RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/CHN/23/Rev.1
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 RegimeL/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 Secretariat
Spec(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 RegimeSpec(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
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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 Communica tion 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 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
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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 commoditiessubject to statutory inspection;5.  Statement on China's industrial policies;6.  Response of China to the questions onagriculture 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 ofthe 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/72 28 June 1995 Request for Observer StatusWT/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.17 June 2001 Membership of the Working Party and Terms
of Reference
WT/ACC/CHN/3 16 August 1996 Communi cation 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 Comm unication from China – on Revised
Annexes to the Draft Protocol
Included:
Annex 2a-1 Products Subject to State Trading,
ImportAnnex 2a-2 Products Subject to State Trading,
Export
Annex 2b-2   Products Subject to Designated
Trading
Annex 3  Non-Tariff Measures Subject to
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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 included1. List of NTMs Eliminated as of December 31,
1996
2. List of Design ated Corporations 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:- 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 Communica tion 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;WT/ACC/CHN/23/Rev.1
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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 ofthe Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures
Annex 5b Subsidies to be Phased Out
Annex 7a Products subject to Import Statutory
InspectionAlso 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 Measures2. 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 Communica tion 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 Importand Statutory Inspection
WT/ACC/CHN/14 2 April 1998 Communica tion from China – On Annexes
Included Revised Annexes:
Annex 5a:  Notification Pursuant to Article XXVof 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.WT/ACC/CHN/23/Rev.1
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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 onChina'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. 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 lawsand regulations.
WT/ACC/CHN/18 6 June 2000 Communication from China -
Included:
Annex 1  Statistical Data and InformationDescribing 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 Subsidiesand 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 asWT/ACC/CHN/18/Add.1)
WT/ACC/CHN/18/Add.1 6 June 2 000 Communication from China -
Annex 7a (Revised) - Products Subject to
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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 NTMsProducts
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 forCompliance 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 – Pr oducts 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/23/Rev.1
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WT/ACC/CHN/29 18 July 2000 — Repor t 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 Chinaduring 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 Inform ation on State Trading (dated
8 September 2000)
WT/ACC/CHN/38/Rev.3 19 July 2001 Domestic SupportWT/ACC/CHN/39 22 September 2001 1. Notes of the Chinese Representative on
the Legal Notification and Action Planabout 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 AdministrativeRegulations
-  Part II – Department Rules
3. China's Laws and Administrative
Regulations from January to August
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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 Regu lations 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 Re gulations 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.831 July 2001 Draft Report of the Working Party on the
Accession of China
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/1/
Rev.8/Add.131 July 2001 Part I - Schedule of Concessions and
Commitments on Goods
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/1/
Rev.8/Add.231 July 2001 Part II – Schedule of Specific Commitments on
Services
WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/2 and
Corr.120 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
ExemptionsWT/ACC/CHN/23/Rev.1
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WT/ACC/SPEC/CHN/4 26 June 2001 Notificati on 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 QuestionsCommunication 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, USWT/ACC/CHN/23/Rev.1
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Communication from Japan 29 April 1996 Additional Questions
Communication from 10 May 1996 Additional Questions
Switzerland
Communication from
Canada14 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 QuestionsCommunication from
Canada2 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 QuestionsCommunication from
Thailand4 September 1998 Comments and Additional Questions
Draft Protocol 10 July 2001 Revised Draft Protocol on the Accession of
China
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