O
RGANIZATION
31 July 2001
(01-3826)
Working Party on the Accession of China
WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF CHINA
Checklist of Documents Revision
The following documents concern the accession of China:
L/6017 10 July 1986 Application Received
L/6125 18 February 1987 Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime L/6270 27 November 1987 Questions and Replies concerning the
Memorandum
C/M/207 4 March 1987 Working Party Established
Spec (88)13 29 March 1988 Note by the Secretariat - Factual Summary Spec (88)29 1 June 1988 Communication from China – The Progress and
Objective of China's Economic Structural Reforms
Spec(88)13/Add.1 3 June 1988 Note by the Secretariat
Spec(88)13/Add.2 20 July 1988 Examination of the Foreign Trade Regime Spec(88)13/Add.3 14 September 1988 Responses to Additional Questions - Summary Spec(88)13/Add.4 9 December 1988 China's Foreign Trade Regime
Spec(88)13/Add 5 9 June 1989 Annotated Checklist of Issues
Spec(88)13/Add.6 10 November 1989 Additional Information on China's Foreign Trade Regime
Spec(88)13/Add.7 17 April 1991 Communication from China
Spec(88)13/Add.8 15 October 1991 Additional Information on China's Foreign Trade Regime
Spec(88)13/Add.9 3 February 1992 Communication from China – on Tariff Reductions
Spec(88)13/Add.10 6 February 1992 List on Transparency of China's Foreign Trade Regime
Spec(88)13/Add.11 17 March 1992 Documentation on Transparency of China's Foreign Trade Regime
Spec(88)13/Add.12 20 October 1992 Existing Tariff and Non-tariff Measures in China
Spec(88)13/Add.13 7 September 1993 Note by the Secretariat On China's Trade Regime
Spec(88)13/Add.14 31 January 1994 Communication from China - On People's Bank of China
Spec(88)13/Add.15 18 May 1994 Communication from China – Documentation: 1. Interim Regulations for Import Quota Administration of General Goods.
2. The Detailed Rules for Implementing the Interim Regulations for Import Quotas Administration of General Goods.
3. Interim Measure for Import Administration of Machinery and Electronic Products.
4. The Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Import Administration of Specific Products. 5. The Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Administration concerning Importation of Quota Products.
6. List of Products and Public Utilities Subject to State-Fixed Pricing.
7. Interim Duty Rate on Imported Goods. 8. List of General Products Subject to Import Quotas.
9. List of Machinery and Electronic Products Subject to Import Quotas.
10.List of Specific Machinery and Electronic Products.
11. Amendments to Customs Import and Export Tariff of the People's Republic of China. Spec(88)13/Add.16 7 June 1994 Communication from China – Additional List
of Import Regulations
Spec(88)13/Add.17 7 June 1994 Communication from China – Agricultural Policies
GATS/SC/19 April 1994 Draft Services Offer
Spec(88)13/Add.18 18 September 1994 Communication from China – Market Access Schedules Goods and Services
Spec(88)13/Add.19 18 October 1995 Communication from China –Services Offer (Rev.)
WT/SPEC/22 8 March 1996 Communication from China
List of documents submitted for circulation: 1. List of China's tariff reductions in 1996; 2. List of liberalization of non-tariff measures; 3. Elucidation on China's commodity inspection system;
4. Justification for the list of commodities subject to statutory inspection;
5. Statement on China's industrial policies; 6. Response of China to the questions on agriculture raised by contracting parties; 7. Reservations by WTO Members.
WT/SPEC/23 29 March 1996 Communication from the IMF
WT/SPEC/28 17 April 1996 Communication from China
List of documents submitted for circulation: 1. Tariff Reduction on Agricultural Products of the People's Republic of China (1 April 1996); 2. List of Products Subject to Tariff Rate Quota Administration in 1996.
