China’s General Administration of Customs has launched an AI and machine learning‐based system integrating OCR for digitizing inspection and quarantine certificates. It automatically recognizes multiple certificate types, centralizes data validation, and accelerates clearance processes up to ten times faster than manual methods.

Key points

• Integrates OCR, AI, and machine learning to digitize and validate over 100 certificate models.
• Processes more than 286,000 certificates annually, reducing processing times by up to tenfold.
• Centralizes data validation for improved tariff classification accuracy and fraud detection.

Why it matters: By automating certificate digitization and validation, this AI system sets a new standard for efficient, accurate global trade compliance and risk oversight.