One consequence of China's accession to WTO has been a highlighting of the tensions between its domestic legislation and WTO obligations. With regard to GATS, there were six disputes involving China as the respondent. Apart from the previous GATS-inconsistencies, this paper tries to identify...

This article discusses China's FTAs in the light of the GATS rules, focusing on the consistency of China's FTAs in relation to its GATS requirements. The consistency test uses the requirements under Article V of the GATS as the benchmark and bases for the comparison of China's commitment to the...

This paper explains how China’s GATS obligations are implemented, illustrates the structure of relevant domestic legislation from the Constitution to departmental rules, and summarizes the characteristics of domestic legislation. Based on the analysis of the structure and characteristics, this...