Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/300/REV.1 |
S-Table-III.14 |
China |
2014 |
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Table 3.14 NDRC Government or government-guided prices, 2013
Product: Environment protection charges
Type of control/rationale: Pollutant discharge levies mainly include sewage, waste gas, solid wastes and noise-discharge fees and are subject to Central Government-set prices.
The rationale for maintaining price controls is that pollutant discharge levies are administrative charges and hence, must be controlled, as mandated by Article 47 of the Price Law, and stipulated in Article 36 of the Regulations on Price Control. The specific rationale for each charge is formulated by the State Council separately.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/300/REV.1 |
S-III§172 |
China |
2014 |
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Under the Foreign Trade Law (2004), the State may subject certain goods to state trading. The reasons for maintaining state trading for certain products in China seem to have remained unchanged since the last Review; these include: ensuring stable supply and prices of the products concerned; safeguarding China's food security; and protecting exhaustible and non-recyclable natural resources and the environment. (…)
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Natural resources
Environment
Recycle
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/300/REV.1 |
S-III§177 |
China |
2014 |
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Public procurement |
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The Government Procurement Law (Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 68 of 29 June 2002, in effect since 1 January 2003), states that government procurement must be conducted in such a manner as to facilitate achievement of the goals designed by State policies for economic and social development including, but not limited to, environmental protection, assistance to under-developed or ethnic-minority areas, and promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises. (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/300/REV.1 |
S-III§199 |
China |
2014 |
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Intellectual property measures |
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The Conference annually issues a Promotion Plan for the Implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy, with specific actions to be carried out during the year in question to attain the goals of the strategy. In 2013, the strategic themes/actions identified were grouped under eight main goals:
b. strengthening IP in key industries. This is to be done by: promoting the integration of IPR protection with industrial policy; developing and implementing a strategic industries IP work plan to take into account the IPR protection needs of these industries; promoting the development of green technologies and green patent applications by granting them a priority review process; developing an "industry IP risk assessment and early warning system" with respect to selected industrial transformation processes;
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/300/REV.1 |
S-III§211 |
China |
2014 |
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Intellectual property measures |
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(…) The purpose of issuing the Administrative Measures on Prioritized Examination of Invention Patent Applications, which were implemented as from 1 August 2012, is to establish a fast track for patent examination and approval in the case of patent applications linked to strategic emerging industries and to green technologies with significant economic and social impact and a high degree of invention. (…)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/300/REV.1 |
S-Box-IV.1 |
China |
2014 |
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Agriculture |
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Box 4.1 Agricultural legislation
Regulations
2. Larger scale livestock pollution control regulations (issued on 11 November 2013).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/300/REV.1 |
S-IV§16 |
China |
2014 |
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Tax concessions |
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(…) the rate of rebate for highly processed chicken and duck meats is 13% and there is no rebate for products from endangered animals or plants.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/300/REV.1 |
S-Table-IV.5 |
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2014 |
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Table 4.5 Support to agriculture and forestry
Description: Subsidy for national key construction projects on water and soil conservation
Starting year: 1983
Form of subsidy: Financial appropriations
Legal background: MOF Circular Cai Nong Zi No. 402 of 1987
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/300/REV.1 |
S-Table-A3.4 |
China |
2014 |
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Table A3. 4 Support programmes notified to the WTO
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Programme: Subsidy for national key construction projects on water and soil conservation
Forms of subsidy: Financial appropriations
Period/Validitya: In effect
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/230/REV.1 |
S-II§53 |
China |
2010 |
Trade Policy Framework |
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Approximately US$2.36 billion in IBRD loans were lent to China in 2009 for 13 projects, focusing on agriculture, transportation, city construction and environment, energy and reconstruction after the Wen Chuan earthquake
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