BEIJING: Zhang Xiangchen, vice-minister of commerce, has been appointed as a deputy director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a move that government officials and experts believe is a recognition of China’s role in the WTO and its contribution to the multilateral trading system.
They also said members of the WTO, in the face of rising unilateralism and protectionism, should strengthen communication to achieve consensus step by step to advance necessary reform of the WTO, in order to safeguard the multilateral trading system and promote the building of an open world economy.