中国加入世贸组织后外商投资的新机遇（New opportunities for foreign investment after Chinas entry into WTO）.docVIP

中国加入世贸组织后外商投资的新机遇（New opportunities for foreign investment after Chinas entry into WTO） New opportunities for foreign investment after Chinas accession to the WTO Speech delivered by Sun Zhenyu, Vice Minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation, at the 2001 China Forum on Western China (Xian, September 5, 2001) Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: In the beautiful autumn season, I am pleased to welcome you to the 2001 China western forum in the ancient, mysterious and modern capital of Xian. Take this opportunity, I would like to join the new opportunities for foreign investment in the west after the WTO Chinese, to brief you, hope to further promote the foreign China actively participate in the western development, promote the vast western regions to speed up the progress of economic and social development. Ladies and gentlemen: It has been 15 years since China resumed the status of contracting parties to GATT and joined the WTO. The vicissitudes of the past 15 years have been deeply imprinted on the memory of the Chinese people and witnessed by every foreign friend who cares for and supports the cause of Chinas modernization. It is gratifying to note that in recent years, with the joint efforts of all the parties concerned, the process of Chinas accession to the WTO has been noticeably accelerated. In May and June this year, China has held consultations with the United States and the European Union on the issue of Chinas accession to the WTO and has reached a comprehensive consensus on the issues left over by the multilateral negotiations. At the beginning of July and mid July, sixteenth WTO and seventeenth Chinese working group meeting, the end of the substantive negotiations Chinese joined WTO, completed Chinese joined WTO of the protocol, China working group report and other multilateral legal documents drafting. I believe that the September meeting of the eighteenth meeting of the working group China, will eventually pass all the legal documents C