《中国加入wto文件》.doc

PROTOCOL ON THE ACCESSION OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA Preamble The World Trade Organization (WTO), pursuant to the approval of the Ministerial Conference of the WTO accorded under Article?XII of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO Agreement), and the Peoples Republic of China (China), Recalling that China was an original contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade?1947, Taking note that China is a signatory to the Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Taking note of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of China in document WT/ACC/CHN/49 (Working Party Report), Having regard to the results of the negotiations concerning Chinas membership in the WTO, Agree as follows: Part I - General Provisions 1. General 1. Upon accession, China accedes to the WTO?Agreement pursuant to Article?XII of that Agreement and thereby becomes a Member of the WTO. 2. The WTO Agreement to which China accedes shall be the WTO Agreement as rectified, amended or otherwise modified by such legal instruments as may have entered into force before the date of accession. This Protocol, which shall include the commitments referred to in paragraph?342 of the Working Party Report, shall be an integral part of the WTO?Agreement. 3. Except as otherwise provided for in this Protocol, those obligations in the Multilateral Trade Agreements annexed to the WTO?Agreement that are to be implemented over a period of time starting with entry into force of that Agreement shall be implemented by China as if it had accepted that Agreement on the date of its entry into force. 4. China may maintain a measure inconsistent with paragraph?1of Article?II of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) provided that such a measure is recorded in the List of Article?II Exemptions annexed to this Protocol and meets the conditions of the Annex to the GATS on Article?II Exemptions. 2. Administr