Are the Anti-Smuggling Bureau and Customs the same unit? What is the difference in job content?

The Anti-Smuggling Bureau and Customs are one unit.

The Anti-Smuggling Bureau has a dual leadership system, which is both the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau and the 24th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security. The business is guided by the Ministry of Public Security, but the specific business, people, property and property are led and managed by the Customs.

The work of China Customs is to supervise inbound and outbound transport vehicles, goods, luggage items, postal items and other items; collect duties and other taxes; detect smuggling; compile customs statistics; and handle other customs affairs.

The work of the Anti-Smuggling Bureau is to investigate and handle tax-related smuggling crimes within the territory of the People's Republic of China, and conduct investigation, detention, arrest and pre-trial of smuggling crimes and smuggling suspects in accordance with the law.

Extended data:

In order to combat illegal smuggling activities, the Party Central Committee and the State Council decided to establish a national anti-smuggling police team. 1998 At the National Anti-smuggling Work Conference held in mid-July, the Party Central Committee and the State Council decided to establish a customs anti-smuggling police team led by the customs and public security, with the customs as the main leader, and implement the anti-smuggling policy of "joint anti-smuggling, unified handling, and comprehensive management". A new system for the fight against smuggling.

The anti-smuggling police are not only a full-time anti-smuggling team of the customs, but also a police branch of the public security department. The state gives the anti-smuggling police the responsibilities of investigation, detention, arrest, pre-trial and other duties. They carry out work and tasks in accordance with the unified deployment and command of the customs on anti-smuggling work, and solve the current problems of insufficient anti-smuggling means and ineffective criminal penalties from the anti-smuggling system and law enforcement forces. .

The establishment of the anti-smuggling police team is not only an extension of the customs law enforcement authority, but also the need for the anti-smuggling struggle. It also highlights the important position of the customs as the Great Wall of National Economic Security.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia_Anti-Smuggling Bureau

Baidu Encyclopedia_Customs