WTO Director-General Okonjo-Iweala and Mr Wang Shouwen, China International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce, signed the renewal of the Programme's Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the DG's visit to China in December 2022. The government of China and the WTO review the contents and consider the extension of the MoU on an annual basis. 

The China Programme provides financing to support:

• WTO accessions internships
• WTO accessions round table meetings
• LDCs’ participation in WTO meetings
• South-South Dialogue on LDCs and Development
• LDCs Trade Policy Review Follow-up Workshops

More information can be found here.

“The decision to renew the contribution to this programme is testimony to China's commitment to facilitate LDCs' integration into the global economy,” said WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. “This includes their accession to the WTO, which will allow them, as part of the multilateral trading system, to better meet the increasing economic and trade challenges the world is facing. I warmly welcome this new contribution.”

Since 2011, China has contributed CHF 4.4 million to this programme.