When will China join the WTO

It formally joined the WTO on 11 November 2001.

In November 1982, China was granted GATT observer status and was able to attend the annual meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

On November 6, 1984, the GATT Council decided that China could participate in the meetings of all GATT organizations.

On July 11, 1986, China sent an official note to the Secretary General of the GATT, Dunkel, requesting the restoration of its membership in the General Agreement on Tariffs and **.

The first meeting of the China Working Group was held in February 1988.

On April 15, 1994, at the closing meeting of the Uruguay Round in Marrakech, Morocco, China and the other 122 Paw Parties signed the final document on the implementation of the outcome of the multilateral negotiations of the Uruguay Round. In view of the establishment of the World Organization (WTO), China has expressed its desire to become a member of the WTOI.

On December 21, 1994, the 19th meeting of the GATT China Working Group was concluded. China has not been able to reach a consensus with other signatories on the issue of becoming a founding member of the WTO.

On 1 July 1995, the WTO decided to admit China as an observer of the organization.

In November 1995, China announced plans to reduce import tariffs by 30 percent.

On 20 March 1996, informal multilateral consultations on China's accession to the WTO were held in Geneva, Switzerland.

On 6 March 1997, progress was made in the negotiations on China's accession to the WTO, and the EU hoped that China would join the WTO by the end of the year.

In October 1997, China announced that it would reduce its average import tariff from 23 to 17.

On October 29, 1997, China and the United States issued a joint statement in Washington, D.C., pointing out that China's full participation in the multilateral system is in the interests of both sides.

On December 5, 1997, the developing country members of the WTO issued a statement in Geneva, unanimously supporting China's accession to the WTO as soon as possible.

In February 1998, China pledged to further reduce import tariffs.

On April 8, 1998, the seventh session of the WTO Working Group on China concluded in Geneva.

On April 24, 1999, China and the United States held negotiations in Beijing, and the topics of the talks included textile, service, and procedural issues.

After the brazen attack on the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia by the US-led NATO on 8 May 1999, Sino-US talks on China's accession to the WTO were suspended.

On September 13, 1999, Shi Guangsheng, Minister of Foreign Economic Cooperation of China, held talks again with Barshefsky, a representative of the United States, on the issue of China's accession to the World Organization.

On 10 November 1999, US negotiator Barshefsky and assistant Sperling arrived in Beijing, and a new round of bilateral talks between China and the United States on China's accession to the WTO was held in Beijing.

On November 15, 1999, China and the United States reached an agreement on China's accession to the WTO.

On November 11, 2001, China finally knocked on the door of the WTO and became the 143rd member of the WTO.

December 21.

On December 11, 21, China officially joined the World Organization as its 143rd member, which is an important milestone in the process of China's reform, opening up and modernization.

In 21 years, the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Organization held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, deliberated and adopted China's decision to join the World Organization by consensus.

Year 2001.

On December 11, 2001, China officially joined the World Organization. On August 30, 2003, the WTO General Council unanimously adopted the Final Document on the Implementation of the Compulsory Licensing System for Patented Medicines.

As of July 2021, the world** organization has 164 members and 24 observers.

The principle of reciprocity of the world's leading organizations is mainly reflected in the following forms:

1. Reducing tariff or non-tariff measures through multilateral negotiations, and reciprocal opening of the domestic market to other members, so as to obtain the opportunity for domestic products or services to enter the markets of other members, that is, the so-called "investment in peach" and "reciprocation".

2. When a country or region applies for membership in the World Organization, since the new members can enjoy the preferential treatment of the open market that all the old members have reached in the past, the old members will unanimously demand that the new members must pay the "entry fee" in accordance with the provisions of the current agreements and agreements of the World Organization, which opens the market for the goods or services of the applicant.

3. Reciprocity is the main tool for achieving economic and trade cooperation with other members in the process of multilateral negotiations and liberalization. The history of the GATT and the World Organization fully shows that the benefits brought by multilateral liberalization to a member are far greater than the benefits of unilateral liberalization by a country.

