时值9月初,随着WTO总干事拉米到中国出访,各种有关迎接中国加入世界贸易组织5周年活动就开始拉开帷幕。入世一周年,时任对外经贸部部长的石广生用了两个“最好”来形容中国加入世贸组织第一年在国际经济不景气的背景下中国外经贸发展最好,作为世贸组织新成员中国表现最好。这一年,《WTO经济导刊》创刊,增加透明度,探讨迎接入世机遇、应对入世挑战之路,成为宗旨。入世二周年,时任WTO总干事的素帕猜访问中国,他对中国加入WTO后履行承诺情况予以高度评价,并反复强调,中国是一个重要的贸易大国,WTO需要中国发挥全面积极的作用。入世三周年,中国加入世贸组织过渡期结束,人们纷纷把目光转向2005——中国将进入一个关税和市场准入门槛大幅降低的“后过渡期”,将在商业、运输、金融、旅游等9个部门90多个分部门逐步实现承诺市场开放。入世四周年,中国入世承诺大部分已经完成,中国经济已经走出了适应WTO的磨合期,深深地融入世界经济体系之中;并正在变被动为主动,在融入世界经济的背景下,深刻地影响着世界经济。时间的脚步匆匆。今年是中国加入世界贸易组织的第五年,谈及中国入世五周年的表现,拉米对中国各个领域内取得的成就都赞赏有加,并称“总的说来,中国的成绩是A+”。国务院总理温家宝在会见拉米时对中国入世五年做出了评价。温家宝说,中国加入世界贸易组织后,认真履行入世承诺,并根据世界贸易组织的规则积极调整自己的对外贸易政策。在短短五年时间里,中国平均关税大幅降低,服务贸易领域的开放程度接近发达国家水平。中国加入世界贸易组织不仅使自己从中得益,而且也为世界经济贸易的发展作出了自己的贡献。中国加入世界贸易组织过渡期即将结束,面对新的挑战,中国将继续坚定不移地坚持对外开放,在开放中发展,在开放中与世界各国实现互利共赢。本期我们特别以图片、图表的形式来迎接中国加入世贸组织五周年,图片和图表具有文字所难以替代的直观性,从中我们可以回眸中国入世谈判的15年之路,感受到入世之后中国的开放进入到一个新的阶段,目睹中国作为成员方参与WTO谈判的历程。见证开放,见证发展,我们期待未来!——编者 In early September, as WTO Director-General Lamy visited China, various activities to welcome China’s accession to the World Trade Organization began. On the first anniversary of China’s accession to the WTO, Shi Guangsheng, then minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation, used two “best” measures to describe China’s accession to the WTO for the first year. Under the background of the global economic downturn, China’s foreign trade and economic development is best. As the new WTO member, China Best performance. This year, it was the aim of the WTO Economic Guide to start its publication to increase transparency and to explore ways to meet the challenges posed by China’s entry into WTO and to meet the challenges of its accession to the WTO. On the second anniversary of WTO accession, Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi, who was then WTO Director-General, visited China. He spoke highly of the fulfillment of commitments made after China’s accession to the WTO and repeatedly stressed that China is an important trading power and that the WTO needs China to play its full and active role. Three years after China’s accession to the WTO, China has entered the WTO transitional period ended, people have turned their attention to 2005 - China will enter a post-transitional period of tariff and market access substantially reduced, will be in the business, transportation, finance, tourism, etc. 9 More than 90 sub-sectors of a department gradually promised to open the market. On the fourth anniversary of China’s accession, most of China’s WTO commitments have been completed. China’s economy has come out of the run-in period adapted to the WTO and is deeply integrated into the world economic system. It is also becoming passive and proactive. Under the background of integration into the world economy, Affect the world economy. The pace of time hurriedly. This year marks the fifth year of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization and on the fifth anniversary of China’s accession to the WTO, Lamy praised all achievements made in various fields in China and said "in general, China’s achievement is A + . During a meeting with Rami, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council commented on China’s accession to the WTO for five years. Wen Jiabao said that after China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, China has conscientiously fulfilled its WTO commitments and actively adjusted its foreign trade policies in accordance with the rules of the World Trade Organization. In just five years, the average tariff in China has dropped substantially, opening up in the field of trade in services is close to that of developed countries. China’s accession to the World Trade Organization not only benefits itself, but also makes its own contribution to the development of world economy and trade. With the transitional period of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization coming to an end and facing new challenges, China will unswervingly adhere to the principle of opening up to the outside world, developing within the framework of opening up and achieving mutual benefits and win-win results with all other countries in the world. In this issue, we specially welcome the fifth anniversary of China’s accession to the WTO in the form of pictures and graphs. The pictures and diagrams have the intuitiveness that texts are hard to replace. From this we can look back on the 15-year road of China’s WTO accession negotiations and feel that after China’s accession to the WTO, China Opening up has entered a new phase and witnessed the course of China’s participation as a member in the WTO negotiations. Open witness, witness the development, we look forward to the future! - Editor