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Best Collaboration (Service) Gold Award

HK-China Electronic Cargo Manifest Service

Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited

(tradelink.com.hk)

Collaboration Party:

Guangdong Nanfang Haian Science & Technology Service Co. Ltd.

(http://port.gdnfha.com)

To address operational and business issues encountered by small vessels operating on China inland waterways in compliance with the mandatory e-Manifest submission program in Hong Kong on one hand and on the other hand PRC Customs / regulatory requirements, Tradelink and Nanfang jointly developed the "China - Hong Kong Cross-border Cooperation on Electronic Cargo Manifest" as a one-stop solution for the concerned user community. The solution enables river carriers input once all required cargo manifest data for submission to Hong Kong and PRC Customs authorities respectively. With strong support of river carrier community, the collaborative initiative was implemented more than ten years ago. After its successful implementation initially in Guangdong, the project has won the supports of PRC Customs authorities in 11 more provinces, including Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan & Zhejiang and service now extended to these customs jurisdiction. Using the joint service thus removing the need for duplicated data input, river carrier community have enjoyed a smooth and hassle-free transition to the mandatory submission of e-Manifest to HK Customs while reaping the benefits from faster PRC customs clearance, faster sailing time and even more trips due to enhanced efficiency of the cross-border cargo shipments.

Comments from Judging Panel

The technical and business collaboration between the Hong

Kong company and the Guangdong company innovatively

provides a stable, reliable and trusted platform for river

carriers in streamlining tedious shipment processes, which

in turn enhancing Hong Kong's overall competitiveness

in the trade and logist ics industry. Moreover, the

standardization and collection of related shipment

information further facilitates the carriers in preparing other

shipment documents and connecting to other overseas

customs for speeding the lengthy process.