国务院总理朱镕基和美国总统克林顿4月10日在美国华盛顿就中国加入世界贸易组织问题发表了联合声明。在声明中,美国表示坚定地支持我国于1999年加入世界贸易组织。为了帮助读者全面了解世界贸易组织以及我国加入世贸组织后的机遇和挑战,本刊将陆续组织和发表有关人士就上述有关问题撰写的专文以此来回答近来广大读者来信来电的提问。 Premier Zhu Rongji and U.S. President Bill Clinton issued a joint statement on Washington’s accession to the World Trade Organization in Washington on April 10. In the statement, the United States expressed its firm support for China’s accession to the World Trade Organization in 1999. In order to help readers fully understand the opportunities and challenges of the World Trade Organization and China’s accession to the WTO, the journal will continue to organize and publish special articles written by relevant persons on the above-mentioned issues in order to answer the questions raised by readers who have recently sent letters.