China’s development since WTO accession

China Commerce minister Chen Deming addresses the assembly between Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, Peter Sutherland and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy during a session at the World Economic Forum annual meeting on 27 January, 2011.

Author: Wang Yong, Peking University

Prior to joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), the common perception in China was that the WTO belonged to ‘the Club of the Rich’, where wealthy countries imposed rules on poor and weak developing ones.

Now, the WTO is one of the most widely recognised and respected international organisations within China. Read more…