Trade, finance, development
WTO law, IMF surveillance, development cooperation, investment, industrial policy, and economic globalization.
China's economic-order materials combine strong support for multilateral economic institutions with resistance to unilateral pressure and demands for development-sensitive reform of global governance.
中华人民共和国加入世界贸易组织议定书
The legal instrument by which China acceded to the WTO.
Foundational for studying China's integration into the trade law system and subsequent disputes.
WTO, 'Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic of China' WT/L/432 (10 November 2001).
中国与世界贸易组织
White paper defending China's record in WTO accession and implementation.
Key source for China's self-presentation as a WTO participant and reform stakeholder.
State Council Information Office, 'China and the World Trade Organization' (28 June 2018).
WTO dispute settlement page for a China-related trade dispute or comparator dispute in China's trade-law practice.
Useful for mapping China's use of rules-based economic dispute settlement over time.
WTO, 'DS413: dispute settlement case page'.
IMF surveillance materials on China's macroeconomic policy and integration into the global financial system.
Useful for tracing how international financial institutions assess China's role in economic governance.
International Monetary Fund, 'People's Republic of China: Article IV Consultation materials' (2024).
新时代的中国国际发展合作
White paper on China's development cooperation principles and practices.
Links BRI, South-South cooperation, and development governance.
State Council Information Office, 'China's International Development Cooperation in the New Era' (10 January 2021).
China enters the multilateral trade law system.
China articulates a comprehensive peaceful development narrative.
BRI begins as a major ordering project.
The initiative receives a formal policy architecture.
China-backed development finance institution enters the legal landscape.
China presents itself as a defender of globalization.
Gregory Shaffer and Henry Gao, 'China's Rise: How It Took on the U.S. at the WTO' (2018).
Launch bibliography item for scholarly review and expansion.Julia Ya Qin, 'WTO-Plus Obligations and Their Implications for the WTO Legal System' (2003).
Launch bibliography item for scholarly review and expansion.Andreas F Lowenfeld, 'International Economic Law' (2008).
Launch bibliography item for scholarly review and expansion.