China makes strides towards joining Digital Economy Partnership Agreement: commerce ministry

BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China and members of the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) have held multiple rounds of consultations and achieved "positive progress," the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday.

China filed a formal application to join the DEPA in November 2021 and a working group was set up in August 2022 for negotiations on China's accession to the pact.