At Nansha Port in south China's Guangzhou city, shortly after a container ship arrives, dozens of HD cameras installed on berths and cranes begin to collect video information of the containers, and quickly transmit it to the cloud via 5G network, so that customs officials in the monitoring center can remotely carry out inspection of the goods.
In recent years, Guangzhou Customs has continuously strengthened investment in technological innovation. By using technical means such as AI+AR, smart image recognition, and integrated distribution systems, customs officials have further optimized port procedures to provide more convenient and efficient services.
The AI-based image recognition system can automatically identify items that require customs quarantine. Taking advantage of this system, the efficiency of customs postal clearance has increased more than three fold.
The 20 integrated verification and distribution machines deployed at the Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou, can help passengers to clear customs intelligently, which reduces the average time of health inspection and quarantine for a single flight by about 30 minutes.
The deep integration of intelligent applications into customs inspection drives the development of key emerging industries such as cross-border e-commerce, international logistics, and aircraft bonded financial leases in the Nansha Pilot Free Trade Zone.
"In the next phase, we will continue to accelerate technological innovation for customs, promote coordinated development of network security and informatization, and continue to apply intelligent customs clearance technologies to serve the high-quality development of foreign trade," said Liang Hairong, deputy director of science and technology department of Guangzhou Customs.