Appendix 6 - Abbreviations

ABM	Anti-Ballistic Missile
ACFTU	All-China Federation of Trade Unions
ADR	American Depository Receipts
AECA	Arms Export Control Act
AFL-CIO	American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
AIA	Aerospace Industries Association of America
AIMCO	Allied International Manufacturing Corporation
Am-Cham China	American Chamber of Commerce in China
AMRAAM	Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
APMT	Asia Pacific Mobile Telecommunications
ARF	ASEAN Regional Forum
ASEAN	Association of South East Asian Nations
ATP	Advanced Technology Products
AWACS	Advanced Communication and Early Warning/Battle Management
BMD	Ballistic Missile Defense
C3I	Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
C4ISR	Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
CalPERS	California Public Employees’ Retirement System
CBM	Confidence Building Measures
CBO	Congressional Budget Office
CCP	Chinese Communist Party
CCTV	China Central Television
CEPA	Closer Economic Partnership Agreement
CFA	Court of Final Appeals
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CICIR	Chinese Institute of Contemporary International Relations
CLDP	Commercial Law Development Program, Department of Commerce
CMC	Central Military Commission
CMEC	China Metallurgical Equipment Corporation
CNEIEC	China National Electronics Import and Export Corporation
CNNC	China National Nuclear Corporation
CNOOC	China National Offshore Oil Corp
CNP	Comprehensive National Power
CNPC	China National Petroleum Company
COSTIND	Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense
CPC	Chinese Petroleum Corporation
CPC	Communist Party of China
CRS	Congressional Research Service
CVD	Countervailing Duty Law
CWC	Chemical Weapons Convention
DIA	Defense Intelligence Agency
DOC	Department of Commerce
DOD	Department of Defense
DOS	Department of State
DSU	Dispute Settlement Understanding
EDAC	Economic Development Advisory Conference
ESM	Executive Secretariat Meeting
EU	European Union
EW	Early Warning
Ex-Im Bank	Export Import Bank
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBIS	Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
GAD	General Armaments Department
GAO	General Accounting Office
GATS	General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GE	General Electric
GITIC	Guangdong ITIC
GLD	General Logistics Department
GLONASS	Global Navigation Satellite System
GMO	Genetically Modified Organism
GPA	WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement
GPS	Global Positioning System
GSD	General Staff Department
HKSE	Hong Kong Stock Exchange
HS	Harmonized Standard
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM	Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICP	Internet Content Providers
IDF	Indigenous Defense Fighter
IEEPA	International Emergency Economic Powers Act
IFC	International Finance Corporation
ILO	International Labor Organization
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IPO	Initial Public Offerings
ISP	Internet Service Providers
ITA	Information Technology Agreement
ITICS	International Trade and Investment Corporations
IW	Information Warfare
JCCT	Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
JCS&T	Joint Commission on Science and Technology
JEC	Joint Economic Committee
LAC	Line of Actual Control
MCTL	Military Critical Technologies List
MFN	Most Favored Nation
MND	Ministry of National Defense
MND	Ministry of National Defense
MNSR	Miniature Neutron Source Reactor
MOF	Ministry of Finance
MOFTEC	Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MTCR	Missile Technology Control Regime
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NDU	National Defense University
NGO	Non Governmental Organization
NIST	National Institute of Science and Technology
NMD	National Missile Defense
NME	Non Market Economy
NPC	National People’s Congress
NPT	Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
NSA	National Security Agency
NYSE	New York Stock Exchange
OFAC	Office of Foreign assets Control, Department of the Treasury
OPIC	Overseas Private Investment Corporation
PAP	People’s Armed Police
PLA	People’s Liberation Army
PLAAF	People’s Liberation Army Air Force
PLAN	People’s Liberation Army Navy
PNTR	Permanent Normal Trade Relations
PRC	People’s Republic of China
R&D	Research and Development
RMA	Revolution in Military Affairs
S&T	Science and Technology
SAR	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
SARFT	State Administration of Film, Radio and Television
SCO	Shanghai Cooperation Organization
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
SETC	State Economic and Trade Commission
SIE	State Invested Enterprise
SINOPEC	China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation
SLBM	Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles
SOC	Statement of Cooperation
SOE	State Owned Enterprise
TBT	Technical Barriers to Trade
TMD	Theater Missile Defense
TPCC	Trade Promotion Coordination Committee
TPSC	Trade Policy Staff Committee
TRA	Taiwan Relations Act
TRIM	Trade Related Investment Measures
TRIP	Trade Related htmects of Intellectual Property Rights
TRM	Transitional Review Mechanism
TRQ	Tariff Rate Quotas
TSMC	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
UK	United Kingdom
UMC	United Microelectronics Corp
UN	United Nations
USAID	U.S. Agency for International Development
USDA	U.S. Department of Agriculture
USTR	U.S. Trade Representative
WMD	Weapons of Mass Destruction
WTO	World Trade Organization
ZBB	Zero Base Budgeting