江泽民主席在日本大阪举行的亚太经济合作组织首脑会议宣布中国从1996年起削减进口关税30％的决定以后,国际经贸界反响强烈,均认为是一个“重大的、很大的步骤。”中国有关方面透露,这次削减关税涉及4000多种商品,并将使平均关税从目前的35％减少到大约24％—25％,即总体水平降低近三分之一。 After President Jiang Zemin’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held in Osaka, Japan, announced that China’s decision to reduce import tariffs by 30% since 1996, the international economic and trade community has responded strongly and both have considered it to be a “major, big step.” Related to China According to the sources, the reduction of tariffs involves more than 4,000 items of merchandise, and will reduce the average tariff from the current 35% to approximately 24%-25%, that is, the overall level will be reduced by nearly one-third.