When did China join the WTO?

The time for China to join the WTO is 200165438+February 1 1. Since 200165438+February 1 1, China has officially joined the WTO on the lakeside of Lemmon, marking a new stage of China's industrial opening up. The World Trade Organization is a permanent international organization independent of the United Nations. The World Trade Organization is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and the current chairman of the General Council is Ambassador David Walker.

The World Trade Organization was established. The goal of WTO is to establish a complete, more dynamic and lasting multilateral trading system, including goods, services, trade-related investment and intellectual property rights, which includes the results of GATT trade liberalization and all the results of Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations.

The official languages of the World Trade Organization are English, French and Spanish, and the texts of these three languages are legally binding official texts. Chinese translation is for reference only and has no legal effect. The significance of including English, French and Spanish texts is that when there is a dispute with WTO members, the provisions in these texts can be directly applied and have formal legal effect; The Chinese version of China's WTO legal documents is included, so that readers who are not used to reading foreign languages can learn and master WTO rules.

Significance of China's entry into WTO: 1. It is conducive to China's participation in international economic cooperation and international division of labor and promoting economic development; It is conducive to expanding exports and utilizing foreign capital, and participating in international competition under equal conditions.

2, is conducive to promoting technological progress, industrial upgrading and economic restructuring, and further improve the socialist market economic system.

3. Conducive to reform and opening up, developing socialist market economy and improving people's living standards; Conducive to promoting the growth of the world economy.

4. It is also conducive to directly participating in the decision-making process of international trade rules in the 2 1 century, and getting rid of the unfavorable situation that others make rules and China passively accepts them, thus safeguarding legitimate rights and interests.