RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/CHN/1
7December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-4026)
Original: English
COMMUNICATION FROM CHINA
TheDirector-General hasreceived thefollowing communication from thePermanent
Representative ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofChina.
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Recalling thatChina isanoriginal Contracting Party oftheGATT 1947andthatChina applied
fortheresumption ofitsContracting Party status toGATT on10July1986;
Recalling further thatChina isafullparticipant intheUruguay Round Multilateral Trade
Negotiations andaSignatory totheFinal ActandtheWTO Agreement;
Upon instruction ofmygovernment, Ihavethehonour toinform youthattheGovernment
ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofChina hasdecided toapply fortheaccession totheWorld Trade Organization
(WTO) under Article XIIoftheWTO Agreement andrequest thattheexisting GATT Working Party
onChina 'sStatus asaContracting Party beconverted totheWorking Party onChina 'sAccession to
WTO.
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Having regard tothedecision adopted bytheGeneral Council on31January 1995, theexisting
Working Party onChina 'sStatus asaContracting Party totheGATT 1947willbecontinued asaWTO
Accession Working Party. Thename oftheChairman, themembership andtheterms ofreference
oftheWorking Party arereproduced onthefollowing page.
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WORKING PARTY ONTHE ACCESSION CHINA
Chairman: H.E. Mr.Pierre-Louis Girard (Switzerland)
Membership:
Argentina Hungary Philippines
Australia India Poland
Austria Indonesia Romania
Bangladesh Israel Singapore
Bolivia Jamaica Slovak Republic
Brazil Japan SriLanka
Canada Korea Sweden
Chile Kuwait Switzerland
Colombia Malaysia Thailand
Cuba Mexico Tunisia
Czech Republic Myanmar Turkey
European Communities NewZealand United States
andmember States Norway Uruguay
Finland Pakistan Zimbabwe
Hong Kong Peru
Terms ofReference:
Toexamine theapplication oftheGovernment ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofChina toaccede
totheWorld Trade Organization under Article XII, andtosubmit totheGeneral Council
recommendations which mayinclude adraftProtocol ofAccession.