《服务贸易总协定》与中国对外承包劳务

Service Trade General Agreement and China Foreign Labor Contracting

乌拉圭回合服务贸易框架的制定,是关贸总协定成立以来在推动世界贸易自由化发展方面的一个重大突破。标志着关贸总协定领导的世界贸易体制已从货物贸易向服务贸易领域延伸。这一发展趋势,必将给中国对外承包工程和劳务合作事业带来重大影响。如何尽早采取相应对策,是我们面临的重要课题。制定服务贸易总协定是国际贸易发展的必然随着战后世界经济的恢复和迅速增长,特别是80年代以来现代科技广泛应用的推动,世界服务贸易额不断上升。

CHINESE FOREIGN LABOR contracting business has become an important part of Chinese foreign economic and technic cooperation, and the contracting companies have earned several billion RMB yuan without financial support of the state government. In the process of the country's opening up and reform, China, as a potential large service trade dealer, will soon become a member state the Service Trade General Agreement.China will open up wider to the outside world in compliance with the requirement of the General Agreement, for instance, to open construction contracting, engineering consulting, insurance, and so on while fully utilizing the rights empowered by the Agreement to the developing countries to enjoy preferential treatment.Another important step the country should take is to improve its legal work and promulgate relevant regulations and laws to intensify economic structure adjustment and compete in its full strength on the world business arena. 'To develop China foreign labor contracting business generally depends upon Chinese enterprises' competitive ness and service quality. In term of Chinese tertiary industry, it remains backward comparing with other developing countries, let alone the developed ones. There is no doubt that Chinese tertiary industry development will be promoted while such development is certain to enhance China to fulfil its full obligations to the Agreement.