China hopes Doha round to solve problems mostly concerned by developing countries

China hopes WTO's Doha Round of free trade talks to solve the problems mostly concerned by developing countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing Tuesday.

It is essential to give necessary special and discriminatory treatment to them and "to reserve space for their strategic development," Qin said at the regular press conference.

Qin acknowledged the Doha round must be a round of development, and that development must be ensured as its theme.

The Doha round should make efforts to practically carry forward the process of trade liberalization and essentially increase the opportunity of market access for WTO developing members and take into consideration their problems in the process of trade liberalization.

China will play a positive role in bringing about a success to the Doha round and the Hong Kong Ministerial meeting, which is being held from Dec. 13 to 18, the spokesman said.

Source: Xinhua