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把握中澳自贸协定历史机遇

China-Australia FTA has made pragmatic explorations in many areas of opening-up. Take trade in services for example, which is a stumbling block in international trade negotiations. The two countries have vastly different administrative regimes and core concerns. But through candid and practical consultations, Australia finally agreed to open its services sector in a negative-list approach, while China, based on its WTO accession commitments, will open part of its services sector in a positive-list approach and commit to adopting a negative-list approach in future negotiations with Australia in this area.

中澳自贸协定在诸多开放领域进行了务实探索。以服务贸易这一国际经贸谈判难点为例，两国管理体制大相径庭，彼此各有核心关切。但中澳经过坦诚、务实的交流，澳方最终同意对中方以负面清单方式开放服务部门，中方则在入世承诺基础上，以正面清单方式向澳方开放部分服务部门，并承诺在未来通过负面清单模式与澳方开展服务贸易谈判。

China-Australia FTA is a major step towards Asia-Pacific economic integration. The 22nd APEC Economic Leaders Meeting in 2014 decided to launch the process of building the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area (APFTA). It requires the concerted efforts of all parties to fulfill this vision. Now a free trade agreement has been signed between two major economies - China and Australia, and the two sides have agreed to jointly explore the further opening of the services sector by adopting a negative-list approach. It is the shared belief of the two countries that China-Australia FTA, once upgraded, will be a strong boost to the development of high-level economic and trade arrangement in the Asia-Pacific region, and play a leading and demonstration role in the further opening up of the region.