1. Question: What contributions has China made to maintaining world peace?
Answer: China has sent peacekeeping troops to Ethiopia, and there are countless examples of Haiti's promotion of development: China has invested a lot of money in the development and construction of Africa, including low-interest loans, and also forgives and forgives a large amount of their debt every year. In 2003, China decided to reduce its military personnel by another 200,000, bringing the total size of the military to 2.3 million. The existence of China is a huge contribution. It is the rise of another civilization. Without China, the small countries in Asia would have been annexed one by one by Western civilization.
2. Question: What efforts has China made to promote world economic development?
Answer: China is an active supporter and participant of the multilateral trading system. Since China officially joined the World Trade Organization in December 2001, it has strictly kept its commitments and created better conditions for international economic and technological cooperation. China has reviewed and revised approximately 3,000 laws, regulations and departmental rules, its foreign-related economic and legal system has been continuously improved, and the transparency of its trade policies has been continuously enhanced. China has gradually reduced tariffs in accordance with its commitments. The average tariff level in 2005 has been reduced to 9.9%, and most non-tariff measures have been eliminated. China has accelerated the pace of opening up in the fields of banking, insurance, securities, distribution and other service trade. Among the more than 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 promotes a new round of multilateral trade negotiations, fully participates in negotiations on various issues, and conducts a series of multilateral and bilateral consultations on agriculture, non-agricultural products market access, services trade, etc., to promote mutual understanding between developing members and developed members. Communicate and reduce differences and play a constructive role. China, together with other members of the World Trade Organization, has made important contributions to promoting substantive progress in negotiations and reaching consensus as early as possible.
China’s participation in regional economic cooperation continues to deepen. The construction process of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area is accelerating. Following the implementation of zero-tariff measures for "early harvest" agricultural products, the "Goods Trade Agreement" and the "Dispute Settlement Mechanism Agreement" were officially signed in November 2004, and in July 2005 , the free trade zone tax reduction process was fully launched, laying the foundation for achieving the goal of free trade zone construction. At present, the construction of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has entered a stage of comprehensive and pragmatic cooperation, and the process of trade and investment facilitation has been fully launched. China has also successively launched negotiations on free trade areas such as China-Southern Africa Customs Union, China-Gulf Cooperation Council, China-New Zealand, China-Chile, China-Australia, China-Pakistan, and signed free trade area agreements with relevant countries. China is also an active and pragmatic participant in activities such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization, the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, the Asia-Europe Meeting, and the Greater Mekong Sub-regional cooperation. China has also signed bilateral trade agreements or protocols with more than 150 countries and regions, bilateral investment protection agreements with more than 110 countries, and double taxation avoidance agreements with more than 80 countries, becoming a major player in the liberalization and facilitation of bilateral trade and investment. an active participant in