointly recognized by customs of various countries. The audit content is comprehensive and the standards are high. The audit details cover 17 items and 31 items in 4 categories, including corporate internal control, financial status, legal compliance and trade security. The national audit pass rate is only five thousandths. Enterprises that have passed advanced certification can enjoy the lowest inspection rate, exemption from guarantees, priority customs clearance, and trustworthy joint incentives from more than 40 departments including the General Administration of Customs, and have achieved AEO mutual recognition in 20 economies and 46 countries around the world with China. and regions, enjoy the customs clearance convenience measures provided by local customs.

Qingdao Highroad has been focusing on special logistics services such as large-scale engineering equipment, automobiles, international exhibitions and foreign aid services, and has frequent trade business with countries (regions) along the “Belt and Road”. It has undertaken transportation tasks for major projects such as the CRRC Africa train transportation project, China Water and Electric Power Corporation’s Bolivia San Bo aid project, and China Road and Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd.’s Kenya Mombasa-Nairobi Railway project. Joining the “AEO Advanced Certification Circle of Friends” this time will help companies “go overseas”, enhance global trade competitiveness, promote the stability and improvement of foreign trade, and continue to inject “credit momentum” into companies to expand markets and win orders.

In the next step, Qingdao Highroad will organize all employees to carefully study the relevant policies of AEO advanced certification, closely integrate its system standards with the actual business of the company, continue to improve and perfect the corporate management system and business processes, and strengthen corporate credit management.

Huang Jingyi said, “Our company has trade relations with many countries along the ‘Belt and Road’. Obtaining the advanced customs certification enterprise qualification has enhanced our credibility and international competitiveness. We will continue to adhere to integrity, law-abiding and compliant operations to ensure the security of its own finances and import and export trade, strive to upgrade the company’s internal management and supply chain security system to the world’s first-class advanced level, help Qingdao’s logistics industry steadily expand new areas of cooperation, and promote high-quality development and support the joint construction of the ‘Belt and Road’ ‘Made in China’ goes global and contributes more.”