Legal Documents of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization (Chinese-English Parallel Text)

Author: Translation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, World Trade Organization
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Publishing Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book includes the English originals and Chinese translations of the legal documents related to China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO)—the "Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of China to the WTO" and its Annexes, and the "Report of the Working Party on the Accession of China." The main legal document for China's accession to the WTO is the "Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization" (the WTO Agreement), which has been included in the "Legal Texts of the Results of the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations" (bilingual Chinese-English edition) published by the Legal Press. The "Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of China to the WTO" and its Annexes, along with the "Report of the Working Party on the Accession of China," are agreements reached through negotiations between China and WTO members, binding on both China and WTO members, and have now become part of the "Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization." The English, French, and Spanish versions of the legal documents related to China's accession to the WTO are the official texts, while the Chinese translation is for reference only and is not legally binding.