试论中国对外贸易法修订之意义

A preliminary study of the theoretical and practical significance of the revision to the Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China

新修订的对外贸易法通过对旧外贸法所作出的重大修改,体现了它作为一部对外贸易基本法的重大意义。通过对新旧外贸法内容的比较分析,结合WTO规则和我国的入世承诺,便可深层次理解修订外贸法的理论意义和实践意义。

The Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China, enacted on May 12, 1994, was revised and adopted on April 6, 2004. The great changes made in the newly modified foreign trade law on the contents of the old foreign trade law reflect the great significance of the new one as a basic law guiding the Chinese foreign trade. Through analysis of and comparison between the old and the new version, and with a combination of the WTO rules and promises made by China on accession to WTO, this paper illustrates the theoretical and practical significance of the revision.