As an up –and-coming trading power, China has become a popular subject of study in the world economic research, its export development after becoming a WTO member has attracted special attention. Foreign media have produced frequent reports, predicting that China’s exports would expand rapidly. However, every thing has two aspects, it is the same with the impacts of China’s WTO entry on the export development. The following article tries to give a detailed analysis of the development of China’s foreign trade, including its performance, the impacts, and its future.

I.Performance of China’s Export Growth Over the Past 20 Years and the Driving Force behind It
II.The Impacts on Export Brought by WTO Accession
III. China’s Future Export Development

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