加入 WTO,无疑是中国在对外开放上走出的最有意义和最大的一步。这建立在中国政府在WTO 框架下、在权利义务对等原则下作出的庄严承诺。在降低关税方面,我国承诺,到2005年,把15%的平均关税水平降到10%;在减少和消除 Joining the WTO is undoubtedly the most meaningful and the biggest step China has stepped out of opening up to the outside world. This is based on the solemn promise made by the Chinese government under the WTO framework on the principle of equal rights and obligations. In reducing tariffs, my country promises to reduce its average tariff rate of 15% to 10% by 2005, while reducing and eliminating