SONG Bo

Training

　　2010.09-2000.12, Training courses, Shanghai Customs College

　　2001.04-2001.06, Training courses, Central Administration of Customs of PRC

　　2000.09-2000.12, Training courses, Chinese Academy of Customs Administration

Work Experience

　　Since 2015, Beijing DHH (Qingdao) Law Firm, Customs Business Team

　　1999-2015, Qingdao Customs District of PRC

Achievements

　　Song Bo has worked in Qingdao Customs District for 15 years, dealing with regulation research and enforcement of transportation facility, cargos, and supervision. Since beginning his practice, Song Bo has provided representation, consultation and defense services, and also served as permanent legal counsel for the fire brigade of Huangdao District.

Works

　　“Legal Status of Manifest Declaration”;

　　“Tax Disputes and Remedies of Customs Classification”.

Education

　　L.L.B., Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Experience

　　2014 – present, Beijing DHH (Qingdao) Law Firm

　　1999 – 2014, Qingdao Customs

　　Mr. Song Bo has worked in Qingdao Customs District for 15 years, he has been dedicated in research on laws, regulations and policies concerning supervision on conveyance, cargo and goods as well as law enforcement, and participated in investigation and survey on legislation and amendment on normative documents initiated by General Administration of Customs more than once; a first-class merit and a third-class merit has been awarded for his excellent performance during the service. Mr. Song is skilled at the practice of laws, regulations, and policies concerning customs clearance and supervision, excels in supervision on luggage and post articles, and is familiar with customs management regulations on classification, valuation, country of origin, processing trade, customs IPR protection, customs special supervision area and cross-border e-commerce.

　　Mr. Song Bo provides legal services of customs affairs consultation throughout the country, including resolution of disputes on customs duty payment, IPR protection within customs boundary, defense for smuggling, consultation of customs affairs with regard to cross-border e-commerce, AEO counseling, etc. He has worked for a large number of famous enterprises, including a first-level subsidiary of a large central enterprise, XX Foreign Trade E-Commerce Platform Corporation subordinated to Alibaba Group, a large private iron and steel enterprise in Shandong, etc.

　　With extensive experience, steady and rigorous attitude, focus on details, and profound resources, Mr. Song Bo has protected clients’ legal interests according to law and received good performance since start of his career. He has helped to avoid huge administrative penalty for the clients according to law in many cases concerning disputes on tax payment, designed proper transaction frame in duty planning business to reduce enormous duty burden according to law, and won over awards subject to lighter punishment or penalty reduction in defense of smuggling for the clients in accordance with accurate understanding of evidences and facts as well as law application; furthermore, he also provides consultation and counseling of customs senior certification for enterprises, and assists enterprises to effectively complete customs senior certification with minimum costs, and to become entitled to favorable policies of trade facilitation.

Cases

　　The case of Jiang XX suspected of smuggling frozen aquatic products;

　　The case of Hefei XX Textile Co., Ltd. in Anhui subject to customs administrative penalty;

　　The case of disputes on duty payment of a large private company in Qingdao, Shandong;

　　Counseling of customs senior certification for a listed company in Wenzhou, Zhejiang;

　　The series of cases of fighting against IPR infringementfor a company in Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Published Works

　　1.On the Legal Status of ManifestDeclaration

　　2.Dispute and Remedies ofTax Payment under Customs Classification