China Attends First WTO Meeting as Full Member(20011219)Chinese trade delegates posture for a photo at the gate of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. Chinese deputy foreign trade minister Long Yongtu has arrived in Geneva for a WTO General Council meeting starting on December 19 as a formal delegate of the WTO's 143th member. Reports say China will send deputy foreign trade minister Zhang Xiang to serve as the country's first ambassador to WTO.  |  |
Cheers for China's Entry to WTO (20011214)Bar keeper Joseph of France toasts the China's accession to the WTO with his friends in his bar in downtown Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin province December 13, 2001. Joseph, 30, is convinced by his 5-years experience of living in China that the historical event will bring China more positive changes in the future years. |  |
Pen Used to Sign WTO Accession Protocol Donated to Museum (20011212)The pen used by Chinese trade minister Shi Guangsheng to sign the protocol on China's accession to the WTO at the Doha meeting was donated to the Museum of the Chinese Revolution as a historical relic. |  |
Foreign Financial Organizations Participate in RMB Business (20011212)The sign board of one branch of Hong Kong's Bank of East Asia Ltd. shines in the evening in Dalian, China's northeast Liaoning Province, December 11, 2001. China becomes the 143th World Trade Organisation (WTO) member Tuesday. After China and its 1.3 billion people join the WTO, Chinese authorities will allow foreign financial organizations to participate in RMB business in Shanghai and Shenzhen, and foreign financial organizations in Dalian and China's east coastal city Tianjin can also run RMB business under approval. |  |
Premier Zhu Outlines Measures to Address WTO Challenges (20011210)Premier Zhu Rongji on December 9 urged government officials at all levels to become familiar as soon as possible with the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, and take all necessary measures to address the challenges entailed in the country's WTO membership. |  |
Hai'er CEO Confident About Future of the Group after China's Entry into WTO (20011130)Zhang Ruimin, CEO and President of Hai'er Group Corporations, talks about the future of Hai'er Group after China's entry into WTO in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province, November 29, 2001. Hai'er, an electronic giant, now boasts eight designing and research branches, nine trade corporations and 12 plants at abroad after 16 years' arduous effort. |  |
WTO Forum is Held in Shanghai (20011125)The picture shows a general view of the 2001' WTO Affairs Forum on Adaption & Involvement: WTO & Developing Economies held in Shanghai Saturday, November 24, 2001. The forum is an important part of the third Shanghai International Industry Exposition which opened on November 23. |  |
(1)The Fourth WTO Conference On Ministerial Level Close (20011116)The Fourth WTO Conference on Ministerial Level comes to close in Qatari capital Doha, Nov. 14, 2001.World trade ministers finally clinched a deal on launching a new round of trade negotiations after nearly six days of arduous negotiations. |  |
(2)The Fourth WTO Conference On Ministerial Level Close (20011116)Delegates attending the Fourth WTO Conference on Ministerial Level smile at each other as the conference comes to close in Qatari capital Doha, Nov. 14, 2001.World trade ministers finally clinched a deal on launching a new round of trade negotiations after nearly six days of arduous negotiations. |  |
(3)The Fourth WTO Conference On Ministerial Level Close (20011116)Chinese delegates to the Fourth WTO Conference on Ministerial Level listen carefully as the conference comes to close in Qatari capital Doha, Nov. 14, 2001.World trade ministers finally clinched a deal on launching a new round of trade negotiations after nearly six days of arduous negotiations. |  |
