中国加入世贸组织已历时两年,学界出版了一批研究和介绍世界贸易组织的著作与教材,其中有不少颇具特色之作,近日研读的刘书瀚、白玲教授主编的《世界贸易组织概论》(南开大学出版社2003年12月出版)就是其中之一。该书的第一个特点体现在写作态度上。正如在书中前言所提到的,在中国人世所激发的对世贸组织的研究和介绍的热潮中,也显示出某种对 WTO 过分神化的态度,一些不切实际的期望在一定程度上掩盖了世贸组织的本质和 Two years after China’s accession to the WTO, the academic world has published a series of books and textbooks for the study and introduction of the World Trade Organization. Many of them have unique features. The “Overview of the World Trade Organization” edited by Prof. Shusheng Liu and Prof. Bai Ling has recently been read. (Nankai University Press, published in December 2003) is one of them. The first characteristic of the book is reflected in the writing attitude. As mentioned in the foreword of the book, in the upsurge of research and introduction to the WTO stimulated by the Chinese people, it also shows some kind of over-ideological attitude towards the WTO, and some unrealistic expectations have covered up to some extent. The essence of the WTO and