Appendix 9.  China's Compliance with WTO Notification Obligations  in the First Two Years of WTO Membership
Trade Topics	Required Notifications	Time	China	WTO Document Symbol	Overall Compliance by  Members
Agriculture	1. Notification concerning the administration of tariff quota  (Table MA:1) pursuant to Art. 18.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture	2002	X	G/AG/N/CHN/1
		2003	X	G/AG/N/CHN/2
	2. Notification concerning imports under tariff and other quota commitments (Table MA:2) pursuant to Art. 18.2	2002	X	G/AG/N/CHN/3
	3. Notification concerning domestic support (Table DS:1) pursuant to Art. 18.2	2002	none
		2003	none
	4. Notification concerning export subsidies (Table ES: 1) pursuant to Art. 18.2		none
Anti-dumping	1. Semi-annual report of antidumping actions taken pursuant to Art. 16.4 of the Agreement on Antidumping	02 1st H	X	G/ADP/N/92/CHN	as of 25 Oct 2002, 30 X; 26 nil
		02 2nd H	X	G/ADP/N/98/CHN	as of 24 Oct 2003, 32 X; 32 nil
		03 1st H	X	G/ADP/N/105/CHN	as of 24 Oct 2003, 27 X; 26 nil
	2. Notification of laws and regulations pursuant to Art. 18.5 of the Agreement on Antidumping		X	G/ADP/N/1/CHN/2; G/ADP/N/1/CHN/2/Suppls.1&2	as of 24 Oct 2003, 75 X; 29 nil
	3. Notification of all preliminary and final antidumping actions taken pursuant to Art 16.4 of the Agreement on Antidumping		X	as reflected in G/ADP/N/95; G/ADP/N/99; G/ADP/N/101; G/ADP/N/102; G/ADP/N/106
Customs Valuation	1. Notification of legislation pursuant to Art 22.1 of the Agreement on Customs Valuation		X	G/VAL/N/1/CHN/1-3	as of 31 Oct 2003, 74 X
	2. Replies to the Checklist of Issues pursuant to G/VAL/5		X	G/VAL/N//2/CHN/1
Import Licensing	1. Notification of laws and regulations pursuant to Art 1.4(a) and/or 8.2(b) of the Agreement on Import Licensing		X	G/LIC/N/1/CHN/1-3	as of 11 Oct 2002, 83 X in legislation; 85 X in questionnaire; 31 none of any notification
	2. Annual replies to questionnaire on import licensing procedures pursuant to Art 7.3 of the Agreement on Import Licensing	2002	X	G/LIC/N/3/CHN/1
		2003	X	G/LIC/N/3/CHN/2
Intellectual Property	1. Responses to the checklist of issues on enforcement under IP/C/5		X	IP/N/6/CHN/1	as of 1 Dec 2003, 96 X
	2. Notification of laws and regulations pursuant to Art. 63.2 of the Agreement on Trade-Related htmects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)		X	IP/N/1/CHN/C/1-3; IP/N/1/CHN/I/1-3; IP/N/1/CHN/T/1 & 2; IP/N/1/CHN/L/1 & 2; IP/N/1/CHN/P/1	as of 1 Dec 2003, 124 X
	3. Notification of contact points for the purposes of cooperating with each other with a view to eliminating international trade in goods infringing intellectual property rights pursuant to Art. 69 of the Agreement on TRIPS		X	as reflected in IP/N/3/Rev.6/Add.2 & IP/N/3/Rev.7	as of 1 Dec 2003, 118 X
Preshipment Inspection	1. Notification of laws and regulations pursuant to Art. 5 of the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection		none
Quantitative Restrictions	1. Biennial notification of quantitative restriction maintained pursuant to G/L/59	2002	X	as reflected in G/MA/NTM/QR/1/Add.9
Rules of Origin	1. Notification of non-preferential rules of origin pursuant to Art. 5.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Origin		X	G/RO/53	as of 9 Nov 2003, 84 X
	2. Notification of preferential rules of origin pursuant to para.4 of Annex II of the Agreement on Rules of Origin		X	G/RO/53	as of 9 Nov 2003, 89 X
Safeguard Measures	1. Notification of laws and regulations pursuant to Art. 12.6 of the Agreement on Safeguard		X	G/SG/N/CHN/1;G/SG/N/1/CHN/2; G/SG/N/CHN/2/Suppl.1 & 2	as of 20 Oct 2003, 100 X
	2. Art. 12.1 (a) requires the notification of the initiation of safeguard investigations		X	G/SG/N/6/CHN/1
	3. Art. 12.1 (b) requires the notification of the findings of serious injury of threat thereof caused by increased imports		X	G/SG/N/8/CHN/1
	4. Art. 12.1 (c) requires the notification of the decisions to apply safeguard measures		X	G/SG/N/10/CHN/1
	5. Art. 12.4 requires the notification of the application of provisional measures		X	G/SG/N/7/CHN/1
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures	1. Notification of proposed SPS regulations or changes to regulations which are not the same as an international standard and have a significant effect on trade pursuant to para. 6 of Annex B of the Agreement on SPS		X	G/SPS/N/CHN/9-10; G/SPS/N/CHN/15; G/SPS/N/CHN/17-42
