GATT/AIR/2572 25 MARCH 1988

SUBJECT: WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE ON 26 AND 27 APRIL 1988 AND WILL CONTINUE IF NECESSARY ON 28 APRIL 1988. THE MEETING WILL START AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154, RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON THE SUBJECT MATTERS FALLING UNDER SECTIONS 1-4 OF THE DOCUMENT CONTAINING THE QUESTIONS AND REPLIES CONCERNING THE MEMORANDUM ON CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE REGIME (L/6270) AND TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT MATTERS FALLING UNDER SECTIONS 5-10 OF THAT DOCUMENT.

3. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY WISHING TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA ARE INVITED TO DO SO IN WRITING THROUGH THE SECRETARIAT IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, PREFERABLY BEFORE 20 APRIL 1988.

4. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AS OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL

88-0454