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To: William Hunt who wrote (84653)	10/25/2000 12:12:19 AM
From: S100	Respond to of 152472

WTO telecom rules 'need time' Oct 25 2000 9:41AM --- This may just be a rehash of old news, I can not keep up with the China news. ---- Peter Lovelock & Ken Grant Ministry of Information Industry head Wu Jichuan promised recently that China would release the complete telecoms regulations before acceding to the World Trade Organization. "It will not include any rules that discriminate against foreign investments in the telecoms industry," Mr Wu said. He also explained it took time to co-ordinate the rules among several departments. "It is a process," he noted. "You need time even when you are preparing a meal." This could mean that foreign investors will need some Alka-Seltzer. Those waiting for WTO nirvana should not bother putting the champagne on ice just yet. Although top US trade negotiator Charlene Barshefsky put a positive spin on her meeting with Premier Zhu Rongji, undercurrents suggest that agreement on the terms of China's membership remains elusive. "Most significant was his emphatic declaration that China will not back away from its bilateral commitments," Ms Barshefsky said. "The premier was very animated, very emphatic about this point." But Beijing's understanding of those commitments may differ markedly from that of its key trading partners. Beijing's continued dithering may push WTO accession into next year and stretch the phase-in periods for foreign investment further into the future. Perhaps boosted by Mr Zhu's meeting with Qualcomm chief executive Irwin Jacobs, China's on-again, off-again affair with the US company's CDMA (code division multiple access) mobile-phone technology has caught fire of late. During a ceremony marking a research-and-development pact between Qualcomm and mainland mobile-phone maker ZTE Corp, China Unicom Mobile's general manager Zhang Fan said: "We are dedicated to offering our wireless subscribers the most advanced services available. Our decision to deploy CDMA technology enables us to provide mobility according to the true definition of the word -- ability to move freely without boundaries." Then again, ZTE's newly unveiled swappable CDMA-GSM (global system for mobile communications) mobile phone offers users the ability to freely switch back to GSM. snip chinaweb.com