The government of China has pledged USD 600,000 (close to CHF 500,000) for 2025 to support the WTO's Least-Developed Countries (LDCs) and Accessions Programme (also known as the China Program), the WTO reported.
The contribution was confirmed at a signing ceremony on June 3 in Paris attended by WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao.
The China Program — launched in July 2011 under the WTO-led Aid for Trade initiative — aims to enable LDCs to better integrate into the global economy by strengthening their participation in WTO activities and helping those not yet members join the Organization.
The signing ceremony was held on the side of a meeting of trade ministers hosted by Australia on the sidelines of the annual Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), according to WTO.
