On December 8, 2019, hosted by the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and China Society for WTO Studies, organized by China Institute for WTO Studies, co-organized by Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and D&C Think-tank, the 18th Annual Conference on WTO and China was held at the conference hall of the International Communication Building of UIBE.

Since 2002, the Annual Conference on WTO and China has been successfully held for 18 consecutive years. It is an important platform for experts from both domestic and abroad to discuss the WTO, multilateral economic and trade cooperation, global economic governance, globalization and China's economic development. The conference has provided a lot of useful information and new perspectives for policy making and academic research.

This year, nearly 20 guest speakers were invited to join the conference, including Zhu Guangyao, former vice minister of the Ministry of Finance; Chong Quan, chairman of China Society for WTO Studies; Yoichi Suzuki, former Japanese ambassador to Singapore and France; Aik Hoe Lim, director of the Environment Department of the WTO Secretariat; Wang Xiaodong, counselor of the WTO Secretariat; Huo Jianguo, Vice President of China Society for WTO Studies; Professor Dukgeun Ahn at Seoul University in South Korea; Simon Evenett at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland; Scott Kennedy, senior researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Professor Yang Guohua of the Law School at Tsinghua University; Tatiana Prazeres, Senior Fellow in the Academy of China Open Economy Studies, UIBE and former Senior Advisor of WTO Director-General Azevedo; Lu Xiankun, Executive Director of Geneva LEDECO; Professor Wang Jiangyu of the Law School at the National University of Singapore; and Professor Wang Heng of the Law School at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Translator: REN Caijun

Reviewer: GUO Zihan