Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center

I.Overview

II.Structure of SCC/WTO

III.The Leaders of SCC/WTO

IV.Board of Trustee of SCC/WTO

V.The Advisory Committee of SCC/WTO

VI.The Major Divisions of SCC/WTO

WTO Reference Center in Shanghai

Main Publications of the Center

I Overview

The Shanghai WTO Consultation Center (SCC/WTO) was founded on October 26, 2000 shortly before China’s accession to the World Trade Organization. As a non-governmental organization for WTO affairs consulting, established by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, the function of the center is to provide governments, enterprises and the public with law and policy consulting and information as well as WTO- related training services.  Besides, as the external liaison platform for WTO-related affairs, its purpose is to keep WTO members informed on the creation and enforcement of trade-related laws, regulations and policies in both Shanghai and China as a whole.

A board of trustees (BOT) has been formed for the Center. Members of the BOT include representatives of major government agencies and industry associations. Their responsibilities include electing the chairman of the board of trustees, hiring the president of the Center, and examining and approving the Center’s annual report. The current BOT chairman,  Mr. Wang Zhan, is also the General Director of the Development Research Center of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government.

The Center staff includes experts from universities and research institutes home and abroad. Mr. Wang Xinkui, President of the Center, is also President of the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade.

As a non-profit public service organization, SCC/WTO is mainly financed by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and may receive donations from international and domestic enterprises and institutions.

Address of SCC/WTO

Main Office: 5 Lane 294, Xinhua Road, Shanghai  Zip: 200052

Tel: 86-21-52300077; Fax:86-21-52305319

PuDong Office: Building 4, 141 Pudong Avenue, Shanghai,  Zip: 200120

Tel: 86-21-58783607; Fax: 86-21-50541380

Website: www.sccwto.net

II Structure of SCC/WTO

The Secretariat of the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees

The Advisory Committee

President

Consulting Services

Training Services

Information Services

Monitoring & Early-Warning Services for Trade Remedy Measures

Research Services

Postdoctoral Research Programs

The President Office

Public Relations

Human Resources

Treasury & General Affairs

 III. The Leaders of SCC/WTO

Mr. Zhan Wang:  Chairman of SCC/WTO

Member, the National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

Director General, Development Research Center of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government

Professor of Economics, Fudan University &Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Dr. Xinkui Wang：Vice Chairman & President of SCC/WTO 

Vice Chairman, the Shanghai Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

President, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade

Professor of Economics, Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade & Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Ms. HePing Jian: Vice Chairman of SCC/WTO

Vice Chairman, Shanghai Municipal People’s Government Foreign Economic Relations & Trade Commission

Vice Chairman, Shanghai Foreign Investment Commission

        Wang Zhan                  Chen LiangYu                  Jiang ZheMin                   Huang Ju              Wang XinKui

President Jiang ZheMin, Vice Premier Huang Ju ( then Secretary of Shanghai CPC Committee), Secretary of Shanghai CPC Committee Chen LiangYu ( then Mayor of Shanghai ) meet SCC/WTO Chairman of the Board of Trustees Wang Zhan and SCC/WTO President Wang XinKui

November 11, 2000: President Hu JinTao ( then Vice President, )(the second person from the right side), with Vice Premier Huang Ju ( then Secretary of Shanghai CPC Committee)( the first person from the right side), and Vice Chairman of CPPCC Xu KuangDi (then Mayor of Shanghai)(the third person from the right side) , listen to a report by SCC/WTO President Wang XinKui( the first person from the left side)

IV. Board of Trustee of SCC/WTO

Development Research Center, Shanghai Municipal Government,

Shanghai Municipal Foreign Economic Relations & Trade Commission,

Shanghai Municipal Development Planning Commission,

Legal Affairs Office, Shanghai Municipal Government,

Coordination Office of Small Enterprises Development, Shanghai Municipal Government,

Shanghai Customs,

Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection & Quarantine Bureau,

Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality & Technical Supervision,

Shanghai Municipal Intellectual Property Administration,

Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection,

Shanghai Municipal Industry & Commerce Administration,

Shanghai Municipal Drug Administration,

Pudong New Area People’s Government,

Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade,

WTO Shanghai Research Center,

Shanghai Federation of Industrial Associations,

Shanghai Commercial Association,

Shanghai Association of Foreign Economic & Trade Enterprises,

Shanghai Bar Association,

Shanghai Price Assessment Association,

Shanghai Banking Association.

V  The Advisory Committee of SCC/WTO

The Advisory Committee of SCC/WTO was formed with the approval of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. Some 26 distinguished WTO foreign affairs experts have personally accepted the invitation to act as advisors to the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center: the Director General of WTO, Supachai Panitchpakdi; former Director General WTO and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mike Moore; former Director General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Arthur Dunkel; former Deputy Director General of WTO, Miguel Rodriguez Mendoza; Andrew L. Stoler; Paul-Henri Ravier; Kim Chulsu; and 19 domestic WTO affairs experts such as Wang Daohan, Cao Jianming, Tong Zhiguang and Zhang Yuqing.

