China will make public the contents of all protocol and agreements
concerning its accession to the
World
Trade Organization (WTO) very soon, said a senior trade
official in Beijing on Monday.
Zhang Xiangchen, deputy director-general of WTO affairs of Ministry of
Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC), made these
remarks at a press conference in Beijing on Monday on China's Entry
into WTO.
Because of public demand, China will translate the agreement into
Chinese as soon as possible, making sure of the accuracy and
integrity of the translated text.
To
meet the needs of China's accession to WTO, MOFTEC has set up the
Department of WTO Affairs, the China-WTO Notification Inquiry
Center and the Fair Trade Bureau for Imports and Exports, said Gao
Yan, chief of MOFTEC general office, at a press conference.
A
series of books entitled "Essential Knowledge on China's Accession
to the World Trade Organization," compiled by trade experts who
participated in the WTO negotiations, will also be published soon,
Gao announced.
MOFTEC plans to work out special programs on China's entry into
WTO, said Gao.
When asked about China's work on the revision of foreign trade and
economic regulations, Zhang Yuqing, MOFTEC director-general of
treaties and laws, said that trade provisions and laws at the
central level have been revised.
MOFTEC has also revised and formulated its own foreign trade laws
and administrative regulations, and local foreign trade provisions
have been carefully studied.
China will balance its rights and obligations after entry into WTO,
Zhang Xiangchen said. While promising to further open its market
and to abide by WTO rules, China will benefit from the achievement
made by multilateral trade institutions during the long process of
trade and investment facilitation.
China will benefit from promises made by other members during the
Uruguay-round agreements, and from multilateral and stable
most-favored-nation unconditional treatment.
(Xinhua News
Agency November 27, 2001)