WT/DS413/9/Add.1  
 
12 July 2013  
(13-3759)  Page: 1/2  
  Original: English  
 
CHINA - CERTAIN MEASURES AFFECTING  
ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SERVICES 
STATUS REPORT BY CHINA 
Addendum 
 The following communication, dated 11 July 2013, from the delegation of China to the 
Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6 of the DSU. 
 
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Status Report Regarding Implementation of the  
DSB Recommendations and Rulings in the Dispute  
China – Certain Measures Affecting Electronic Payment Services   
(WT/DS413) 
 
 
China submits this report in accordance with Article 21.6 of the Understanding on Rules and 
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes . 
  
At its meeting on 31 August 2012, the Disput e Settlement Body ("DSB") adopted the panel 
report on China – Certain Measures Affecting Electronic Payment Services  (WT/DS413).  On 
28 September 2012, China informed the DSB of it s intention to implement the recommendations 
and rulings of the DSB in connection with this matter. 
 
On 22 November 2012, China and the United Stat es informed the DSB that they had agreed 
that the reasonable period of time for China to  implement the recommendations and rulings of the 
DSB shall be 11 months from the date of adop tion of the panel report.  Accordingly, the 
reasonable period of time will expire on 31 July 2013.  
After adoption of the panel report by the DSB, the relevant Chinese government agencies 
began to actively work to implement the re commendations and rulings of the DSB.  On 
28 June 2013, five measures at issue in this disp ute were repealed or invalidated by the People’s 
Bank of China (PBOC Announcement [2013] No.7), including:  
 Circular of the People's Bank of China on Uniform Use of 'Yin Lian' Logo and its 
Holographic Label for Anti-counterfeiting  (Yin Fa [2001] No. 57), 
 Notice of the People's Bank of China in Relation to the Issuance of Business Practices for 
the Interoperable Service of Bank Cards and Appendix on Business Practices for the 
Interoperable Service of Bank Cards  (Yin Fa [2001] No. 76), 
 Guiding Opinions of the People's Bank of  China on Regulating and Promoting the 
Development of Bank Card Acceptance Market  (Yin Fa [2005] 153), 
 Circular of the People's Bank of China on Promulgation of the  "Opinions on 
Implementation of the Work in Bank Card Interoperability in 2001"  (Yin Fa [2001] No. 
37), and WT/DS413/9/Add.1 
 
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   Circular of the People's Bank of China on Further Improving Bank Card Interoperability 
Related Work (Yin Fa [2003] No.129). 
 
On 5 July 2013, the People’s Bank of China issued a notice on simplifying cross-border RMB 
business processes and improving relevant policies.  According to the Notice, the relevant articles 
of the following three measures at issue in this dispute were announced not to be implemented anymore:  
 
 Announcement of the People's Bank of Chin a on Providing Clearing Arrangements for 
Banks That Handle Personal RMB Deposit, Exchanges, Bank Cards and Remittance in Hong Kong (PBOC Announcement [2003] No. 16), 
 Announcement of the People's Bank of China on Providing  Clearing Arrangements for 
Banks That Handle Personal RMB Deposits, Exchanges, Bank Cards and Remittance in Macao (PBOC Announcement [2004] No. 8), and 
 Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning the Operation of Individual RMB Business by 
Mainland Banks and Hong Kong/Macau Banks (Yin Fa [2004] No. 254). 
Although this dispute concerns a number of Chinese administrative measures on financial 
services and is embodied with more complexity and sensitivity than other disputes, China has 
made great efforts and fully implemented the recommendations and rulings of the DSB within the reasonable period of time.  
 
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