 Every year around November, the Center hosts the annual conference of the SCC/WTO Advisory Committee, one of the high-level non-government professional conferences on WTO affairs in China.

FOREIGN MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

(Approved by the State Council, PRC)

    (numbered as dated approved)

Chinese MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

( numbered as dated approved)

VI The Major Divisions of SCC/WTO

Division of Consulting Services of SCC/WTO

       The Division of Consulting Services provides enterprises, governments and the public with various consultative services on WTO affairs:

1.       Consultative services for a precise understanding of WTO legal instruments and the appropriate application of WTO rules;

2.       Consultative services for a precise understanding of the legal instruments of China’s WTO accession commitments and the implementation of China’s obligations relating to trade and investment;

3.       Services including but not limited to defending the legitimate rights of enterprises at home and abroad by means of remedy measures such as antidumping , countervailing and other safeguards.  

4.       Exchange platforms and problem-solving channels for China’s implementation of her WTO commitments and the optimization of Shanghai’s investment environment, including special reports on industrial development, investment, trade and development opportunities and/or ways to improve the investment environment.

Contact:

Address:. 5, Lane 294, Xinhua Road, Shanghai, 200052

Chief Officer: Mr FengJun    Tel: 021-52305322  Fax: 021-52305319

E-mail: junfeng@mail.sccwto.net

Contact Person: Ms.Ni Jieying  Tel: 021-52301287  Fax: 021-52305319

E-mail: jieyingni@mail.sccwto.net

Division of Information Services of SCC/WTO

       Division of the Information Services provides enterprises, governments and the public with a variety of information on WTO affairs:

1.       Maintaining the website of SCC/WTO and updating China-related WTO information both in Chinese and English;

2.       Publishing the SCC/WTO Bulletin and also regularly publishing the WTO Express newsletter to report the latest WTO-related affairs;

3.       Administrating the WTO Reference Center in Shanghai established by WTO Secretariat and providing WTO information and references more generally;

4.       Compiling a series of SCC/WTO publications, including an annual Collection of WTO Cases both in Chinese and English;

5.       Promoting investigation and research on special SCC/WTO related topics and providing analytical reports on the trade and investment environment of China and other WTO members.  

Contact:

Address: Building 4, 141 Pudong Avenue, Shanghai, 200010

Chief Officer: Prof. Gong Baihua   Tel: 021-58783607    Fax: 021-50541380

E-mail: baihuagong@mail.sccwto.net

Contact Person: Ms Zhang Weihua  Tel: 021-58789797×2253 Fax: 021-52305319

E-mail: weihuazhang@mail.sccwto.net

Division of Training Services of SCC/WTO

       Division of the Training Services provides governments, enterprises and the public with training services for WTO affairs:

1.       WTO senior expertise training: including elementary training and intermediate training at home and advanced training abroad; geared to the needs of the public;

2.       WTO senior civil servant training: including short-term training at home and special training abroad; geared to the needs of government;

3.       WTO special training: run by well-known WTO experts at home and abroad; geared to the needs of enterprises.

       Successful trainees of the SCC/WTO training project will be awarded the special qualification certificate for some of Shanghai’s most sought-after jobs, by a Joint Panel set up by the SCC/WTO, the Organization Department of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of CPC，the Shanghai Personnel Bureau, the Shanghai Public Administration Institute, and the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade.

Contact:

Address: 5, Lane 294, Xinhua Road, Shanghai, 200052

Chief Officer: Mr Xu Qingmin    Tel: 021-52305316  Fax: 021-52305319

E-mail: qingminxu@mail.sccwto.net

Contact Person: Ms. Zhang Weiwei  Tel: 021-52305317  Fax: 021-52305319

E-mail: weiweizhang@mail.sccwto.net

Division of the Monitoring and Early-Warning Services for Trade Remedy Measures

Division of the Monitoring and Early-Warning Services for Trade Remedy Measures of SCC/WTO is the operational organ of “Early-Warning & Consulting Service System on Trade Remedy Measures” were co-developed by SCC/WTO, the Shanghai Foreign Economic Relations & Trade Commission and the Shanghai Information Center.  Its purpose is to provide enterprises, governments and the public with the following monitoring and early-warning services on Trade Remedy Measures :

1. Calculating the dumping margin and forecasting the extent of industry injury by dynamically monitoring the trends of imports from WTO parties in quantity and price, based on the application of state-of-the–art statistical methods and information technology.

2. Providing advanced and efficient consulting and training services, such as the international competition conditions for imports and exports, and the assessment in matters of trade remedy cases .

3. Helping the trade administrations of governments, enterprises and industry associations avoid losses and investment mistakes resulting from trade conflicts by tracking the changes to the trade environment and conditions in real time and suggesting solutions.