WT/SPEC/29 18 April 1996 Communication from China re: IMF
WT/L/72 28 June 1995 Request for Observer Status
WT/L/218 3 June 1997 Communication from Hong Kong
WT/ACC/CHN… DOCUMENTS
WT/ACC/CHN/1 7 December 1995 Application Under Article XII WT/ACC/CHN/2/Rev.11
and Corr.1
7 June 2001 Membership of the Working Party and Terms of Reference
WT/ACC/CHN/3 16 August 1996 Communication from China – on Annexes to the Draft Protocol
WT/ACC/CHN/4 4 December 1996 Draft Services Schedule
WT/ACC/CHN/5 26 February 1997 Communication from China – on Revised Annexes to the Draft Protocol
Included:
Annex 2a-1 Products Subject to State Trading, Import
Annex 2a-2 Products Subject to State Trading, Export
Annex 2b-2 Products Subject to Designated Trading
Annex 3 Non-Tariff Measures Subject to Elimination
Annex 4 Products and Services Subject to Price Controls
Annex 5 Notification and Phase-out of Subsidies
Annex 6 Products Subject to Export Duty Also included
1. List of NTMs Eliminated as of December 31, 1996
2. List of Designated Corporations with Special Right for Importation of Six Commodities 3. List of Products Subject to Export Licenses 4. Draft Notification Pursuant to Article 5 of the TRIMs Agreement
5. Supporting Table Relating to Domestic Support Measures in Accordance with the Format Contained in WT/ACC/4.
WT/ACC/CHN/6 4 March 1997 Communication from China – Documentation 1. Catalogue of National Standards on PRC; 2. Law of PRC on Product Quality;
3. Law on Metrology of PRC;
4. Product Quality Certification of PRC; 5. Introduction brochures on:
- China National Accreditation Committee (CNAC) for Product Certification Bodies; - CNAC for Laboratories;
- China National Registration Board for Auditors;
- China National Accreditation Committee (CNAC) for Quality System Registration Bodies WT/ACC/CHN/7 6 May 1997 Communication from EC - Non-Tariff
Measures maintained by the EU
WT/ACC/CHN/8 23 May 1997 Communication from China - on Revised Annexes
Included:
Annex 2a-1. Products Subject to State Trading (Import);
Annex 2b Products Subject to Designated Trading;
Annex 3 Non-Tariff Measures Subject to Phased Elimination;
Annex 4 Products and Services Subject to Price Controls;
Annex 5 Notification and Phase-out of Subsidies;
Annex 7a Products Subject to Import Statutory Inspection.
Also included:
1. Products to be Eliminated from the List of Products Subject to Import Statutory Inspection upon China’s Accession to the WTO;
2. National and International Standards Applied in Statutory Inspection;
3. Supporting Table Relating to Domestic Support Measures in Accordance with the Format Contained in WT/ACC/4 (Revised, May 1997).
WT/ACC/CHN/9 23 July 1997 Communication from China - on Revised Annexes to the Draft Protocol
Included:
Annex 2a-1 Products Subject to State Trading, Import
Annex 5a Notification pursuant to Article 25 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Annex 5b Subsidies to be Phased Out
Annex 7a Products subject to Import Statutory Inspection
Also included:
1. Notification pursuant to Article 16 of the Draft Protocol on the Accession of China to the WTO and the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
2. Supporting Table relating to Domestic Support Measures in accordance with the format contained in WT/ACC/4 (Revised, July 1997) WT/ACC/CHN/10 31 July 1997 Communication from China – On Annex 3:
Included:
Annex 3 (Revised) Non-Tariff Measures Subject to Phased Elimination;
WT/ACC/CHN/11 22 October 1997 Communication from China – Notification about Availability of the Customs Tariff of the People's Republic of China
WT/ACC/CHN/12 20 November 1997 Revised Services Offer
WT/ACC/CHN/13 2 December 1997 Communication from China – On Annex 7a Annex 7a (Revised) Products subject to Import and Statutory Inspection
WT/ACC/CHN/14 2 April 1998 Communication from China – On Annexes Included Revised Annexes:
Annex 5a: Notification Pursuant to Article XXV of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (Revised March 1998); Annex 5b: Subsidies to be Phased Out (revised July 1997).
Also included:
1. Updated Package of Tariff Concessions of China on Industrial Products.
2. Responses to Questions Raised by Working Party Members on China's Schedule of Specific Commitments on Trade in Services.
3. Information on the Trade Regime of China for the Purpose of Transparency: Notification pursuant to Article 16 of the Draft Protocol on China's Accession to the WTO and the SPS Agreement (revised March 1998).
WT/ACC/CHN/14/Corr.1 6 April 1998 Communication from China –
Notification pursuant to Article 16 of the Draft Protocol on China's Accession to the WTO and the SPS Agreement
WT/ACC/CHN/15 and Corr. 1
13 July 1998 Replies to the Additional Questions of the Working Party
WT/ACC/CHN/16 13 July 1998 Communication from China
-Annex 3 (Revised) Non-Tariff Measures Subject to Phased Elimination
WT/ACC/CHN/17 21 March 2000 Communication from China - Updated
Memorandum and a list of China's relevant laws and regulations.
