are posted on a recently revised World Trade Organization (WTO) page, which also explains the format and content of goods schedules for the lay reader. The page offers downloadable files of goods schedules for all signatories of the Uruguay Round, completed in 1994. Visitors can also link to a page with schedules for new WTO members and a page with services schedules. The goods schedules are available only in their original languages.
www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/schedules_e/goods_schedules_e.htm

The US Trade Representative Office of China, Hong Kong, Mongolia,
and Taiwan

has posted an extensive executive summary of China's WTO commitments. The summary covers every aspect of China's Protocol of Accession, including rule of law, existing multilateral WTO agreements, trade liberalization, safeguard mechanisms, and US monitoring efforts. The site also posts a link to the Department of Commerce's China Gateway site (www.mac.doc.gov/china), which includes sector-specific fact sheets.
www.ustr.gov/regions/china-hk-mongolia-taiwan/accession.shtml

The Beijing Investment Platform

lists more than 70 infrastructure, real estate, and industrial projects in the Beijing area that are open to foreign investment. This free site also posts English translations of Beijing government regulations relating to foreign investment, information on taxation and the investment application process, and the text of a number of investment-related documents, including the Catalogue Guiding Industrial Development in Beijing and the Beijing General Development Plan. Visitors can also find contact information for foreign-investment authorities and links to the websites of each of Beijing's 18 districts.
www.bjinvestus.com

Chinainvest,

run by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC), has more than 1,400 investment projects listed in its free database. Visitors can browse the projects by sector, location, or keyword. The site also includes contact information and links to various development zones and regional governments, as well as information on commercial exhibitions and fairs.
www.chinainvest.com.cn

Lawinfo China

features translations of PRC regulations, case studies, law review articles, and other legal documents. The archive includes more than 2,000 translations of laws and regulations, including all National People's Congress and State Council laws since 1949 and most departmental or local laws related to foreign investment. The service, which is run by a joint venture between the Beijing University Law School and Orchid Inc., takes recommendations for priority translations and will respond to requests for specific translations of technical terminology. The cost is $10 per translated document or $500 for a year of unlimited downloads. The Chinese-language version of this site (www.chinalawinfo.com) includes free copies of recent laws and hosts online discussions of legal topics.
www.lawinfochina.com

China Internet Information Center: Western Provinces

offers a wealth of background information on China's 12 western provinces, which constitute 56 percent of the country's land area and 23 percent of its population. Visitors to the site can find information on each province's natural resources, population, economic growth and investment, and telecommunications and transportation infrastructure. The provincial profiles also outline preferential investment policies, including tax and land-use breaks, available in various industries.
www.china.org.cn/e-xibu/1aNew/indexban.html

Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages

is an expansive online collection of post-1949 Chinese propaganda art. The posters are catalogued by subject matter—everything from population policy to Communist Party leaders to song and dance—and are accompanied by informative historical analysis. The site also includes an index of artists and links related to Chinese cultural history.
www.iisg.nl/~landsberger/

Websites in Chinese

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation

recently revised its Chinese-language website. The new site is more informative and transparent than before and includes four major sections: Foreign Economic and Trade News, a publication that covers foreign trade and the economy; recently issued regulations, updated regularly; Research on Foreign Economics and Trade, a column that publishes research and analytical reports from other publications; and links to each MOFTEC department, including background information, news, regulations, and contact information. MOFTEC also recently introduced a website devoted entirely to WTO issues (www.chinawto.gov.cn).
http://www.moftec.gov.cn

The West Lake Online Legal Bookstore

is run by the Justice Bureau of Hangzhou's Xihu District, in Zhejiang. This site posts the latest PRC laws and regulations and has a search engine that covers thousands of post-1949 laws. China has numerous websites that post PRC regulations, but this site, particularly the law-reference page (www.law-lib.com/law), is more user-friendly than most.
www.law-lib.com

The Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center

is run by the Shanghai Municipal Government. This website features an abundance of WTO-related information, including news, legal documents, and dispute solution cases. Visitors can also take part in an online WTO forum and use the center's fee-based consulting services. The site offers links to key government departments and associations in Shanghai and to key PRC ministries and international organizations. Some parts of the site are still under construction.
www.sccwto.org

— Dennis Chen and Drake Weisert