December 18, 2014, The 13th Annual conference on WTO and China was held successfully in UIBE. This conference was jointly organized by China Institute for WTO Studies of UIBE, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), and China Society for WTO Studies (CWTO). More than 150 officials, scholars and experts from governments, international organizations and enterprises at home and abroad attended the conference. The theme of the conference was ”China’s Economic New Normal and New Developments in the World Trading system”. The conference includes 5 sessions, namely” Keynote speeches”, ”WTO, Doha round and Free Trade Agreements: what is China’s strategy for them?”,”New challenges for multinationals in China and the prospects of BIT negotiations”, ”China’s stake and difficulty in sectoral and plurilateral initiatives”, ”China and developing countries: new silk road and new South-South cooperation”. Speeches delivered by the guests are insightful and wonderful, followed by heated discussions. The attendees all spoke highly of the conference.

Since 2002, Annual Conference on WTO and China has been successfully held for twelve sessions, which sparked discussions on the changes of WTO multilateral trading system and the development of economy and trade in China after accession to WTO. It has a positive and extensive influence on academics and the society, which has already been one of the most influential forums on WTO.

(By Liu bo and Yue Lu)