According to the relevant provisions of "Foreign Trade Law" and the "Regulation of PRC on the Administration of the Import and Export of Goods", the Ministry of Commerce published the "Foreign Trade and Investment Environment Report 2011". The Report targeted to help the Chinese enterprises, related institutions and organizations better understand the trade and investment policies, systems and specific practices of China's major trading partners, to help them objectively understand and master the international market rules and to remind the export enterprises of the risks involved in foreign trade and investment barriers measures; meanwhile, to accord with WTO rules, to maintain a fair and just international trade and investment environment and to express the concern of the Chinese government and industry.
The global economic recovery in 2010 was uneven and the world's major economies were facing various economic problems. In this context, countries have introduced trade restriction and protection measures to protect their own industries. According to the statistics issued by the Ministry of Commerce, in 2010, 66 cases of all Chinese exports were subjected to trade remedy investigation, totaling about 7.14 billion US dollars. Among them, anti-dumping cases amounted to 43; countervailing measures cases reached 6; cases of safeguard measures totaled 16 and special protection case was 1. Meanwhile, various trade barriers such as the technical trade barrier and import restriction seriously influenced the development of China's foreign economic trade. Overseas intellectual property disputes further increased. U.S. initiated the 337 surveys on a total of 19 cases of export products. The Chinese enterprises suffered a lot from foreign investment barriers during the process of "going-out".
The "Foreign Trade and Investment Environment Report 2011" covered 950 items of trade and investment measures and barrier information as well as 66 trade remedy measures newly issued or drafted by China's 16 major trade partners. The total revenues generated by imports and exports with the 16 partners accounted for 62.53% of the total trade volume in 2010. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Commerce published the agriculture product catalogs under "Foreign Trade and Investment Environment Report 2011", summarizing the latest administrative changes in foreign trade and investment on agricultural products, technical trade barriers and so on. In addition, the Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports and Exports of Ministry of Commerce also issued the "Monthly Report on Foreign Trade and Investment Barrier Information", which was to facilitate the relevant enterprises to avoid the risks involved in foreign trade and investment.
(Source:IPR in China)
