On December 10th, Lu Pengqi, Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), attended the International Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of China’s Accession to WTO and the Construction of the Rule of Law, and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

Lu Pengqi noted that we should firmly uphold the multilateral trading  regime, advocate flexible and pragmatic negotiations in a plurilateral manner and play an advisory role, to transform ourselves from a rule-adaptor to a rule-maker; continue to open up at a higher level, strengthen communication and coordination with other countries and take a more active part in international rule-making; continue to promote reform through opening-up, deepen domestic reform of high-standard international economic and trade rules through the rule test of free trade zones/ports and free trade agreements, to lead and practice the innovation and improvement of international economic and trade rules with concrete actions and practices.

The Symposium was carried out in both online and offline ways. It is co-hosted by CCPIT Department of Legal Affairs, Secretariat of International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization (ICDPASO), WTO Law Research Committee of China Law Society, Institute of Intentional Law of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Shanghai University of International Business and Economics.