WTO Director-General: China has become an important factor in the stability of the world economy

Xinhua Shanghai, 22 Jul: at 22 here 2010 Shanghai World Expo "Trade Organization honors day" celebrations, the WTO Director General Pascal Lamy stressed ·, the international financial crisis, China's economic growth and strong import demand for many economies to increase exports to China, China has become the world's economic stability.

Lamy briefly reviewed the history of China's accession to the WTO process and 9 years of great progress. He believes that China's accession to the GATT and the WTO in the history of the most important event, "it not only make China more credible, also make the WTO more international".

Lamy said not without humour, the Chinese term is the "Central Kingdom", which is the accession to the WTO, China from the edge of the world to a world centre. China has become the world's new role and new strength.

Lamy believes that the WTO has not only strengthened the domestic implementation of the policy of reform and opening up, accelerating economic development, but also on the world economy made important contributions. "For many economies, the China market is critical. China also adopted economic and trade cooperation be assistance in many developing countries. "For the Shanghai World Expo, Commissioner Lamy stressed that the WTO promotes open, friendship, peace, cooperation, and the concept of World Expo. In the face of global common problems, needs, including multilateral organizations, the participation of all parties and efforts, and the Shanghai World Expo is the creation of such an open, collaborative platform.

In honor of the world trade organization dedicated to the "daily", "city in the trade of" lecture, gave the keynote speech Lamy. He said that the city is the great achievements of the "showcase", but if you do not have a trade, the vast majority of large cities in the world today will not appear and development, trade and urban development are mutually reinforcing.

It is understood that the WTO at the United Nations Joint Pavilion at Shanghai Expo exhibitors. In "the World Trade Organization honors day" period, the WTO will also start in the Shanghai Institute of foreign trade "world teacher program chair project" in China, and China's first published his "2010 World Trade report".