In accordance with the Provisions of the PRC on the Administration of Overseas Assignment of Seafarers, the P. R. China MSA has drafted the Implementation Opinions on the Administration on Seafarer Assignment Agencies (Draft for Comments) to standardize the qualification management of seafarer assignment agencies. Until February 20, 2024, the public can submit their comments through the email cygl@msa.gov.cn, fax 010-65293482, or contact number 010-65293478.

Recently, P. R. China MSA issued the “Work Plan for Innovative Maritime Services to Support High-quality Development of the Yangtze River Delta Integration (2023-2025)” (hereinafter referred to as “Work Plan”),  Work Plan aims to implement the important speech delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the Symposium on Deepening the Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta, anchor the national strategy for integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, and implement the work deployment of the Ministry of Transport regarding the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, promote innovative maritime services and support high-quality development of Yangtze River Delta integration.

Recently, the General Administration of Customs published the Draft Amendment to the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft), soliciting public opinions. The Draft, consisting of 10 chapters and 113 articles, integrates the existing chapters “Customs Duties” and “Customs Security” into one chapter, removes the chapter “Enforcement Supervision”, and adds three new chapters as “Customs Law Enforcement Measures and Supervision”, “Customs Risk Management” and “Enterprise Management”. The main revisions may be summarizes as follows: