Changes in China’s Trade Policy?

International trade， as one of thetroika which drives Chinese growth，has played an important role in Chi-nese economic growth and overalldevelopment since the reform andopening up. The total trade volumealso experienced a substantial growthduring these years. In 2008， the con-tribution of trade to Chinese GDPsurpassed 60%. As a result， Chinesedevelopment relies heavily on theforeign trade. In fact， export-orienteddevelopment model is also the maingrowth pattern for other East Asiancountries. However， trade contributionaccounts for a much higher proportionof the in the development of China，especially when compared with manydeveloped countries. (See Figure 1)