What does WTO rules bring to China?

Introduction: at the Northeast Asia Economic Cooperation Forum, long Yongtu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation, was invited by the forum organizers In nearly half a year after China's accession to the world trade organization, what did the WTO rules bring to China? Reporter: can you give us a general comment on China's accession to WTO for half a year? Long Yongtu: in this half year, I think China has been recognized by the whole world in terms of fulfilling the commitments made by the world trade rules and abiding by the world trade rules I recently met with some senior officials of the world trade organization who think China is doing much better than they expected A big change is the awareness of rules and legal system, which has been greatly strengthened in the whole officials and entrepreneurs, which has a long-term fundamental significance for the construction of China's market economy Reporter: before joining the world trade organization, many people were worried about the coming of wolves But in the half year after joining the world trade organization, many people felt that the impact of the world trade on China, economy and life was not great Why? Long Yongtu: as we have said for a long time, actually joining the world trade organization doesn't mean that its impact will be seen in a few months or even a year or two The impact of joining the World Trade Organization on China is mainly the impact of medium-sized enterprises China's economy will move towards a more legal path, making China more open So when Comrade Xiaoping proposed the reform and opening up policy, we saw real changes five years and ten years later Reporter: in the half year after joining WTO, many people still have the experience that there are more and more trade frictions between China and other trade members Why does this happen? Long Yongtu: there are several factors in China, especially because the recent world economic growth is relatively slow When the world economic growth is slow, the trade protection tendency of trade protectionist measures will rise If affected by these trade protectionist measures, we will certainly fight back At this time, we see the emergence of trade friction Another important factor may be a more important one In the past, we also had a lot of trade frictions However, those trade frictions are often covered up Either we didn't really respond to those trade measures, or we just adopted a private approach Now we are more serious and we know how to use the methods allowed by the world trade organization to solve such disputes At this time, if there are too many media reports on such issues, people will feel how things are so much now In fact, the trade disputes have affected less than 1% or even less of China's trade volume, and most of the trade is still in normal progress Reporter: Minister long, you used to be the chief representative of WTO negotiations I believe that before China's accession to the WTO, you also made a lot of predictions on the development of China's accession to the WTO So half a year after China's accession to the WTO, what do you think is what you expect and what is unexpected? Long Yongtu: we have promoted the reform of our domestic economic system and the further development of our opening-up Such things have actually happened in China Reporter: what do you think should happen, but it didn't happen? Long Yongtu: in the past, some predictions were that after joining the world trade organization, it will bring us some disastrous effects, but now it seems that it has not happened Reporter: will this disastrous impact happen in the future? Long Yongtu: I don't think it will happen As long as we can grasp the opportunities brought by the accession to the WTO and prevent the possible problems, I don't think it will happen Reporter: in the face of WTO, we all know that opportunities and challenges coexist But in the interview with you just now, Minister long, I have formed the impression that opportunities are far greater than challenges Is it because such challenges do not exist, or because we have done a good job to avoid many challenges? Long Yongtu: no matter whether we join the WTO or not, the competition in the world is becoming more and more fierce The pressure brought by the world economic globalization to all countries is the same, not only to those countries that join the WTO, so we should use a real grasp rather than a passive response to this pressure Only when we really grasp this kind of pressure and truly understand it can we become a driving force for long-term development Therefore, I think that kind of awareness and real consciousness are very important on this issue In the interview, long Yongtu told reporters that China's accession to the WTO is only less than half a year, and the current optimistic situation does not mean that we are relaxed about the challenges brought about by China's accession to the WTO With the integration of the global economy, the competition is more and more fierce It is the most important work for the current Chinese enterprises to take the initiative to meet the challenges and constantly improve themselves (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: