Guangdong launches anti-smuggling law

GUANGZHOU - Guangdong is introducing legislation to combat rampant smuggling in the southern province, which reports more than half of the country's smuggling cases each year.

Last year, the province uncovered more than 7,800 smuggling cases involving about 7.7 billion yuan ($1.1 billion).

The new anti-smuggling regulation, the country's first at the provincial level, will help law enforcement officials combat smuggling in a more standardized manner, Sun Xiaohe, deputy director of the provincial anti-smuggling office, told a press conference in Guangzhou on Tuesday. It will come into effect next month.