This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2018-12-11 07:32
Editor's note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.
On Dec 11, 2001, China finally became the 143rd member of the World Trade Organization after difficult negotiations over 15 years.
An item from Nov 12, 2001, in China Daily, showed Shi Guangsheng, the then minister of foreign trade and economic cooperation, signing the membership protocol with the WTO in Doha.
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