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Reference:     WLI/100 4 November 2003
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
CERTIFICATION OF RECTIFICATIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS
TO SCHEDULES OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPIES
I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of the Certification of Rectifications
to the Schedule of Specific Commitments of the People's Republic of China. The procedures for theserectifications have been concluded in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Procedures forthe Certification of Rectifications or Improvements to Schedules of Specific Commitments (document
S/L/84). The certified rectifications to the Schedule of Specific Commitments of the People's Republic
of China constitute an integral part of its Schedule of Specific Commitments as of24 November 2002.
1
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Director-General
03-5877 WT/Let/451
                                                     
1 For ease of reference, the revision to the Schedule of Specific Commitments has been circulated in
document GATS/SC/135/Corr.1.MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
CERTIFICATION OF RECTIFICATIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS
TO SCHEDULES OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
WHEREAS the Council for Trade in Services, on 18 April 2000, took a Decision (document
S/L/83) adopting Procedures for the Certification of Rectifications or Improvements to Schedules ofSpecific Commitments (document S/L/84);
WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Procedures, a draft
containing rectifications to Schedule GATS/SC/135 (the People's Republic of China) was
communicated to Members of the World Trade Organization in document S/C/W/216 on9 October 2002;
WHEREAS the procedures for the rectifications or improvements to the Schedule of Specific
Commitments have been concluded (S/L/109);
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the rectifications to the Schedule of Specific Commitments of
the People's Republic of China are established in conformity with the above-mentioned Proceduresand constitute an integral part of the Schedule of Specific Commitments of the People's Republic ofChina as of 24 November 2002.
This Certification is deposited with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, who
shall promptly furnish a certified true copy to each Member of the World Trade Organization.  It shallbe registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
DONE at Geneva this thirty-first day of October, two thousand and three.
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Director-General
Certified copy:
Director-General3THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
Schedule of Specific Commitments
Revision
(This is authentic in English only)
This revised schedule incorporates rectifications as indicated in document S/C/ W/216 and confirmed by S/L/109.
24 November 20024Modes of supply: (1) Cross-border supply (2) Consumption abroad (3) Commercial presence (4) Presence of natural
persons
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National TreatmentAdditional
Commitments
A. II. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
A. Professional Services
(a) Legal Services
(CPC 861, excluding 
Chinese law practice)(1) None
(2) None
(3) Foreign law firms can provide legal
services only in the form of
representative offices in Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen,Haikou, Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo,
Yantai, Tianjin, Suzhou, Xiamen, Zhuhai,
Hanghou, Fuzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu,
Shenyang and Kunming only.(1) None
(2) None
(3) All representatives shall be resident in
China no less than six months each year.
The representative office shall not employ
Chinese national registered lawyers.
Representative offices can engage in
profit-making activities.  Representative
offices in China shall be no less than the
number established upon the date of
accession.  A foreign law firm can onlyestablish one representative office in
China.  The above-mentioned geographic
and quantitative limitations will be
eliminated within one year after China's
accession to the WTO.