Witness China's "entering the WTO" in the interview of the century -Yu Xiaosong, the former president of the China Trade Promotion Association

Text / special reporter Zhang Weilun

"When I came to the Council for the Promotion of the Council, it was an important period of the country's expansion and integration into the world economy. China and countries have changed dramatically compared with the exchange of economic, trade, cultural and technological exchanges in the 1950s." On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the China Trade Council, Yu Xiaosong, the former chairman of the China Trade Promotion Association, recalled in an exclusive interview with reporters that although he had worked and experienced in many economic and trade positions, how to promote the expansion of trade promotion in the international environment at that time And transformation, so as to adapt to the reform and development of the socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics, it is really thought for a president. Now that he is still in the past, he still has a fresh memory of this trade promotional association. What must be mentioned is that he crossed the intercourse of the century as the president, and was fortunate to have witnessed that China joined the World Trade Organization.

When time returned to the beginning of this century, with the little mallets in the hands of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the WTO, the voices of "entering the WTO" were officially sounded! At this moment, it is of great significance to integrate China into the world's economy, and it is also a full affirmation of Yu Xiaosong's long -term foreign economic and trade work.

The reporter saw from Yu Xiaosong's resume that President Yu had long been a leader in China's foreign economic and trade and economic authorities for a long time. From 1997 to 2003, he served as the president of the China Trade Council and the president of the China International Chamber of Commerce. He kindly told reporters that he had experienced the process of China's reform and opening up and witnessed the important "major events" in China's development, but he did pour a lot of effort to the entering the WTO in China.

"From 1986 to 2001, China has worked hard for the WTO for 15 years. This is the longest in negotiating the country. Among them, there are both international political and economic factors, and it is also inseparable from my country's own reform and opening up and development process. . "Yu Xiaosong said that at that time, China first carried out the" Fuguan "negotiations, that is, to restore the negotiations of the status of the General State of China Customs and Trade Agreement, and then the" joining the WTO "negotiations. In Yu Xiaosong's professional experience, he has participated in the formulation and implementation of many policies such as joining the WTO negotiation, formulating tariffs, cotton purchase and sales system reform, and automotive tax system research.

As the president of the then CCPCC, it is worth mentioning that in 2001, the China Councilor Association, which had tens of thousands of corporate members at the time, for the first time to host the CEO Business Leader Summit at the APEC Leadership Conference as a host. As the highest -level international event held in China for the first time, the summit attracted nearly 600 elites in the Asia -Pacific region, and invited 9 APEC member leaders to give speeches, including the U.S. and Russia and other important countries.

"This is the first time that APEC has been held in China. It is full of friendly, negotiated, and realistic atmosphere, which has strongly enhanced the confidence of APEC members of the economic development of the Asia -Pacific region. The upcoming China has created a good atmosphere. "Yu Xiaosong recalled.

According to Yu Xiaosong's introduction, in order to do a good job in the related work of China to join the WTO, the China Trade Promotion Association at that time did a lot of supporting work. Among them, on the one hand, the connection and cooperation with international organizations and foreign business associations has been strengthened, and a comprehensive, multi -field, and multi -level civil diplomatic and economic and trade promotion activities are carried out. Functional value, increase the external publicity work of China's economic development, carry out international market research, continuously understand and familiarize with international practice rules, and strengthen services to various enterprises.

Yu Xiaosong believes that the China Trade Promotion Association has played an important value in the process of China's entry into the WTO. After joining the WTO, the Chinese economy is more active and more frequently exchanges with the world, and it has also prompted the promotion of trade to have been widened and extended. This is bound to provide unprecedented development opportunities for trade promotion.

Yu Xiaosong said that after entering the WTO, in the new development situation, the role of the Chinese Council for the Promotion of the Council for the Promotion of the Government and the Enterprise is a basic responsibility. It must communicate the connection between the enterprise and the government departments in a timely manner and reflect the demands of the enterprise from the relevant government departments in a timely manner. The government formulates a realistic basis for policies and optimization of business environment that is closely related to enterprises.

"The 70 -year development of the China Trade Council is a process of continuous development and innovation and keeping pace with the times. This is a characteristic that the trade promotion agency must have. In recent years, the high -tech development marked by information technology has developed rapidly, and international capital has rapidly flowing. The acceleration adjustment of the international industrial structure requires that trade -promoting workers strengthen their business capabilities and adapt to the changing domestic and foreign economic and trade environment.

May the trade promotes the cause of the cause and the evergreens of the foundation. "Yu Xiaosong said.

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