Enhancing legal services, safeguarding the rights and interests of all parties, sharing development opportunities, and using the power of the rule of law to escort the 8th China Eurasia Expo
2024-07-03
In the vast hinterland where Asia and Europe converge, China plays the music of dialogue with the world; At the foot of the majestic and majestic Tianshan Mountains, the melody of cooperation and win-win interweaves into a song. The 8th China Eurasia Expo (hereinafter referred to as the Eurasian Expo) with the theme of "New Opportunities on the Silk Road and New Vitality in Asia and Europe" was held at the Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center from June 26th to 30th. During the Asia Europe Expo, a professional legal force composed of the Legal Service Team of the Department of Justice of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Specific Work Organization of the Market Supervision Administration of the Autonomous Region, and relevant grassroots customs law enforcement personnel under the jurisdiction of Urumqi Customs provided precise legal services to the organizers, exhibitors, consumers, and others of the Expo face-to-face, efficiently safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of all parties, creating a good legal environment for the smooth holding of the Expo, and using the power of the rule of law to safeguard the Expo. "Our company has a large amount of business in China, especially when signing cross-border contracts, we may encounter various legal issues. We hope to cooperate with lawyers from Xinjiang in this regard." On the afternoon of June 27th, Hanati Bektmubayev, an exhibitor from Kazakhstan, sought help at the fifth legal service consultation point of the Asia Europe Expo legal service team. Lawyer Mulali Aden from the legal service team gave a detailed introduction in Kazakh to the specific legal services that the team can provide, stating that he can assist the company in contract review and provide relevant legal services. Hanati Bektmubayev gave a thumbs up and wrote down the lawyer's contact information before leaving with satisfaction. Tan Lei, Deputy Director of the Department of Justice of the Autonomous Region, who guided the work of the legal service team on site, introduced that since the first Asia Europe Expo, with the approval of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region, the Department of Justice of the Autonomous Region, the Bar Association of the Autonomous Region, and the Notary Association of the Autonomous Region have selected outstanding lawyers and notaries to form a legal service team to provide legal services for each Asia Europe Expo. "This time, we have selected 48 lawyers and 20 notaries to form a legal service team, providing professional legal services to all parties involved in this year's Asia Europe Expo." Tan Lei said. Geng Baojian, President of the Lawyers Association of the Autonomous Region, told reporters from the Rule of Law Daily that the legal service team provides full process services before, during, and after the Expo, covering various stages and fields such as preparation and organization, qualification review, intellectual property protection, franchising, consumer rights protection, venue operation, and safety guarantee. The legal service team has also opened a lawyer's legal service consultation hotline, providing legal consultation services in multiple languages such as Chinese, Uyghur, English, Russian, Mongolian, and Kazakh. Li Li, deputy head of the legal service group and director of the International Business and the "the Belt and Road" Legal Professional Committee of the Xinjiang Lawyers Association, said: "The legal service group strives to provide multi field and professional legal services for Chinese and foreign exhibitors in a high-quality, fast and efficient way of work. The legal service group has set up a legal service office and five exhibition halls to set up legal service consultation points, and display publicity materials such as laws and regulations, contract compilation, and legal service group service guide for exhibitors and guests to read." Strengthen product quality inspection. "The jewel and jade products sold by exhibitors must have identification certificates to ensure that the product quality is qualified, and must clearly mark the price." "Consumers who have doubts about the quality of the products they purchase during the exhibition can complain and report to our 12315 rights protection workstation set up in the exhibition hall. We will investigate and handle it as soon as possible." On June 27th, various venues of the Asia Europe Expo were officially opened to the public. In the morning of that day, Zhang Yunsong, Director of the Law Enforcement and Inspection Bureau of the Market Supervision Administration of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and colleagues inspected the product quality of each booth in the venue, reminding exhibitors to ensure product quality and introducing the correct path of consumer rights protection to the public who purchased various products in the exhibition hall. It is understood that during the preparation stage of this year's Eurasian Expo, the Market Supervision Administration of the Autonomous Region, in conjunction with the Xinjiang International Expo Affairs Bureau, conducted preliminary inspections on participating enterprises and exhibits, verified relevant tickets, guided participating enterprises to strengthen self-examination and self correction, carefully selected exhibition images, videos, and other information, and prevented and reduced the risk of intellectual property infringement. The Market Supervision Bureau of the Autonomous Region organizes personnel to supervise and inspect special equipment in Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center, designated reception hotels, hotel elevators, and other places to ensure safe operation; Conduct food safety inspections on designated reception hotels and catering units, and urge them to strictly implement various food safety management systems. During the exhibition, the market supervision department of the autonomous region mobilized elite forces to set up multiple workstations in the exhibition hall, providing intellectual property legal consultation, application and registration consultation services, as well as consulting on drug safety, product quality, industrial product laws and regulations, and 12315 rights protection business. Zhang Yunsong introduced, "In order to ensure the smooth progress of this year's Asia Europe Expo, we have dispatched a team of 50 law enforcement and professional technical personnel to ensure the quality and safety of food, drugs, special equipment, and industrial products in the venue. At the same time, we have arranged an on-site law enforcement inspection team of 8 people in each group, totaling 4 groups, to patrol the exhibition hall 24/7 to prevent and stop price fraud and maintain the market price order of the exhibition." Fast customs clearance supervision was in place at 10:00 am on June 28th. Eddie Elken, the third level organizer of the Comprehensive Business Department of Wuchang Customs, and Liu Haijun, the third level organizer of the Supervision Department, came to the Asia Europe Expo International Hall to carry out on-site supervision work, providing customs clearance for foreign exhibitors. While providing integrated services for guidelines and policy promotion, we also offer tax reduction and exemption policies, import and export food safety Customs propaganda manual on intellectual property protection and other related matters. To ensure the smooth convening of this Asia Europe Expo, Urumqi Customs actively formulated a customs clearance guarantee plan, set up special channels at each port, and set up tax reduction and exemption service windows in the service hall. In the early stage of the exhibition, specialized customs supervision and inspection personnel were dispatched to work overtime to inspect and release exhibited goods. During the exhibition, customs supervision personnel will enter the exhibition site to supervise and ensure that the exhibits comply with relevant customs laws and regulations during the exhibition period. Li Peng, Deputy Director of the Supervision Department of Wuchang Customs, introduced to reporters that as the only window for handling tax reduction and exemption business at this Asia Europe Expo, Wuchang Customs focuses on service optimization and has formulated the "Guidelines for Handling Tax Preferential Policies for Imported Exhibits Sold during the Eurasian Expo Exhibition Period". The list of exhibits eligible for tax preferential policies has been released, and a preliminary review of the list of exhibits has been conducted to provide early support for participating products to enjoy the benefits of tax reduction and exemption policies. In order to better serve and ensure the first Asia Europe Expo after the establishment of the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Urumqi Customs has set up dedicated channels for exhibition materials at various ports, further optimizing the customs clearance process of goods, providing various customs clearance plans for enterprises based on the different attributes and uses of exhibition goods, and guiding enterprises to efficiently and conveniently handle exhibition customs declaration. Injecting strong legal forces, actively preventing and resolving legal risks, providing precise and efficient professional legal services, and achieving comprehensive and multi-disciplinary legal protection, all of these have created a more international legal business environment for the smooth hosting of this Asia Europe Expo, and also made investors from both domestic and foreign countries more confident in Xinjiang, this hot land. (Lai Xin She)
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