中央人民政府政務院認爲:在過去一百多年當中,帝國主義者侵犯了我國的海關自主權,他們用武裝力量及奴役式的條約,强迫我國開闢商埠,進行對外貿易,規定以極低關稅甚至免除關稅輸入商品。各帝國主義國家,曾充分利用了這些特權,大量地向我國輸入生產品,吸收廉價原料,並藉此絞殺和阻礙了我國民族工業的自由發展,使我國長期變爲落後的從屬外國的半殖民地。帝國主義者爲了保護其在對外貿易方面的特權,爲了對其奴役性的條約和掠奪性的借款取得賠款與債息的担保,曾長期地掌握了我國海關管理和關 In the past one hundred years or so, the imperialists have infringed on our country’s customs autonomy. They use armed forces and slavery-type treaties to force China to open ports of commerce for foreign trade and stipulate that with a very low tariff Even exempt customs import goods. The imperialist countries have made full use of these privileges to import large quantities of raw materials into our country and absorb cheap raw materials, thereby strangling and hindering the free development of our national industry and making our country a long-term subordinate semi-colony of subordinate foreign countries . In order to protect their prerogatives in foreign trade and to secure indemnity and debt for their enslaved treaties and predatory borrowing, the imperialists have long mastered the customs administration and customs of our country