CHINA WTO
September 1st, 2001
BY ALAN OSBORNNEW and potentially significant opportunities for British and other Western architects to practise in China have been opened up by an agreement on the terms for China to join the World Trade Organisation. China's commitments will allow access for foreign service providers guaranteed by "transparent and automatic licensing procedures" which are set out in detail in its Protocol of Accession. An important concession gained by the EU in the negotiations provides for foreign architects and others to hold majority control of businesses within China. ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.