CHINA - CERTAIN MEASURES AFFECTING ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SERVICES STATUS REPORT BY CHINA
Document: Addendum
Date: 12 July 2013
Document codes: WT/DS413/9/Add.1
Complainant: U.S.
Respondent: China
Third parties: Australia, Ecuador, EU, Guatemala, Japan, South Korea, India
Dispute stage: Panel
Agreements cited: Art. XVI, XVI:1, XVI:2(a), XVII  Services (GATS)  Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU)

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.

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28 June 2013, five measures at issue in this disp ute were repealed or invalidated by the People’s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

 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.