WTO considers China's trade policy as the same as export restrictions

⊙ reporter Qin Feifei the World Trade Organization (WTO) 31st to carry on the third trade policy review to China, "the export limit" once again became the WTO report the attention focus.　　China's vice minister of Commerce, Yixiao, said in a speech at the review meeting that China is serious about fulfilling its obligations of tariff concessions when it entered the WTO, and that the current obligation has been fully completed and its total tariff level is the lowest in developing countries. WTO members mention over 1500 issues WTO members are subject to trade policy review on a regular basis. The first two reviews of China's trade policy were held in 2006 and 2008, respectively. The WTO members have raised more than 1500 questions to the Chinese side, demonstrating their high level of concern over China's trade policy and trade practices.　　During the two-day review, the Chinese delegation exchanged ideas with other WTO members on China's trade policies and trade practices over the past two years and responded to their questions. Yixiao, China's total tariff level has fallen from 15.3% in 2002 to 2010 years of 9.8%, the lowest in developing countries. In addition, China has completely abolished Non-tariff import management measures such as quotas and permits. Yixiao said the Chinese government believes that open trade has played an important role in boosting economic growth.　　China's trade policy will adhere to the principle of openness, freedom and mutual benefit for a long time. In the past two years, he said, China has been heavily impacted by the crisis, creating a huge market for its trading partners in the context of weak global demand. China sticks to its commitments at the "Group of 20" summit and the WTO and has not taken any new trade and investment protectionist measures that violate multilateral rules in the crisis.　　Not only that, in the international financial crisis, China has also organized 13 investment and trade Promotion Corps, overseas procurement of goods and expand investment cooperation, through the expansion of import procurement to help partner countries solve the plight of export downturn, the world economic recovery has played an important role in pulling. He said it is regrettable that China, while trying to cope with the crisis and contribute to the world economic recovery, has become a major target of protectionism in all its forms. In 2009, 22 countries and regions launched 116 trade relief surveys on Chinese products, with a 102% increase in the amount involved.　　40% of the measures taken by members of the 20-nation group to restrict trade since the economic crisis have been directed at China. The WTO's "export restrictions" and "export restrictions" have become the focus of the WTO report. According to foreign media reports, the WTO in its published report, accusing China of a large number of export products restrictions, distorting global trade. "China has lowered its export barriers less quickly than the country has lowered its import barriers," he said.　　The country still uses a variety of export restrictions, including bans, licences, quotas, taxes and non-full tax rebates for VAT. Pang, deputy Dean of China's WTO Research Institute, said that two years ago, the European Union and the United States thoughtChina's export restrictions on some of the resources of products, resulting in the price of these products, further impact on its industrial development. Pang said that from the WTO rules, the principle is not allowed to restrict exports, if the export of resource products to control, can take the way of resource tax, control the production of products rather than direct control of exports. WTO regulations also make it clear that Member States have the right to restrict and protect their export products when faced with problems such as environmental protection and resource depletion.　　Moreover, China as a part of the main supplier of resources products have not mastered the pricing power, the exploitation of these resource-based products has a greater environmental damage, the government to take some measures to control also very normal. In fact, the national Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has already mentioned the proposal of resource tax reform in the key work of deepening economic system reform this year. "The pressure from export restrictions is not two days a day, and it is a more effective way to make some adjustments in the way the resource products are restricted." "Pang said.