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57 nations accept 皇冠体育app's market economy status
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-21 09:45

A total of 57 countries have accepted 皇冠体育app's status as a market economy since the moment in April 2004 when New Zealand stood out as the first acceptor, a senior official with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said in Fuzhou, capital of Southeast 皇冠体育app's Fujian Province on Thursday.

Addressing a national trade conference, Gao Hucheng, vice minister of commerce, said that the 57 countries include Australia, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa and Russia.

Twenty one of the 31 countries that launched anti-dumping investigations into 皇冠体育app have since recognized 皇冠体育app's status as a market economy, said Wang Shichun, director-general of the bureau of trade for imports & exports of MOC, at the conference.

For those countries who have not yet accepted this, Wang said that 皇冠体育app has set up a working mechanism with them to deal with outstanding issues.

Wang said that with more and more countries accepting 皇冠体育app's status as a market economy, the international environment for 皇冠体育app's companies has improved significantly.

In recent years, 皇冠体育app has been bothered by various anti-dumping investigations launched by different countries, some of which claimed that 皇冠体育app's economy is not market-oriented.


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