WT/ACC/CHN/18 6 June 2000 Communication from China -Included:
Annex 1 Statistical Data and Information Describing China's Economic and Trading System
Annex 2a-1 Products Subject to State Trading (Import)
Annex 2a-2 Products Subject to State Trading (Export)
Annex 2b Products Subject to Designated Trading
Annex 4 Products and Services Subject to Price Controls
Annex 5a Notification Pursuant to
Article XXV of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Annex 5b Subsidies to be Phased Out Annex 6 Products Subject to Export Duty Annex 7a Products Subject to Import Statutory Inspection (circulated as
WT/ACC/CHN/18/Add.1) WT/ACC/CHN/18/Add.1 6 June 2000 Communication from China
-Annex 7a (Revised) - Products Subject to Import Statutory Inspection
WT/ACC/CHN/19/Corr.1 20 June 2000 Communication from China -Annex 3 (Revised 12 June)
- Non-Tariff Measures Subject to Phased Elimination
- Products Subject to Import License Only - Initial Quota Volume/Value of NTMs Products
WT/ACC/CHN/20 16 June 2000 Communication from China - Documentation 1. Amendment of Legislation in Light of WTO Agreements (Draft)
2. Information on State-Trading (Draft) 3. Checklist of Illustrative TBT Issues for Consideration in Accession
4. Notification Pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
5. Implementation of TRIPS
WT/ACC/CHN/21 19 June 2000 Communication from China - Documentation 1. Checklist of illustrative SPS Issues for Consideration in Accession
2. Products Subject to Inspection for Compliance with SPS Measures
WT/ACC/CHN/22 20 June 2000 Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in Agriculture
WT/ACC/CHN/23/Rev.1 31 July 2001 Checklist of Documents
WT/ACC/CHN/24 18 July 2000 Annex 2a1 – Products Subject to State Trading (Import) dated 13 July 2000
WT/ACC/CHN/25 18 July 2000 Annex 3 (dated 13 July 2000)
- Non-Tariff Measures Subject to Phased Elimination
- Products Subject to Import License Only
- Initial Quota/Volume/Value of NTMs Products
WT/ACC/CHN/26/Rev.2 24 July 2000 Annex 4 Products and Services Subject to Price Controls (dated 19 July 2000) WT/ACC/CHN/27 18 July 2000 Checklist of Illustrative TBT Issues for
Consideration in Accessions (dated 13 July 2000)
WT/ACC/CHN/28 18 July 2000 Information of State-Trading (dated 13 July 2000)
WT/ACC/CHN/29 18 July 2000 — Report on the Contrast of the Trademark Law and TRIPS
— Implementation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Part 2 dated 13 July 2000)
— Implementation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Part 3 dated 13 July 2000)
WT/ACC/CHN/30 18 July 2000 Reply by the Chinese Delegation to the
Checklist of Information Requested from China during the Tenth Session of the Working Party WT/ACC/CHN/31 18 July 2000 Annex 7a Products Subject to Import Statutory
Inspection (dated 13 July 2000) WT/ACC/CHN/32 18 July 2000 Annex 7b Products Subject to Export
Statutory Inspection (dated 13 July 2000) WT/ACC/CHN/33 24 July 2000 Products Subject to Inspection for Compliance
with SPS Measures (dated 20 July 2000) WT/ACC/CHN/34/Rev.1 18 July 2001 Annex 2a1 Products Subject to State Trading
(Import) (dated 13 July 2001)
WT/ACC/CHN/35 14 September 2000 Annex 2a2 Products Subject to State Trading (Export) (dated 8 September 2000)
WT/ACC/CHN/36/Rev.2 20 July 2000 Annex 3 Non-Tariff Measures Subject to Phased Elimination (dated18 July 2001) WT/ACC/CHN/37 14 September 2000 Information on State Trading (dated
8 September 2000) WT/ACC/CHN/38/Rev.3 19 July 2001 Domestic Support
WT/ACC/CHN/39 22 September 2001 1. Notes of the Chinese Representative on the Legal Notification and Action Plan about the Revision of China's Laws in Conformity with the WTO Agreement 2. Revision of China's Laws in
Conformity with the WTO Agreement: - Part I – Laws and Administrative Regulations
- Part II – Department Rules
3. China's Laws and Administrative Regulations from January to August 2000
WT/ACC/CHN/40 9 November 2000 - Note of the Chinese Representative on the Notification of Legislation
Information and the Plan for the Revision of China's Laws and Regulations
- China's Laws and Regulations Adopted and Promulgated from January to October 2000
- Revision of China's Laws in
Conformity with the WTO Agreement WT/ACC/CHN/41/Rev.1 18 July 2001 Annex 2a2 Products Subject to State Trading
(Export) (dated 13 July 2001)
