Pudong Airport Customs Seized 300 Textiles Printed With "Problem" Maps

On July 26, the customs officers of Shanghai Pudong International Airport opened the box for inspection of two batches of 300 declared goods named "bedside" through express channel. During the process, the keen customs officers noticed that there were obvious problems in the map of China in the world map pattern printed on the "bedside". According to the standard map issued by the Ministry of natural resources of the people's Republic of China as a reference, some parts of the Chinese map of the two batches of goods were missing from the southern Tibet region and aksaiqin region.

According to the second item of Article 8, paragraph 2, of the regulations on map Administration promulgated by the State Council, no contents endangering national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity shall be indicated on maps; The first paragraph of Article 16 provides that for the export of maps not belonging to publications or products attached with map graphics, the exporter shall submit the matter to the competent administrative department of surveying, mapping and geographic information with the power of examination and verification for examination and approval.

Map is the most commonly used and main form to express the territory of a country. On the map, the territory and boundary of a country, administrative regions at all levels, administrative centers and major cities can be shown visually and intuitively. Because the map showing the territory of a country symbolizes national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and embodies the sovereign will and political and diplomatic position of a country, if there is a slight omission, problems that will damage the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country will appear, causing adverse political effects.

According to statistics, since 2021, Pudong Airport Customs has seized 7 cases of 320 pieces of products damaging national sovereignty and violating the "one China" principle.