	2. Notification of emergency measures pursuant to para. 6 of Annex B of the Agreement on SPS		X	G/SPS/N/CHN/1-8; G/SPS/N/CHN/11-14; G/SPS/N/CHN/16
Services	1. Notification of laws and regulations pursuant to para. 3 of Art III of the GATS		X	S/C/N/208-225; S/C/N/238-261
State Trading Enterprises	1. New and full notification pursuant to Art XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and Para. 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Art. XVII		X	G/STR/N/7/CHN
	2. Updating notification pursuant to Art XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and para. 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Art. XVII	2002	X	G/STR/N/8/CHN
		2003	X	G/STR/N/9/CHN
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)	1. Annual notification on subsidies pursuant to Art 25.1 of the Agreement on SCM	2002	none		as of 31 Oct 2002, 39 X; 15 nil
		2003	none		as of 29 Oct 2003, 34 X; 11 nil
	2. Semi-annual report of countervailing duty actions taken pursuant to Art. 25.11 of the Agreement on SCM	02 1st H	X	as reflected in para. 2 of G/SCM/N/87/Add.1	as of 31 Oct 2002, 8 X; 46 nil
		02 2nd H	none		as of 28 Oct 2003, 6 X; 47 nil
		03 1st H	none		as of 28 Oct 2003, 11 X; 39 nil
	3. Notification of legislation pursuant to Art 32.6 of the Agreement on SCM		X	G/SCM/N/1/CHN/1 + Suppl.1 & 2	as of 31 Oct 2003, 96 X or nil
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)	1. Notification of measures in existence taken to ensure the implementation and administration of the Agreement on TBT pursuant to Art. 15.2 of the Agreement		X	G/TBT/2/Add.65	as of 7 Nov 2003, 92 X
	2. Notification of acceptance or withdrawn from the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards in Annex 3 to the Agreement on TBT		X	G/TBT/CS/N/143
	3. Notification of draft technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures pursuant to Art 2.9, 2.10, 5.6, and 5.7 of the Agreement on TBT		X	G/TBT/N/CHN/1-40
Textiles and Clothing	1. Notification of quantitative restrictions on textile and clothing products pursuant to Art 3.1 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing		X	G/TMB/N/426
	2. Notification of whether to retain the right to use the transitional safeguard mechanism pursuant to Art 6.1 of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing		X	G/TMB/N/420
	3. Notification under Articles 2.6/2.7 (first integration stage) of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing		X	G/TMB/N/441
	4. Notification under Articles 2.8(a)/2.11 (second integration stage) of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing		X	G/TMB/N/442
	5. Notification under Articles 2.8(b)/2.11 (third integration stage) of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing		X	G/TMB/N/443
Trade and Investment	1. Notification of trade-related investment measures Members were applying that were not in conformity with the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs)		n.a.
	2. Notification of publications in which TRIMS may be found pursuant to Art. 6.2 of the Agreement on TRIMs		X	as reflected in G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.9/Add.5 & G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.11
Notes:
1. Under "Time" is the specified time period of a notification which is required on a regular or periodic basis. Blank cell means the notification is a one-time requirement.
2. Under "China", "X" indicates that China submitted the required notification; "none" means that China is required to but has not submitted the notification; "n.a." in Trade and Investment means that China has not submitted a notification and a nil notification is not necessary.
3. Under "Overall Compliance by Members", "X" alone means that members have made the required notification. Where "X" and "nil" appear together, "X" means that members made the notification regarding the relevant legislation, actions taken, measures maintained, etc., and "nil" means that members have made a notification that no relevant legislation exists, no actions have been taken, or no measures have been maintained.
Sources:
1. Compliance by all members is sourced from the summary in the annual committee reports.