The one-China principle is the political basis for the participation of China's Taiwan region in the World Trade Organization (WTO), Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said Tuesday in Beijing.
Lin was speaking at a regular news briefing when asked to comment on the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' decision to skip a high-level WTO meeting in Cameroon after Taiwan was listed as a province of China in visa documents.
"There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. On the issue of China's Taiwan region's participation in international organizations, China's position is consistent and clear. It must be handled in accordance with the one-China principle. The one-China principle is the political premise for China's Taiwan region's participation in the WTO. The DPP authorities' political manipulation of the participation issue is utterly despicable, and their scheme of provocations is doomed to fail and will only bring disgrace upon themselves," he said.
"Currently, the international economic and trade order faces severe challenges, with rising unilateralism and protectionism seriously impacting the multilateral trading system. The WTO Ministerial Conference being held in Africa again after a decade is of special significance. China firmly supports Cameroon in successfully hosting this WTO Ministerial Conference," said Lin.
One-China principle is political basis for Taiwan's WTO participation: spokesman
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday presided over a State Council executive meeting that studied work on building a unified national market and reviewed and approved a plan for the development of a modern emergency response system during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).
Noting that building a unified national market is essential to advancing high-quality development, the meeting called for deepening institutional frameworks in areas such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, social credit and market exit mechanisms.
The meeting also urged efforts to advance high-standard connectivity of market infrastructure to facilitate smooth economic circulation and effectively reduce logistics costs across society.
Emergency management is critical to protecting people's lives and property, the meeting said. It called for accelerating the development of a modern emergency response system, deepening reform and innovation in emergency management, and improving coordinated response mechanisms.
Efforts should be made to strengthen risk prevention at the source, enhance monitoring, forecasting and early warning, and accelerate a shift in governance toward proactive prevention, according to the meeting.
A draft revision of the Law on the People's Bank of China was also discussed and approved in principle at the meeting, which decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.
Chinese premier chairs State Council executive meeting
