China should play more of a role in the futureWTOInstitution builder or bridging role
Xinhuanet Beijing11month2日电(Dai Zhen)On the whole, China has delivered a satisfactory answer in the past ten years since joining the WTO. In the past ten years, China hasＷＴＯAs a learner and follower of rules, looking forward to the next 10 or 20 years, China should play more of a role as a builder or bridge of the WTO system. Recently, the "10th WTO and China Academic Annual Conference" and the "10th Anniversary of China's Accession to the WTO: China's Learning Curve" international symposium were held in Beijing. Experts attending the meeting said so in exclusive interviews with the media.
Byw88 casinoChinaＷＴＯ Research InstituteThis international seminar was jointly organized with the Center for Chinese Politics and Business at Indiana University in the United States. More than 300 representatives from various fields including government departments, WTO, international organizations, foreign embassies in China, foreign-invested enterprises in China, domestic enterprises, and domestic research institutions participated. The participating experts held heated discussions on a wide range of topics including China's economic development, institutional reform, foreign economic and w88 relations, participation in WTO dispute settlement, and Doha Round negotiations since China's accession to the WTO.
Wang Xiaodong, Counselor of the Office of the Director-General of the WTO, said at the meeting that in the long run, China still faces some major challenges if it wants to gain greater advantages in world w88. Wang Xiaodong believes that, first, at the beginning, China mainly considered how to adapt and comply with existingRules, now as the economic environment changes, it is necessary to propose systems and rules suitable for one's own development in a timely manner. Second, due to historical, cultural and other reasons, China often lacks international exchanges. How to effectively improve policy transparency so that the international community can accurately understand China's policies and objectively evaluate and judge China is a thorny issue. Third, China should speed up the training of professionals in foreign w88 negotiations and operations. They must be familiar with international law and international w88 rules, have foreign language skills, and have practical experience in international negotiations.
Zhang Han, Dean of China WTO Research Institute, w88 casinoLin said that on the one hand, China must actively participate in the formulation of new WTO rules and become the builder of new WTO rules; on the other hand, China also needs to serve as a bridge connecting developed and developing countries. The development of many industries in China has basically reached the level of developed countries, but there are also many industries that are seriously lacking in competitiveness. Under this background, China is most suitable to serve as a bridge between developing and developed countries.
ChinaAccession into WTOChief negotiator Long Yongtu emphasized that China’s commitments when it joined the WTO were “not the bottom line, but a beginning.” In the process of joining the WTO, China has always emphasized the balance of rights and obligations. However, compared with ten years ago, China has experienced rapid development and has become the world's largest exporter and second largest economy. "While enjoying WTO rights, it must bear obligations commensurate with China's national strength."
China is inNegotiationThe path of market-oriented reform was chosen during the process. Long Yongtu believes that this is in line with the needs of China's development and represents progress rather than concessions. In future negotiations, we should also maintain a positive, open and responsible attitude and assume more obligations.
Experts at the meeting believed that this year marks the tenth anniversary of China's accession to the WTO. In the past ten years, China has not only fulfilled its WTO commitments and fulfilled its commitment to be a responsible major country, but has also benefited greatly from the new round of reform and opening up driven by its accession to the WTO, fully integrated into the world economic system, and rapidly grown into the world's second largest trading country and economy. It can be said that China has drawn a perfect learning curve in the past ten years. At the same time, the world, including the WTO itself, is also learning how to better accept the shock waves brought by China, an emerging power. While looking back on the glorious achievements of the past, we must also look forward to the future and focus on promoting China's new round of reform and opening up, and promote China's more active participation in the WTO and global economic governance.
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