Currently, Chinese Customs staff members and officers have paper identification badges. Paper IDs work for some – but for officers who are constantly on the go, keeping China’s booming ports safe – they can be a bit of a letdown (to say the least). That’s why about 4,400 new smart ID cars were issued to Customs and Excise Department officers this Tuesday.

Ultra-secure ultraviolet sensitive watermarks and smart card technology make the new Guard IDs leaps and bounds more secure than the previous paper cards. Bearing the employee’s name, rank, authority, and their senior’s signature, the new guard IDs should be able to easily identify Chinese Customs officers from the hundreds of thousands of other people that mill around China’s extremely busy import/export areas.