In Beijing, Assistant Minister of Commerce Qiao Hong welcomed the delegation. Then, Divisions of WTO Department of the China Ministry of Commerce shared with Vietnam delegation their experiences on a number of WTO-related subjects. Indeed, the lessons learnt by China in a number of sectors are of particular interests for Vietnam, such as, among the others, the two 2 trade policy reviews completed during China’s WTO membership (2006 and 2008), the implementation of GATS notification and enquiry point, the participation to the Doha Round negotiations, the implementation of WTO commitments on financial services and related services, the commitments on tariff reduction and the procedures and techniques for the implementation and enforcement of WTO commitments and for securing that domestic laws and regulations are consistent with WTO commitments.

In Shanghai, the Associate President of WTO Affairs Consultation Center, Prof. Yao Wei Qun and some leaders from different Divisions shared their experiences on many different trade-related issues, such as the result of researches, the technical support provided to China Ministry of Commerce during WTO accession negotiations and Doha Round negotiations, training of officials in charge of economic integration for Shanghai authorities, the dissemination of the WTO commitments and rules to enterprises, the research undertook to set up an early warning system aiming at preventing Chinese industries to be hit by third countries’ antidumping measures, and the pro-active application of trade defense instruments in compliance with WTO rules.

Vietnam officials highly appreciated the practical and useful experiences and lessons as well as the policy suggestions provided by Chinese friends regarding all the WTO-related issues discussed together.