Laws of the People's Republic of China

Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Further Doing Well the Work Relevant to the Implementation of Transparency Provisions of China's WTO Entry Protocol

Guo Ban Fa [2006] No. 23

The people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and all the ministries and commissions of and all the institutions directly under the State Council:

With a view to further doing well the work relevant to the implementation of transparency provisions under the China's WTO Accession Protocol, upon approval of the State Council, we hereby circulate a notice on the relevant matters as follows:

I.

The China Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Gazette as edited and published by the Ministry of Commerce shall be the official publication designated by the government of our country for collecting and publishing all the laws, regulations and other measures pertinent to or affecting trade in goods and services, TRIPS or the control of foreign exchange promulgated by our country according to the existing provisions.

II.

When any region or department promulgates the above-mentioned regulations, rules and other measures, or solicits the opinions from the general public for drafts, it shall submit them to the Ministry of Commerce so as to publish them on China Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Gazette in a timely manner.

III.

The Ministry of Commerce shall, on its own initiative, link up and cooperate with the relevant departments, and fully and in time perform the commitment of transparency for China's entry to WTO.

General Office of the State Council

March 30, 2006