Since the ROC officially joined the WTO on January 1, 2002 it has been able to trade on an equal footing with other countries in the globalized world economy. This will accelerate Taiwan's economic liberalization and industrial modernization.
而九十一年元旦起，中華民國正式成為 WTO 會員國，從此可在國際化的架構下與各國進行平等貿易，對加速台灣經濟自由化與產業升級是一項大利多。