WT/ACC/CHN/42 18 June 2001 Annex 8 (Revised) to the Draft Protocol on the Accession of China
WT/ACC/CHN/43 2 July 2001 Laws and Regulations of China on the Right to Trade
WT/ACC/CHN/44 2 July 2001 Action Plan for the Implementation of the SPS Agreement in China (dated 28 June 2001) WT/ACC/CHN/45 2 July 2001 Regulations of China on Anti-dumping and
Countervailing Measures
WT/ACC/CHN/46 3 July 2001 Laws and Regulations of China on Special Economic Areas
WT/ACC/CHN/47 18 July 2001 Annex 2b Products Subject to Designated Trading (dated 13 July)
WT/ACC/CHN/48 18 July 2001 Annex 6 Products Subject to Export Duty (dated 13 July 2001)
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN… DOCUMENTS
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/1/ Rev.8
31 July 2001 Draft Report of the Working Party on the Accession of China
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/1/ Rev.8/Add.1
31 July 2001 Part I - Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/1/ Rev.8/Add.2
31 July 2001 Part II – Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/2 and Corr.1
20 September 2000 - Consolidated Tariff Schedule - Schedule of ITA Products
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/3 21 December 2000 - Draft List of Specific Commitments in Services
- Draft List of GATS Article II Exemptions
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/4 26 June 2001 Notification of submission of China's revised list of concessions on goods, including Sections I-A, I-B and II, and ITA products
INFORMAL PAPERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION
Informal Paper 24 March 1988 Replies by China to Questions Raised by Members of the Working Party
Informal Paper 3 June 1988 Replies by China to Questions Raised by Members of the Working Party
Informal Paper 14 September 1988 Replies by China to Questions Raised by Members of the Working Party
MTN.GNS/W/124/Rev.1 6 April 1993 Communication from China – Initial Commitments on Trade in Services MTN.TNC/40/ST/28 21 January 1994 Statement by H. E. Mr. JIN Yongijian,
Ambassador
MTN.TNC/MIN(94)/ST/45 13 April 1994 Statement by Mr. Gu Yongjiang, Vice-Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Communication from China 27 June 1994 Replies to Additional Questions
Communication from China 12 July 1994 Replies to Additional Questions Proposal from the July 1995 On Liberalization of Trading Rights Chinese Delegation
Material Submitted by China 16 October 1995 Agricultural Policy
Material Submitted by China 16 October 1995 1. Background paper on agricultural policy. 2. Export subsidies in agriculture.
3. Guidance for foreign investment. 4. Revised annexes (2a and 4)
Documents Submitted by 5 March 1996 1. List of China's tariff reductions in 1996; China (for circulation) 2. List of liberalization of non-tariff measures;
3. Elucidation on China's commodity inspection system;
4. Justification for the list of commodities subject to statutory inspection;
5. Statement on China's industrial policies; 6. Response of China to the questions on agriculture raised by contracting parties, 7. Reservations by WTO members. Communication from 24 April 1996 Additional Questions
Australia, Canada, Norway, US
Communication from Japan 29 April 1996 Additional Questions Communication from 10 May 1996 Additional Questions Switzerland
Communication from Canada
14 October 1996 Additional Questions
Material Submitted by China November 1996 List of Corporations with Special Trading Rights on Certain Products
Communication from 2 April 1997 Additional Questions Australia
Communication from March 1997 Comments and Additional Questions Argentina, Canada, EC,
New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and US
Documents Submitted by 20 May 1997 1. Additional Responses to the Questions
China 2. List of Revised Annexes
3. Information on the Trade Regime of China for the Purpose of Transparency.
Communication from China 22 July 1997 Replies to Additional Questions Communication from
Canada
2 September 1997 Additional Questions
Communication from 13 January 1998 Additional Questions Australia, EC, Japan,
Hong Kong, Norway, Switzerland
Communication from EC 26 August 1998 Additional Questions Communication from
Thailand
4 September 1998 Comments and Additional Questions
Draft Protocol 10 July 2001 Revised Draft Protocol on the Accession of China
