China News Service, March 25. In response to the effective implementation of the RCEP "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement," Wang Shouwen, Deputy Minister of Commerce and Deputy International Trade Representative, said on the 25th that China is actively promoting technical preparations for the implementation of RCEP.
The State Council Information Office held a regular policy briefing by the State Council on the 25th to introduce the relevant domestic work related to the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, and answer questions from reporters.
Wang Shouwen stated that China has actively promoted the entry into force of RCEP and has completed the approval of the RCEP agreement.
After the signing of RCEP, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have attached great importance to the effective implementation of RCEP.
With the joint efforts of relevant departments, the approval of the RCEP agreement has been completed.
China took the lead in approving RCEP, which shows that the Chinese government attaches great importance to and fully supports the early entry into force of RCEP.
At the same time, RCEP members also decided to hold a RCEP interim joint committee meeting every two months or so to inform each other of the progress made by the members in the approval of the RCEP agreement.
Now everyone has made it clear that it is necessary to work hard to complete the approval of the RCEP agreement within this year, and the goal is that the RCEP can be officially implemented on January 1, 2022.
When Wang Shouwen introduced relevant technical preparations for the implementation of RCEP, he pointed out that China is actively advancing.
"It can be said that we are fully prepared. When the agreement comes into force, we will be able to fully fulfill the obligations stipulated in the RCEP agreement."
He pointed out that the Ministry of Commerce and relevant departments have sorted out the 701 binding obligations involved in the RCEP agreement, including tariff concessions, simplification of customs procedures, technical preparations for rules of origin, product standards, service trade opening measures, and investment negative lists. Commitments, commitments for comprehensive protection of intellectual property rights, and compliance with administrative measures and procedures in a series of fields.
"At present, 613 of the 701 obligations are ready and can be implemented now, accounting for 87% of all binding obligations that need to be fulfilled. There are 13% of the obligations that we can implement when the RCEP takes effect. ."
On March 10, the member states of RCEP held an interim joint committee meeting. The meeting discussed the promotion of the conversion of tariff commitment tables, the conversion of product-specific rules of origin, and the implementation of rules of origin. The timetable was clarified. This year Complete the consultation on the above implementation issues.
China also attaches great importance to the internal preparations for effective implementation. The Ministry of Finance, in conjunction with relevant departments, has completed the conversion of China’s internal tariff commitment table. The General Administration of Customs has also begun to draft RCEP origin implementation management measures, and the General Administration of Customs will also follow The 6-month requirement is to complete various technical preparations for domestic implementation, and coordinate with external consultations to be carried out simultaneously to ensure that the agreement can be implemented when it enters into force.
"We are also actively promoting domestic industries and enterprises to enhance their competitiveness and enhance their ability to seize RCEP opportunities." Wang Shouwen said that in order to adapt to the more open environment and the new situation of more competition after the implementation of the agreement, relevant departments are benchmarking international advanced industries. Level, improve the quality standards and rules of my country’s manufacturing industry, promote the manufacturing industry to move towards mid-to-high end, improve product quality and achieve upgrades, and increase market competitiveness.
At the same time, focusing on further expanding the opening up of the service industry, we will make relevant preparations for improving standards and improving rules.
Wang Shouwen pointed out that the majority of enterprises should adapt to the systemic opening based on rules, regulations, management and standards, strengthen the sense of urgency for transformation and upgrading, improve management level, and enhance their ability to participate in international cooperation and competition.
To this end, the Ministry of Commerce has organized two nationwide online training courses, focusing on companies and local government departments to help them seize the opportunities brought by RCEP.