1.

Notifying Member: China

2.

Date of notification: 11 November 2016

3.

Notification provision in the Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade Arrangements (WT/L/806):

[  ]   Paragraph 1(a)

(PTAs falling under paragraph 2 of the Enabling Clause, with the exception of paragraph 2(c))

[X]    Paragraph 1(b)

(PTAs taking the form of preferential treatment accorded by any Member to products of least developed countries)

[  ]   Paragraph 1(c)

(Any other non-reciprocal preferential treatment to products authorised under the WTO Agreement)

4.

Number of beneficiaries (including of any sub-schemes): 41 countries, including Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea‑Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh², Lao People's Democratic Republic^[2] [3], Myanmar³, Nepal, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, Yemen, Republic of South Sudan.

5.

Date of entry into force: 1 July 2010

6.

Date of last renewal (if applicable): 1 January 2015

7.

Brief description of the Preferential Trade Agreement: Duty-free treatment for LDCs.

8.

Text and any related instruments (e.g. regulations, annexes, schedules, protocols) are:

[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)

[x] available from the following official Internet link(s):

http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab49661/info782948.htm

http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab49659/info781226.htm

http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab49661/info729040.htm

Rules of origin and Related Procedures on Goods Eligible for Duty-free Treatment

http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab49660/info623255.htm

http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab49660/info551080.htm