Research Institute of International Economic Relations & Trade

Approved by the former Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, and known as the SIFT Research Institute of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade until December 31, 1996, the SIFT Research Institute of International Economic Relations and Trade (hereafter referred to as the Research Institute) was set up on October 24, 1984. Over the past two decades, the interest of the Research Institute is on the integrative study of world economy, international trade, and particularly, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and some important research achievements have been made in those areas. The major papers and books published in more recent years include:

•  Wang Xinkui, etc., The Integration of Shanghai with the International Market ¡§C Issues and Countermeasures , a key research project commissioned by the Shanghai Municipal Government, 1995

•  Wang Xinkui, Sheng Dayong, and Wang Huochan, ?¡ãWorld Trade Organization and the Development of World Trade,?¡Àa research project sponsored by the National Fund for Social Sciences, 1997

•  Wang Xinkui and Sheng Dayong, ?¡ãA Research Report on Selecting Outer Gaoqing Bonded Zone as a Pilot Area for Expanding the Opening up of Shanghai's Service Trade,?¡Àa research project sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Government, 1998

•  Wang Huocan and Sheng Dayong, ?¡ãEnvironment and Trade ¡§C Inquiry into WTO-Related Rules,?¡Àa research project funded by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education

•  Wang Xinkui, Sheng Dayong, and Wang Huochan, ?¡ãWorld Trade Organization and Strategies for China's Foreign Trade Development,?¡Àa key research project sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Fund for Social Sciences, 1997-1999

•  Zhou Hanmin and Wan Huochan, ?¡ãAPEC and the Opening of Trade in Nine Industries,?¡Àa key research project commissioned by the Shanghai Municipal Government, 1997

•  Wang Huocan and Sheng Dayong, ?¡ãEnvironment and Trade ¡§C Research on Sustainable Development,?¡Àa research project funded by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education, 1999

•  Shen Dayong and Wang Huochan, ?¡ãKnowledge Economy ¡§C A Integrative Study of the U.S. New Economy,?¡Àa key research project sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education, 1999-2000

•  Dai Zhihua, Wang Huochan, and Wang Weiming, ?¡ãRegulations of WTO and Its Leading Members on Government Purchases and Suggestions for Perfecting China's Government Purchase Mechanism,?¡Àa research project funded by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education, 1999

•  Qiu Songnian, ?¡ãResearch on Marketing Strategies for Expanding Exports to Japan,?¡Àa research project sponsored by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education, 1999

•  Sheng Dayong and Wang Huochan, ?¡ãResearch on Safeguarding Economic Security After China's Accession to WTO,?¡Àa research project funded by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education, 1999

•  Wang Xinkui, Sheng Dayong, Wang Huochan, etc., ?¡ãA Follow-up Study of the Influences of China's Entry into WTO and Countermeasures,?¡Àa major strategic advice research project funded by the Shanghai Municipality, 2000

•  Wang Xinkui, Sheng Dayong, and Wang Huochan, etc.,?¡ãChina's Accession to WTO and China's National Economic Security,?¡Àa research project sponsored by the National Fund for Social Sciences, 2000-2002

•  Wang Xinkui, etc., World Trade Organization and Developing Countries , Shanghai Far East Publishing House, January, 1998

•  Sheng Dayong and Wang Huochan, WTO Basic Telecommunications Protocol ¡§C Norms and Commitments , Mount Huangshan Press, May, 2000

•  Wang Huocan, World Trade Organization and Disputes in Intellectual Property Rights , Shanghai People's Publishing House, July, 2001

The Research Institute is currently composed of International Trade Research Section, the Editorial Department of Journal of International Business Studies , the Editorial Department of Journal of WTO Affairs and Research , and the Reference Room of WTO Research and Education. In addition, the Secretariat of the WTO Shanghai Research Center and the Shanghai Society of International Trade is also located in the Research Institute.