“按照加入WTO的承诺,从2004年12月11日起,中国政府取消了对外商投资商业领域在股权、地域、店铺数量等方面的限制。这标志着中国零售业在经过3年过渡期后,正式对外资全面开放。事实上,早在2004年4月,商务部就出台了《外商投资商业领域管理办法》,为全面开放作出政策性安排,明确规定对商业利用外资工作由试点转为正常开 ”In accordance with the WTO commitments, from December 11, 2004, the Chinese government has lifted restrictions on the ownership of foreign-invested commercial areas in terms of equity, geographical area and number of stores, etc. This indicates that after three years of transition in China’s retail industry In fact, as early as April 2004, the Ministry of Commerce promulgated the Measures for the Administration of Foreign Investment in Commercial Fields to make policy arrangements for the full liberalization and clearly stipulated that the work on commercial utilization of foreign investment should be conducted in a pilot way Open for normal