December 11, 2001, China After 15 years of lengthy negotiations, and finally become a full member of WTO. Join the WTO, Chinese are further adapted to the trend of economic globalization and accelerating the pace of modernization of the strategic decision-making. This will not only benefit China, but also has the benefit of all WTO members, contribute to the development of the multilateral trading system, will the new century, China's economy and the world economy have extensive and far-reaching implications. As • WTO Director-General Mike Moore said, about 2000 of China's accession to the Protocol to the agreement signed 15 years are complex and difficult negotiations on the outcome, it will the world's most important trading nations into one of the "rule-based "The multilateral trading system.
China's accession to the WTO in 2001 at a time when the Doha Round negotiations was launched. The round of negotiations marks the first Chinese to take part in such an official member of the large number of negotiating parties, wide range of issues, long-drawn-out large-scale multilateral economic and trade diplomacy. The round of negotiations not only will the multilateral trading system in the 21st century as well as the improvement and development of world economy and the direction of trade (including the economic development of member countries) have a significant impact, and almost all of the negotiations and that will involve complex political, economic and technical issues . For China, it at least provides a valuable opportunity for both (and of the major challenges): The first comprehensive study to adapt the multilateral economic and trade diplomacy, rules of the game, to participate in the management of the multilateral trading system; Second, a positive impact on the operation of the system and to promote its rules to improve.
Chinese start on one clear-cut stand to support the Doha Round negotiations, initiated and completed successfully. For example,...