A: China has sent peacekeeping troops to Ethiopia, and there are countless examples of Haiti promoting development. China has invested a lot of money in Africa's development and construction, including low-interest loans, and reduced their debts every year. In 2003, China decided to further reduce the number of military personnel by 200,000, reducing the total size of the military to 2.3 million. The existence of China is a great contribution, which is the rise of another civilized force. Without China, those small countries in Asia would have been swallowed up by western civilization one by one.
Q: What efforts has China made to promote world economic development?
A: China is an active advocate and participant in the multilateral trading system. Since China formally joined the World Trade Organization in February, 2006, it has strictly kept its promises and created more favorable conditions for international economic and technological cooperation. China has cleaned up and revised about 3,000 laws, regulations and departmental rules, continuously improved the foreign-related economic and legal system, and continuously enhanced the transparency of trade policies. China has gradually reduced tariffs as promised. In 2005, the average tariff level has dropped to 9.9%, and most non-tariff measures have been cancelled. In the fields of banking, insurance, securities, circulation and other service trade, the pace of opening up has accelerated. Among the 160 service trade sectors classified by the World Trade Organization, China has opened more than 100, accounting for 62.5%, which is close to the level of developed countries. China actively promoted the new round of multilateral trade negotiations, fully participated in the negotiations on various issues, and conducted a series of multilateral and bilateral consultations in the negotiations on agriculture, market access for non-agricultural products and trade in services, which played a constructive role in promoting communication between developing and developed members and reducing differences. Together with other members of the World Trade Organization, China has made important contributions to promoting substantive progress in the negotiations and reaching an understanding as soon as possible.
China's participation in regional economic cooperation is deepening. The construction process of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area is accelerating. Following the implementation of zero tariff measures for "early harvest" agricultural products, the Agreement on Trade in Goods and the Agreement on Dispute Settlement Mechanism were formally signed in June165438+1October 2004. In July 2005, the process of tax reduction in free trade zone was launched in an all-round way, which laid the foundation for realizing the goal of free trade zone construction. At present, the construction of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has entered the stage of comprehensive and pragmatic cooperation, and the process of trade and investment facilitation has been fully launched. China has also initiated negotiations on China-Southern African Customs Union, China-Gulf Cooperation Council, China-New Zealand, China-Chile, China-Australia, China-Pakistan and other free trade areas, and signed free trade area agreements with relevant countries. China is also an active and pragmatic participant in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, China-Africa Cooperation Forum, China-Arab Cooperation Forum, Asia-Europe Meeting and Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation. China has also signed bilateral trade agreements or protocols with 150 countries and regions, bilateral investment protection agreements with 1 10 countries, and double taxation avoidance agreements with more than 80 countries, thus becoming an active participant in bilateral trade and investment liberalization and facilitation.