STATEMENT BY MR.QIU WENMIN, HEAD OF THE CHINESE
DELEGATION AT THE 41STSESSION OF THE CONTRACTING
PARTIES
Mr. Chairman,
China has been pursueing a basic national policy
of opening to the outside world. As a result, there has
been a rapid growth of its external relations in economy,
trade and technical cooperation in recent years. Mean-
while, China's contacts in multilateral economic and
trade fields have been strengthened, and its involvement
in GATT activities has been expanded. My government is
now actively engaged in a process of preparation for the
resumption of China's membership in the GATT, and will
make a formal application in due course. My government
pays great attention to the proposed new round of mul-
tilateral trade negotiation, which has become an important
event in the GATT, and hopes that the New Round would
help to bring the world trade into a healthy development
and particularly to create favourable conditions for the
trade growth of the developing countries. In this context,
the Chinese Government wishes to consider positively its
participation in the new round of multilateral trade
negotiations.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.