RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/CHN/23
14 July 2000
(00-2887)
Working Party on the
Accession of China
ACCESSION OF CHINA
Checklist of Documents
The following documents concern the accession of China to the World Trade Organization:
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 EstablishedSpec (88)13 29 March 1988 Note by the Secretariat - Factual SummarySpec (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 SecretariatSpec(88)13/Add.2 20 July 1988 Examination of the Foreign Trade RegimeSpec(88)13/Add.3 14 September 1988 Responses to Additional Questions - SummarySpec(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 Tari ff and Non-tariff Measures in China
Spec(88)13/Add.13 7 September 1993 Note by the Secretariat On China's Trade RegimeWT/ACC/CHN/23
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Spec(88)13/Add.14 31 January 1994 Communicati on 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 theAdministration 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 PoliciesGATS/SC/19 April 1994 Draft Services OfferSpec(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 inspectionsystem;
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 IMFWT/ACC/CHN/23
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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: IMFWT/L/218 3 June 1997 Communication from Hong Kong
WT/ACC/CHN… DOCUMENTS
WT/L/72 28 June 1995 Request for Observer Status
WT/ACC/CHN/1 7 December 1995 Application Under Article XIIWT/ACC/CHN/2/Rev.8 15 June 2000 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 ScheduleWT/ACC/CHN/5 26 February 1997 Communica tion 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 Subj ect to Designated Trading
Annex 3  Non-Tariff Measures Subject to Elimination
Annex 4    Products and Se rvices Subject to Price
Controls
Annex 5    Notification a nd Phase-out of Subsidies
Annex 6     Products Subject to Export Duty
Also included
1. List of NTMs Eliminated as of December 31, 19962. List of Designated Co rporations with Special
Right for Importation of Six Commodities
3. List of Products Subj ect to Export Licenses
4. Draft Notification Pursuant to Article 5 of the
TRIMs Agreement5. Supporting Table Relating to Domestic Support
Measures in Accordance with the Format Contained
in WT/ACC/4.
WT/ACC/CHN/6 4 March 1997 Communica tion 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:WT/ACC/CHN/23
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- 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 Co mmunication 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 inStatutory 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
MeasuresAnnex 5b Subsidies to be Phased Out
Annex 7a Products subject to Import Statutory
Inspection
Also included:
1.Notification pursuant to Article 16 of the DraftProtocol 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 inWT/ACC/4 (Revised, July 1997)
WT/ACC/CHN/10 31 July 1997 Communica tion from China – On Annex 3:
Included:
Annex 3 (Revised) Non-Tariff Measures Subject toWT/ACC/CHN/23
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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 Communica tion 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 toArticle 16 of the Draft Pr otocol 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 theSPS Agreement
WT/ACC/CHN/15 and
Corr. 113 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 TradingWT/ACC/CHN/23
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(Export)
Annex 2b  Products Subject to Designated Trading
Annex 4   Products and Services Subject to Price
Controls
Annex 5a  Notification Pursuant to Article XXV ofthe 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 2 000 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 Communica tion 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 forConsideration 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 Communica tion 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/SPEC/CHN/1 14 June 2000 Revised Outline of the Draft Report of the WP
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
1988Replies by China to Questions Raised by Members
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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, AmbassadorMTN.TNC/MIN(94)/ST/45 13 April 1994 Statement by Mr. Gu Yongjiang, Vice-Minister for
Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
Communication from 27 June 1994 Replies to Additional Questions
China
Communication from 12 July 1994 Replies to Additional Questions
China
Proposal From the July 1995 On Liberalization of Trading Rights
Chinese DelegationMaterial Submitted by 16 October 1995 Agricultural Policy
China
Material Submitted by 16 October 1995 1. Background paper on agricultural policy.
China 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 29 April 1996 Additional Questions
Japan
Communication from 10 May 1996 Additional Questions
Switzerland
Communication from 14 October 1996 Additional Questions
Canada
Material Submitted by November 1996 List of Corporations with Special Trading Rights
China on Certain Products
Communication from 2 April 1997 Additional Questions
AustraliaWT/ACC/CHN/23
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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 22 July 1997 Replies to Additional Questions
China
Communication from 2 September 1997 Additional Questions
Canada
Communication from 13 January 1998 Additional Questions
Australia, EC, Japan,Hong Kong, Norway,
Switzerland
Communication from EC 26 August 1998 Additional Questions
Communication from 4 September 1998 Comments and Additional Questions
Thailand
WORKING PARTY REPORT and PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION
Working Party Report 20 December 1994 Draft Outline of the Working Party Report
28 May 1997 Revised Outline of the Draft Report of the WP
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/1 14 June 2000 Revised Outline of the Draft Report of the WP
Draft Protocol 20 December 1994 Draft Protocol on China
6 March 1997 Revision of Draft Protocol on China
28 May 1997 Revision of Draft Protocol on China
23 June 2000 Revised Draft Protocol on Accession of China
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