Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§3 |
China |
2016 |
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Not specified |
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Importers (and exporters) need to comply with the inspection and quarantine requirements of Customs and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), as stipulated by law and by the Catalogue of Import and Export Commodities Subject to Compulsory Inspection. The Catalogue is amended every year to add or remove commodities as required to protect human, animal or plant health and the environment, and to prevent fraud and safeguard national security.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§22 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
Not specified |
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Import prohibitions, restrictions and non-automatic licensing are maintained in China to safeguard national security; public morality; human, animal and plant health; the environment and exhaustible natural resources; to comply with China's obligations under international agreements; and for balance-of-payments reasons. (...)
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Natural resources
Environment
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§67 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Technical regulation or specifications |
Not specified |
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Chinese standards are divided into mandatory and voluntary standards. Mandatory standards are technical regulations. They are mainly related to the protection of human health, personal property and safety, and are applied usually to: (...) environmental emissions; (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§86 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
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Not specified, Other |
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At the time of the last review there was an additional catalogue in place, the Catalogue of Import Commodities Subject to Safety and Quality Permits, which stipulated the general standards for goods that are highly sensitive in terms of safety, sanitation and environmental protection. In addition, imports of waste, which can be used as raw materials, must be inspected before loading and prior to entering the Chinese territory to prevent harmful waste from entering China.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§93 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Conformity assessment procedures |
Not specified |
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Exporters must comply with the requirements stipulated in the Catalogue of Import and Export Commodities Subject to Compulsory Inspection , which is amended every year to add or subtract commodities as required for the protection of human and animal health, the environment, and national security, and to promote steady export growth and adjust the export structure. (...)
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§102 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Export licences |
Not specified |
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As in the case of imports, the State may restrict or forbid exports to: maintain national security and public morality; protect human, animal and plant health; protect the environment; protect exhaustible natural resources that are in short supply or require "effective protection"; organize "export business management"; comply with China's international commitments; or under any other circumstance as provided for in any law or administrative regulation.
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Natural resources
Environment
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§120 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
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Not specified |
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During the period under review, China continued to provide a number of incentives to different sectors or industries. Some of these schemes are geared at, inter alia, upgrading production methods in industries that use obsolete technologies; promoting development in remote areas and narrowing the income gap between regions ; and attracting FDI (Section 2). Support also continues to be granted to, inter alia, specific strategic industries with the purpose of promoting innovation, upgrading industries, and protecting the environment and promoting green development, as well as to agriculture (Section 4). In general, support is granted through tax preferences, direct transfers, and access to credit (Table A3.2).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§172 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Other measures |
Not specified |
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In 2015 China submitted a new and full notification regarding state trading enterprises to the WTO. The legislation regulating state trading has not changed since 2014, nor have the reasons for maintaining this practice or the products subject to it. State trading remains in place to: ensure a stable supply and price of the products concerned; safeguard food security; and protect exhaustible and non-recyclable natural resources, and the environment.
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Recycle
Natural resources
Environment
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/342/REV.1 |
S-III§212 |
China |
2016 |
Measures |
Intellectual property measures |
Not specified |
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Foreign or international patent applications for an invention or utility model in which the substantial content of the technical solution was generated within the Chinese territory or resulted from R&D activities of major national projects, are subject to a preliminary national-interest clearance. [200] (...)
[200] Major national projects have been identified in the National Medium- and Long-Term Programme for Science and Technology Development (2006) in the areas of information, manufacturing, bio-pharmaceuticals, energy, resources and environment, aimed at promoting social and economic development.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/343/REV.1 |
S-III§21 |
Singapore |
2016 |
Measures |
Ban/Prohibition, Import licences |
Not specified |
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Singapore's framework for import controls has remained substantially unchanged since 2012. Import controls are maintained mainly for health, safety, environmental and national security reasons, or under international agreements. Restricted imports (other than prohibited items) are subject to licensing requirements, which may be automatic or non-automatic depending on the product. The licensing system applies to restricted imports from all countries. Products subject to automatic import licensing include: mastering and replication equipment for CDs, CD ROMs, VCDs, DVDs and DVD-ROMs; films, video tapes and video games; and publications (includes books, magazines, sound recordings, pictures or drawings, and photographs). Table 3.5 lists goods subject to import prohibitions or non-automatic licensing.
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