China WTO Network

Enabling trade to promote development and justice, benefiting the interests of the poor.

Goals

To advocate for local NGOs to pay attention to trade's influence on the poor, and to promote changes in trade policy.

Major Projects

• December 2005, Organized a Chinese non-governmental group to travel to Hong Kong for the sixth WTO Ministerial Conference
• December 2007, Held a discussion forum on WTO/FTA development trends and the challenges faced by Chinese NGO
• 2008 – 2009, Initiated a grassland study tour concerning the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement's influence on the ecology and community livelihood of pastoral areas
• December 2008, Organized a China-Eurasia NGO exchange activity
• December 2009, “Cotton Report” Conference

Major Funders

ActionAid International China Office, Oxfam HK (香港乐施会), Oxfam Holland

Major Partners

Third World Network, China Access to Medicines Research Group (药物可及性中国研究小组), Brooks (天下溪), GAD, Friends of Nature (自然之友)

Distinctions

Linking with NGO partners to carry out information sharing and advocacy, through a strategy of cross-field collaboration.