export destination-出口目的地 SC(Statistics Canada) 加拿大统计局 accumulated investment-一累积投资 FD( foreign direct investment)—外商直接投资 Bilaterals-—名词,单独国家谈判,相当于 individual countries negotiations lock in—一专注于 IPR( intellectual property right)——知识产权 come out ahead for-一优先的 d. Interpreting practice 教师引导学生做英到汉交传练习 I apologize if there's any repetition or overlapping my presentation today. I havent been here fc all of the presentations this morning. I realize that you may be hearing some things for the second time. But I will do my best to give you the view from the Canadian embassy on the implications articularly the legal implications for Chinas entry into the WTO I think it might be best to start with a bit of background on the Canada China relationship. I think many of you know that certainly our trading relationship in the modern era began in the late fifties when Canada began to supply China with wheat shipments. This was in absence of diplomatic relations which was established in 1970 Since the Chinese government launched the program of economic reforms in 1978, trade between Canada and China has risen dramatically. And more than doubled in the 91-97 period China is Canadas fourth-largest trading partner, and export market. In 1999, bilateral trade was 11.5 million dollars. That was an increase of 13. 8% over 1998 In 97, excuse me, between the years 1997 and 1998, Canadian export to China increased by 3.7% and 5% between 98 and 99. Canadian imports from China increased 20.6% and 16.5% respectively over the same period. Canada ranked 17th among Chinas imports source countries and 13 th in terms of Chinas export destinations According to statistics Canada, our national statistical agency, Canadian accumulated investment in China amounted to 420 million dollars in 1999. That was a 63 percent increase between 1993 and 1998. Chinese investment in Canada reached 201 million dollars decreasing by 13 percent between 93 and 98. Chinese statistics are different from our own and indicated that Chinas direct investment in Canada is about to million dollars. All of this is to say that China is one of Canada's most important trading partners However, markets do not exist in a vacuum. And our current international training system isexport destination——出口目的地 SC（Statistics Canada）——加拿大统计局 accumulated investment——累积投资 FDI (foreign direct investment) ——外商直接投资 Bilaterals——名词，单独国家谈判，相当于 individual countries negotiations lock in——专注于 IPR (intellectual property right) ——知识产权 come out ahead for——优先的 d. Interpreting practice 教师引导学生做英到汉交传练习 I apologize if there’s any repetition or overlapping my presentation today. I haven’t been here for all of the presentations this morning. I realize that you may be hearing some things for the second time. But I will do my best to give you the view from the Canadian embassy on the implications particularly the legal implications for China’s entry into the WTO. I think it might be best to start with a bit of background on the Canada China relationship. I think many of you know that certainly our trading relationship in the modern era began in the late fifties when Canada began to supply China with wheat shipments. This was in absence of diplomatic relations which was established in 1970. Since the Chinese government launched the program of economic reforms in 1978, trade between Canada and China has risen dramatically. And more than doubled in the 91-97 period. China is Canada ‘s fourth-largest trading partner, and export market. In 1999, bilateral trade was 11.5 million dollars. That was an increase of 13.8% over 1998. In 97, excuse me, between the years 1997 and 1998, Canadian export to China increased by 3.7%., and 5% between 98 and 99. Canadian imports from China increased 20.6% and 16.5% respectively over the same period. Canada ranked 17th among China’s imports source countries and 13th in terms of China’s export destinations. According to statistics Canada, our national statistical agency, Canadian accumulated investment in China amounted to 420 million dollars in 1999. That was a 63 percent increase between 1993 and 1998. Chinese investment in Canada reached 201 million dollars decreasing by 13 percent between 93 and 98. Chinese statistics are different from our own and indicated that China’s direct investment in Canada is about to million dollars. All of this is to say that China is one of Canada’s most important trading partners. However, markets do not exist in a vacuum. And our current international training system is