世贸组织第四届部长级会议于2001年11月在卡塔尔首都多哈召开。这次会议是多边贸易体制历史上的一次重要会议,完成了两件具有历史意义的事情:一是通过了中国加入世贸组织的法律程序,二是启动了新一轮的多边贸易谈判,即多哈发展议程。WTO 的一个基本职能就是组织一轮又一轮的多边贸易谈判,不断制定新的国际贸易规则,以促进贸 The Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Doha, Qatar in November 2001. This meeting is an important conference in the history of the multilateral trade system and has accomplished two historic issues: First, it passed the legal procedures for China’s accession to the WTO; second, it started a new round of multilateral trade negotiations, namely Doha Development Agenda. One of the basic functions of the WTO is to organize rounds of rounds of multilateral trade negotiations and constantly formulate new rules on international trade so as to promote trade