China - Asean Tourism Service Trade Law Research

Economic and regional integration to promote economic globalization is a developing trend in today’s world, the1990s, regional cooperation in tourism has become the focus of cooperation in tourism. The Chinese Government and the ASEAN governments attach great importance to cooperation and development of the tourism trade in services. In January1,2010, the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (hereinafter referred to as CAFTA) was built, in order to create opportunities, travel services and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN, it also brings challenges.China and ASEAN signed a free trade zone service trade agreement, implemented in July2007, which is the basis in international law between China and ASEAN cooperation in tourism."Trade in Services Agreement, the10ASEAN member countries except Laos and Myanmar, are self-Trade Area of the tourist trade in services made higher than the level of the WTO commitments.Eight ASEAN countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia) schedule in the form of selected travel services department to make specific commitments, while China and travel services for CAFTA The trade has made a specific commitment, but with reference to the commitment to the tourism trade in services in GATS commitment of WTO members in the ten ASEAN countries."Trade in Services Agreement as the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area is an important service trade liberalization framework agreement, the gradual elimination of trade barriers between China and ASEAN tourism trade in services to promote the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area of the tourist trade in services liberalization, for both sides to build a new platform for cooperation. This paper attempts to level the legal system, and combined with the demonstration of the Tourism Economics, examine the institutional arrangements of the China-ASEAN trade in tourism services, problems in useful suggestions, and institution building a useful point of view, this article innovation is not to advocate the rapid establishment of the China-ASEAN Without Borders tourism circle, but should be a gradual liberalization of China’s tourism market.This paper includes the following four parts:The first section describes the status of the respective ASEAN tourism development profiles and China-Travel Trade in Services; the second part based on the "Framework Agreement" and "trade in services agreement, China and ASEAN countries according to specific schedules of commitments made; the third part in the comprehensive analysis on the basis, that the problems of international law and domestic law; Part IV of the corresponding problem of legal advice.