During a ceremony in Beijing September 12,2003, Premier Wen Jiabao issues certificates to Mou Xinsheng, general customs commissioner, and 276 other senior customs officers including six deputy general customs commissioners, and 270 first-class and second-class customs commissioners. This is the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 for China's General Administration of Customs to adopt a ranking system similar to the military. [newsphoto.com.cn]
 
 
 

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