和平、发展、合作是当今世界潮流。改革开放以来，中国顺应经济全球化趋势，不断扩大对外开放，在平等互利的基础上积极同世界各国开展经贸合作。经过多年发展，对外贸易成为中国经济最为活跃、增长最快的部分之一，中国也成为跻身世界前列的贸易大国。中国对外贸易的发展，将中国与世界更加紧密地联系起来，有力推动了中国的现代化建设，也促进了世界的繁荣与进步。
2001年中国加入世界贸易组织。10年来，中国经济融入全球经济的进程加快，中国对外贸易的活力进一步增强。在中国加入世界贸易组织10周年之际，中国政府发表白皮书，对中国的对外贸易情况作一系统介绍。
一、中国对外贸易的历史性进步
Peace, development and cooperation are the trends in today's world. Since the adoption of the reform and opening up policy more than 30 years ago, China has conformed to the trend of economic globalization by opening wider to the outside world and promoting economic and trade cooperation with other countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit. Through years of development, foreign trade has become one of China's most dynamic and fastest-growing sectors, placing China among the world's largest trade countries. China's foreign trade development has strengthened the nation's ties with the rest of the world, effectively pushed forward the country's modernization, and promoted world prosperity and progress.
China entered the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. During the past decade, China has quickened its integration into the global economy while its foreign trade has been further invigorated. On the 10th anniversary of China's accession to the WTO, the Chinese government issues this White Paper to give a comprehensive introduction to China's foreign trade development. (More)
I. Historic Progress in China's Foreign Trade
1949年中华人民共和国成立以后，坚持独立自主、自力更生，逐步开展对外经济贸易交流，但受到当时国际政治环境和国内计划经济体制等因素制约，对外贸易发展相对缓慢。
1978年，中国进入改革开放的新时期。大力发展对外贸易，成为中国加快现代化建设、改变落后面貌、促进经济发展和提高综合国力的重要途径。30多年来，中国利用世界经济较长时期繁荣、经济全球化深入发展的机遇，扩大对外开放，吸引利用外商投资，引进先进技术，改造提升国内产业，在全面参与国际分工和竞争中，实现了对外贸易的跨越式发展。
After the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, China adhered to the principle of independence and self-reliance, and gradually carried out economic and trade exchanges with foreign countries. However, hindered by the international political environment at that time and the country's planned economic system, China's foreign trade development was relatively slow.
In 1978 China entered the new period of reform and opening up. Devoting major efforts to the development of foreign trade became an important approach to accelerate modernization, shake off backwardness, promote the growth of economy, and improve comprehensive national strength. Over the past 30 years or so, seizing the opportunity of the world economy's long-term prosperity and the deepening economic globalization, China has opened wider to the outside world, attracted and utilized foreign investment, introduced advanced technology, transformed and upgraded domestic industries, and achieved rapid development in foreign trade through all-round participation in the international division of labor and competition.
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