GATT/AIR/2551 3 FEBRUARY 1988

SUBJECT: WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A

CONTRACTING PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE ON 23 AND 24 FEBRUARY 1988 AND WILL CONTINUE IF NECESSARY ON 25 FEBRUARY 1988. THE MEETING WILL START AT

10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154, RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT MATTERS FALLING UNDER PART ONE AND UNDER SECTIONS I AND II OF PART TWO OF THE MEMORANDUM ON CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE REGIME (L/6125). THESE SUBJECT MATTERS ARE DEALT WITH IN SECTIONS 1-6 (PAGES 1-86) OF THE DOCUMENT CONTAINING THE QUESTIONS AND REPLIES CONCERNING THE MEMORANDUM ON CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE REGIME (L/6270).

3. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AS OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL

88-0188