关贸总协定与中国

GATT and China

中国是关贸总协定创始缔约路之一。新中国成立后,由于众所周知的原因,中国在总协定的活动一度中断。60年代起,中国以观察员身份参加总协定的会议,1986年正式申请恢复缔约国席位,但到目前仍未获解决。中国是联合国常任理事国,国际货币基金组织、世界银行的成员,世界贸易额列第14位,具有很大发展潜力。中国深化改革、扩大开放,与总协定的宗旨相适应。中国的现代化需要总协定,总协定要成为真正的全球贸易体系,也必须有中国的参与。

China was originally one of the signatory countries to GATT.Owing to reasons known to all,China's activities in GATT wereonce suspended after after founding of the New China.Since the1960's,China has participated in its conferences in the capacity ofan observer.In 1986,China offically applied for the restoration ofthe seat as a signatory country,which unfortunately has not yet beensettled.China is a permanent memder of the United Nations as well as amember of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.Its volume of trade ranks among the top fourteen countries in theworld and it shows the strong potential trend of development.Thefurthering of China's reforms and the widening of its open policyare in comformity with the purpose of GATT.China's modernizationcampaign needs the support of GATT,and without the participationof China,GATT can't really become a global trade organization.(See p.1)