Shandong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of

　　China (hereinafter referred to as “CIQ Shandong”), was set up in July 1999 as the

　　re-organization of the former Shandong Import & Export Commodity Inspection Bureau,

　　Qingdao Animal & Plant Quarantine Bureau and Qingdao Sanitary Quarantine Bureau.

　　It is the administrative and law-enforcement authority of the General Administration

　　of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China

　　(hereinafter referred to as “AQSIQ”) in Shandong Province where it is responsible

　　for entry-exit health and quarantine, animal and plant quarantine, import and export

　　commodity inspection, survey, attestation and supervision directly under the administration

　　of AQSIQ in accordance with the following laws and regulations, such as, the Law

　　of the People’s Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection and

　　the implementation regulations thereof, the Law of the People’s Republic of China

　　on Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine and the implementation regulations

　　thereof, the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of The People’s Republic of China,

　　and the Food Hygiene Law of the People’s Republic of China,. CIQ Shandong is one

　　of the four AQSIQ-designated regional regulating bureaus in the inspection and quarantine

　　regime of the 35 inspection and quarantine bureaus across the country. In response

　　to the changing scenarios of the fast-growing national foreign trade and the increasing

　　globalization of the world economy, CIQ Shandong has been expanding and developing

　　its grassroots services and branch locations. Now it provides a full-range of services

　　covering passengers, commodities, and vehicle inspection and quarantine extending

　　to freight ships and aircraft, playing more and more important and positive roles

　　in promoting the development of Shandong economy. Now it operates 15 offices, 22

　　branches, and 16 sub-branches at major coastal ports, airports, other frontier posts,

　　economic zones, high-tech parks and industrial processing enclaves, including the

　　17 cities and prefecture capitals. CIQ Shandong is now sufficiently staffed with

　　experts and other specialists. Of the 2,400 employees, 345 are master-degree and

　　doctor-degree holders. CIQ Shandong operates laboratories of different sizes and

　　utilities, 20 of which are recognized as national key labs, 11 are regional central

　　labs, and 6 are joint-venture labs. The testing items amount more than 1500, including

　　dominantly, food, agriculture products, poultry diseases, equine diseases, peanuts,

　　GM products, petroleum oil products, safety of machinery and electricity, ceramic,

　　tires, architectural & indoor decorating materials, cements, cotton, pens, and dangerous

　　goods & packing, etc.