A seminar on Tax Administration and Digitalization was successfully held by BRITA•Yangzhou from 18 to 24 May 2025. The seminar was conducted in a hybrid format, with 27 attendees onsite and more than 200 participants online. The 27 attendees are from 12 jurisdictions including Cambodia, Georgia, Hong Kong China, Hungary, Maldives, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Uzbekistan. With most of the lectures in Chinese, BRITA•Yangzhou arranged English and French interpretation and BRITA•Astana provided Russian interpretation online. 

 

With lectures which systematically introduced digital transformation of tax administration and best practices in tax data security, the participants gained an in-depth understanding of the intersection between tax administration and digital technologies and learned about the strategies for implementation. Participants also engaged in interactive discussions, shared the tax systems and tax administration practices of their own jurisdictions, and promoted mutual learning and cross-jurisdictional exchanges. Besides, visit to the Jiangsu Smart Taxation Experience Center was organized.  

 

In the year of 2025, the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Capacity Enhancement Group (BRITACEG) is planning to conduct more than 50 training programs both online and onsite. It will provide more training opportunities and expand the scope of trainee recruitment with the aim of enhancing tax administration capacity of BRI jurisdictions.