Because when a country unilaterally decides to liberalize tariff and non-tariff goods, and open the service market, the benefits obtained mainly depend on the response of other partners** to such liberalization reforms. On the contrary, it is smaller.

On the contrary, under the system of the world organization, since the liberalization of a member is carried out within the scope of obtaining the commitment of the existing members to open the market, it is natural that the actual benefits brought by this kind of liberalization reform are guaranteed by the mechanism of the world organization, and are not as uncertain as the interests of unilateral or bilateral liberalization. Therefore, multilateral liberalization is preferable to unilateral liberalization, especially in a large developing country like China.

It took 15 years for China to join the World Organization.

December 11, 2001.

The predecessor of the World ** Organization was the General Agreement on Tariffs and ** signed on October 30, 1947;

On January 1, 1995, the world's first organization officially began to operate;

On January 1, 1996, the World Organization officially replaced the Provisional Agency of the GATT Agreement;

On December 11, 2001, China officially joined the World Organization.

On August 30, 2003, the WTO General Council unanimously adopted the Final Document on the Implementation of the Compulsory Licensing System for Patented Medicines.

Its five major functions:

Management functions: The world's largest organization is responsible for supervising and managing the policies and regulations of each member, and regularly reviewing them to ensure their legitimacy.

Organizational functions: In order to achieve the established objectives of the agreements and agreements, the world ** organization has the right to organize the implementation of the ** agreements and agreements under its jurisdiction, and actively take various effective measures.

Coordination function: The world** organization coordinates its relations with international organizations and institutions such as the International Monetary Organization and the World Bank to ensure the coherence and cohesion of global economic decision-making.

Mediation function: When disputes and conflicts arise between members, the World Organization is responsible for resolving them.

Functional: The world** organization provides its members with a negotiating forum for the handling of agreements and matters related to the agreements, and provides the necessary technical assistance to developing countries to assist them in their development.

On November 10, 2001, the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the World Organization (WTO) deliberated and approved China's application for joining the World Organization. China will officially become a member of the WTO from December 11.

China joined the WTO in 2001.

On December 11, 2001, China officially joined the World Organization, and also became the 143rd member of the organization, in 2001, China joined the World Organization, which is a milestone for China's deep participation in economic globalization, marking a new stage in the history of China's reform and opening up. Since China's accession to the WTO, China has actively practiced the concept of freedom, fully fulfilled its commitments, opened up its markets to a wide range of mutual benefits and win-win results, and demonstrated its responsibility as a major country in opening up. Together with the World Bank and the International Monetary Organization, the World Organization is one of the three most extensive international economic organizations in the world today.

Its main functions are threefold: formulating and supervising the implementation of international economic and trade rules, organizing members to conduct negotiations on open markets, and establishing a dispute settlement mechanism among members.

Article 6 of the Foreign Affairs Law of the People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China shall, in accordance with the international treaties and agreements concluded or acceded to, grant the most favored nation treatment and national treatment to other contracting parties and participants, or the most favored nation treatment and national treatment to the other party in accordance with the principles of reciprocity and reciprocity.

Article 7: Where any country or region adopts discriminatory prohibitions, restrictions, or other similar measures against the People's Republic of China, the People's Republic of China may take corresponding measures against that country or region on the basis of actual circumstances.

Article 8: The term "foreign business operators" as used in this Law refers to legal persons, other organizations or individuals that have gone through industrial and commercial registration or other practice formalities in accordance with the law and engage in foreign business activities in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other relevant laws and administrative regulations.

Article 9 Foreign business operators engaged in the import and export of goods or technology shall go through the filing and registration with the competent department of foreign affairs or the institutions entrusted by them; However, except for laws, administrative regulations and regulations that do not require filing and registration. The specific measures for filing and registration shall be prescribed by the competent department for foreign affairs. If the foreign business operator fails to go through the filing and registration in accordance with the regulations, the customs shall not handle the customs declaration, inspection and release procedures for the import and export goods.