BEIJING, July 17 -- China on Tuesday refuted U.S. accusations that it has violated WTO rules, saying it would continue to abide by them, and calling on the United States to respect and obey WTO rules.
"China has always fulfilled its obligations, kept its promises and made significant contributions to the world economy by paying great efforts and costs since it joined the WTO 17 years ago," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a routine press briefing.
Recently, the United States has issued multiple reports accusing China of violating WTO rules, and used these to justify implementing unilateral trade measures against China.
Hua said that since 2002, China's annual average contribution to world economic growth had been close to 30 percent.
"If China hadn't abided by WTO rules, why would it have chosen to join the WTO?" she said.
The Chinese government decided to join the organization because it firmly believes integration into economic globalization is in line with the historical trend and that promoting free, open trade leads to mutually beneficial and win-win results, according to the spokesperson.
"If China hadn't abided by WTO rules, why would it have fulfilled the obligations of joining the organization?" she asked.
Hua pointed out that China had recently released a white paper, "China and the World Trade Organization."
"Speaking with facts and figures, the paper clearly shows that China has fully fulfilled its commitments in terms of tax reductions on goods, opening of trade in services, and non-tariff measures including import quotas," she said.
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