Contact:

Address: No.5, Lane 294 Xinhua Road, Shanghai, 200052 China

Chief officer: Dr. Jiang Haihong, Phone: (021)-52301757; Fax: (021)- 52305319

E-mail: haihongjiang@mail.sccwto.net

Contact Person: Wang Yueyan,; Phone: (021)52301757；Fax：(021)52305319

E-mail: yueyanwang@mail.sccwto.net

Division of Research Services

         Based on the advanced, fundamental and practical research on WTO affairs, Division of the Research Services provides enterprises, governments and the public with research services:

1.       Administrating the funds granted by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and contracting out topical research projects to research institutions and higher colleges and universities at home and abroad in accordance with the topical research programs decided by the WTO Affairs Joint Conference of the Shanghai People’s Municipal Government;

2.       Undertaking theoretical, strategic and countermeasure research projects relating to WTO affairs entrusted by governments, enterprises and industry associations;

3.       Publishing SCC/WTO book series, collections of classic translations and case studies, and annual reports on China’s WTO entry and Shanghai’s social & economic development.

Contact:

Address: Building 4, 141 Pudong Avenue, Shanghai, 200010

Chief Officer: Pro. Gao Yongfu    Tel: 021-58783620    Fax: 021-50541380

E-mail: yongfugao@mail.sccwto.net

 Postdoctoral Programs in WTO Affairs

The Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center Postdoctoral Programs were established in December 2003 with the approval of the Ministry of Personnel of the People’s Republic of China. The Center’s Postdoctoral Programs have closely cooperated with their Postdoctoral counterparts in many international universities and scientific research institutes, such as the Technical Cooperation Department of the WTO Secretariat, the German Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, the Swiss World Trade Institute of Bern University, American Georgetown University, George Washington University, Columbia University, and in China, Fudan University in Shanghai, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics, Xiamen University, Wuhan University, University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Many famous experts and scholars in the WTO field have been invited to participate in the Post-doctoral program research, and to provide guidance. Theoretical, strategic, advanced and applied research on the WTO is also being promoted within this Program as well as the training of high-level professionals on WTO matters.

Contact:

        Address of Post-doctoral Programs: Building 4, No. 141. Pudong Avenue, Shanghai, (zip:200010)

        Programs manager: Zhang Youwen, Professor ;Telephone: 021-58789797; Fax: 021-525305319,

        Email: Post-doctoral@mail.sccwto.net

        Contact Person: Li Bing, Telephone: 021-58789797×2353, Fax: 021-525305319

        Email: bingli@mail.sccwto.net

Division of Public Relation

    Division of the Public Relations is  the external liaison platform of the SCC/WTO, manages the daily affairs of the SCC/WTO Advisory Committee and the Experts Committee, as well as forming a liaison between the  SCC/WTO, the WTO members and the WTO-related governmental agencies, industrial organizations, theoretical research institutes, consulting services and enterprises.

    Public Relations warmly encourages all WTO-related organizations and individuals both at home and abroad to contact the SCC/WTO. We are eager to provide service.

Contact:

        Address: 5, Lane 294, Xinhua Road, Shanghai, 200052

        Chief Officer: Ms. Kong XianZu Tel: 021-52301760; Fax: 021-52305319

        Contact Person: Mr. Chen Xu  Tel: 021-5230077x1214 Fax: 021-52305319

        E-mail: xuchen@mail.sccwto.net

WTO Reference Center in Shanghai

The “WTO Reference Center in Shanghai” was established by the Shanghai WTO Consultation Center and duly authorized by the WTO.  It is also the 100^th WTO Reference Center in the world set up by the WTO Secretariat.  The “WTO Reference Center in Shanghai” collects the latest WTO information and data both in Chinese and English, including CDs, books, periodicals, and other online and offline information.

           Since opening to the public in April 2001, the “WTO Reference Center in Shanghai” has received many groups of government officials, people from enterprises and other non-governmental organizations.

           Address of the “WTO Reference Center in Shanghai”: Building 4, No. 141. Pudong Avenue, Shanghai, ( zip: 200010 )

Telephone: 08621-58789797×1107; Fax: 08621-50541380.

(Chinese and foreign experts are participating a seminar at Shanghai’s WTO Reference Center)

Main Publications of the Center

1. Shanghai’s Social & Economic Development in Relation to China’s Accession to the WTO (2002 and 2003)

        Editor: Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center

2. Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center Series

(1) WTO and China’s Economic Security        

        Editor: Wang Xinkui

(2) WTO Cases (2001)                       

        Editor: Feng Jun

(3) WTO Cases (2002 and 2003)             

        Editor: Gong Baihua

(4) Agenda of Doha Development: Topic and Countermeasure

        Author: Zhang Youwen

(5) Courses of WTO                        

        Editor: Gao Yongfu

3. Classical WTO Cases of Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center

(1)  United States—Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimps and Shrimp Products                              

        Editor: Zhao Weitian

(2)  United States—Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline                             

        Editor: Zhang Naigen

4.  WTO Classics Translation Series of the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center

(1)  The World Trading System—The Uruguay Round and Beyond

        Translator: Ye Xingguo etc.

5. Series of WTO Cases

(1)  WTO and Agricultural Products Trade Disputes

        Authors: Zhang Hanlin etc.

(2)  WTO and Anti-dumping & Countervailing Disputes   

        Authors: Gao Yongfu etc.

(3)