Long description
A colour photograph showing Shi Guangsheng, then Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, signing the protocol on China’s accession to the World Trade organization (WTO). Shi Guangsheng is seated and is assisted by two other men while other delegates look on in the background. A blue banner above them reads ‘signing ceremony on China’s accession to the WTO, 11 November 2001, Doha’. This is also shown in Chinese characters.