¡¡¡¡8. Trade-Related Investment Measures (to be notified to the Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures)

¡¡¡¡(a) elimination and cessation of enforcement of trade and foreign exchange balancing requirements, local content and export performance offsets and technology transfer requirements made effective through laws, regulations or other measures

¡¡¡¡(b) amendments to ensure lifting of all measures applicable to motor vehicle producers restricting the categories, types or models of vehicles permitted for production (to be completely removed two years after accession)

¡¡¡¡(c) increased limits within which investments in motor vehicle manufacturing could be approved at the provincial government at the levels outlined in the Report

¡¡¡¡9. State Trading Entities (to be notified to the Council for Trade in Goods)

¡¡¡¡(a) progressive abolishment of state trading in respect of silk measures, increasing and extending trading rights, granting the right to trade to all individuals no later than 1 January 2005

¡¡¡¡(b) access to supplies of raw materials in the textiles sector at conditions no less favourable than for domestic users, and not adversely affected access to supplies of raw materials as enjoyed under existing arrangements

¡¡¡¡(c) progressive increases in access by non state trading entities to trade in fertilizer and oil and the filling of quantities available for import by non state trading entities

¡¡¡¡10. Government Procurement (to be notified to the Council for Trade in Goods)

¡¡¡¡(a) laws, regulations and procedures

¡¡¡¡(b) procurement in a transparent manner and application of the MFN principle

¡¡¡¡V. POLICIES AFFECTING TRADE IN SERVICES (to be notified to the Council for Trade in Services)

¡¡¡¡(a) regularly updated lists of all laws, regulations, administrative guidelines and other measures affecting trade in each service sector or sub-sector indicating, in each case, the service sector(s) or sub-sector(s) they apply to, the date of publication and the date of entry into force

¡¡¡¡(b) China's licensing procedures and conditions, if any, between domestic and foreign service suppliers, measures implementing the free choice of partner and list of transport agreements covered by MFN exceptions

¡¡¡¡(c) regularly updated lists of the authorities, at all levels of government (including organizations with delegated authority) which are responsible for the adoption, implementation and reception of appeals for laws, regulations, administrative guidelines and other measures affecting trade in services

¡¡¡¡(d) independence of the regulatory authorities from the service suppliers

¡¡¡¡(e) foreign and domestic suppliers in sectors where specific commitments have been undertaken indicating the state of play of licensing applications on sector and sub-sector levels (accepted, pending, rejected)

¡¡¡¡VI. TRADE-RELATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME (to be notified to the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights)

¡¡¡¡(a) amendments to Copyright, Trademark and Patent Law, as well as relevant implementing rules covering different areas of the TRIPS Agreement bringing all such measures into full compliance with and full application of the TRIPS Agreement and the protection of undisclosed information

¡¡¡¡(b) enhanced IPR enforcement efforts through the application of more effective administrative sanctions as described in the Report

¡¡¡¡VII. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TRANSITIONAL REVIEW MECHANISM (to be notified to the General Council or relevant subsidiary body)

¡¡¡¡(a) response to specific questions in the context of the transitional review mechanism received from the General Council or a subsidiary body

¡¡¡¡ANNEX 1B

¡¡¡¡ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE

¡¡¡¡WITH SECTION 18.2 OF CHINA'S PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION

¡¡¡¡- Review of the reports and the issues referred to in Section 18.1 of China's Protocol of Accession.

¡¡¡¡- Development of China's trade with WTO Members and other trading partners, including the volume, direction and composition of trade.

¡¡¡¡- Recent developments and cross-sectoral issues regarding China's trade regime.

¡¡¡¡The Rules of Procedure of the WTO General Council shall apply unless specified otherwise. China shall submit any information and the documentation relating to the review no later than 30 days prior to the date of the review.