Key Issues on WTO & Reforms of China’s Reform of Administrative Legal System

ID:	TARP-308
Title:	Key Issues on WTO & Reforms of China’s Reform of Administrative Legal System
Source:	China Legal Science, No. 1
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Year:	2002
Pages:	1
Author(s):	Songnian Ying
Keywords:	China, investment, law, legal system, trade, transparency, WTO, administrative law
Abstract:	China’s accession to the WTO is to have significant impacts upon its legal system, which extends not only to fields such as trade, investment and other economic activities, but also to the field of public law that regulates administrative power. This article suggests that the intent of WTO requirements, which in essence are abstract, is to bind trade policies of its member parties within agreed boundary, so as to establish a multilateral trade regime that encourages fair and open competition. In this sense, WTO imposes requirements directly on governments of its members. Such requirements are spelled out through a series of principles including national treatment, transparency, uniform law enforcement, fair administration, and review of administrative actions. To fulfill China’s commitments to these requirements, particular attention must be given to reforms of some key aspects in China’s administrative law system.
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