The newly passed 2008 markedthe 7th anniversary of China'sentry into the WTO.Embracingthe change we prenared and ma-tured 1o the challenge of becoming WTOmember,an act which opened numerousopportunities to our country.Lookingback on the past seven years,we realise thesignificant positive changes that had takenplace——China's values changed,our eco-nomic strengths increased,we adapted toand embraced WTO rules and economicmechanism,transformative steps whichfostercd our refbrm of“opening-up”policy.