China's Accession To The Wto Challenges Faced By The Inspection And Quarantine System And Countermeasures

After China's accession to WTO, there are both opportunities and challenges brought forward by new round of full scale, multilevel and wide range development for reform and opening-up. It is then an essential task for Inspection and Quarantine Administration to follow the WTO practice and transfer its role within a limited transitional period. The Inspection and Quarantine Administration is one of the most important authorities for China's commitment to WTO and the implementation of relative rules and regulations. Moreover, its functions are transferred from the original inspection and quarantine service to the current safeguarding national interests with technical methods. It plays a major role in the macro-control of trade wars between China and other countries, thus becomes the focus of concerns from national economic circle for its daily enhancing position. This dissertation is analyzing the disparity between China and other countries by comparing the current conditions of inspection and quarantine system with new requirements and commitments of the international codes of practice after China's accession to WTO. With the reality of unavoidable technical barriers to trade, we should study positively on the related features, conditions and benefits of those developed countries and seek reasonable policies and measures for the establishment of our inspection and quarantine system, through which we can ensure smooth transfer and promotion of the system and optimize its function of safeguarding national economic benefits and social orders. Moreover, it will grant technological assistance to legally and reasonably break through technical trade barriers of other countries and finally enhance the competitiveness of national industries in the world market. With the method of theory based on practice and the guidance by analysis on WTO and related international rules, the dissertation has taken into consideration the key issues of inspection and quarantine system and proposed solutions and policy measures for its establishment based on the general conditions of China as a big developing country and the study on technical trade barriers measures and cases of other developed countries and WTO.The main content of the dissertation is divided into the following three chapters:First chapter: Inspection and quarantine system, WTO and other international rulesIt focuses on the brief introduction of inspection and quarantine system, WTO and other international rules. Firstly, a general introduction of the inspection and quarantine system of China basing on its definition, business range, origin and history, legal status, major functions, corporate structure as well as technical standards for inspection. Secondly, its roles and functions are reflected through elaboration on relations between domestic inspection and quarantine system and international trade. The analysis of international trade laws and regulations will lead to the conclusion that WTO is the well recognized most important international trade practice. Thirdly, generalization of the status and principles of WTO regulations and brief introduction of the basic rules of inspection and quarantine system, its commitment to WTO aswell as rules of other international organizations adopted by WTO.Second chapter: Challenges for inspection and quarantine system after China's accession to WTOThis part has analyzed the influence on and demand for inspection and quarantine by WTO rules under the global integration of economy. It also lists the specific selections of technical trade barriers by other countries. Firstly, the importance of WTO rules is reflected by the demand of global economic integration. Through analysis on characteristics and requirements of TBT, SPS and DSU and their influence on inspection and quarantine, a conclusion is made that the current status of technical trade barrier is unavoidable. Secondly, through study on the characteristics and forms of technical trade barriers and the comparisons between other developed countries, thei...