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WTO Chair China-UIBE successfully held the 20th Annual Meeting on WTO and China

On December 8, 2021, the 20th Annual Conference on WTO and China, hosted by WTO Chair China-UIBE, China Society for WTO Studies and China Internet News Center, was successfully held at UIBE in Beijing. The theme of this year’s conference is the 20th anniversary of China's accession to the World Trade Organization. Experts and scholars had in-depth communications and discussions on the impact of China's entry into the WTO, China's implementation of WTO rules and China's contribution to the development of the WTO, providing the latest scheme for China to better maintain the multilateral trading system and build a community with a shared future for mankind.


Experts and scholars invited to attend the annual meeting, including Chen Deming, former Minister of the Ministry of Commerce; Long Guoqiang, Deputy Director of the Development Research Center of the State Council(DRC); Zhang Xiangchen, Deputy Director General of the WTO; Li Chenggang, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of China to the WTO; Yi Xiaozhun, General Adviser of the Network on International Trade and Investment System (NITIS) and former Deputy Director General of the WTO; Gao Anming, Deputy Director and Editor-in-chief of the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration; Jiang Qingzhe, Communist Party Chief of UIBE; Xia Wenbin, President of UIBE; Wang Huiyao, The Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG); Wang Xiaohui, Chief Editor of China Internet News Center and Chief Editor of the website on China's diplomacy in the new era; Huo Jianguo, Vice President of China Society for World Trade Organization Studies; Hong Xiaodong, China Society for WTO Studies; Liu Yuanchun, Vice President of Renmin University of China; Wang Qiang, Vice President of UIBE; Luo Yuze, Vice Minister of the Foreign Economic Research Department of the DRC; Zhang Yansheng, Chief Researcher of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges; Li Minglin, Vice President of the China Society for WTO Studies; Yang Xinhua, Deputy Editor-in-chief of China Internet News Center; Wang Yong, Professor of the School of International Relations of Peking University; Dong Yan, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); Chen Weidong, Professor at the school of law, UIBE.