The Reacher On Chinese Cultural Regulation Under The WTO Rules

China has become WTO members for more than ten years, during this period, China’s economic developed rapidly, and achieved remarkable success, the industry has made rapid progress. Especially the cultural industry of the tertiary industry has not be overlooked role in promoting economic development and protecting cultural diversity, and therefore China pay more attention to our policies and regulations in the field of construction. Especially in the field of radio and television, the nature of the mass media lead to either income or cultural influence are an important part of cultural industries, EU, US and other trading nations are also very concerned about this area, the international trade disputes occurs frequently in the field, The US and China had disputes about the measures affecting trading rights and distribution services and property rights for certain publications and audiovisual entertainment products was taken to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism.The influence of the two cases to our regulation on cultural field of television broadcasting are considerably deep, after the case settled, according to the requirements of the Appellate Body of the Panel, the relevant provisions of the cultural regulations were adjusted, and then the further popularization of the Internet, more cultural products and services affected, China also introduced policies and regulations to manage the situation. So, now our culture regulation can meet the requirements of WTO rules, or not; how well our culture regulation in international disputes, and what are those defects; what adjustments can our culture do to be capable of binding WTO rules, those are what to be discussed herein.This paper is divided into three parts:The first chapter introduces the basic situation of China’s culture regulation and its applicability of WTO rules. First is the definition the scope of cultural industries covered under the regulation of culture, second is the systematic introduction of legislative and regulatory culture management, and then reviews the specific measures involved in the regulation of culture under the WTO rules.The second chapter introduces the he applicability of the WTO rules on Chinese cultural regulations, it were analyzed the rules of GATT, GATS and TRIPS Agreement relates to the provisions of the regulation and the applicable culture, combined with Chinese cultural regulation discusses the applicable rules of principle and exceptions the provisions in the various agreements.Based on the previous two chapters, the third chapter analyzes the current problems and possible solutions in regulation of cultural, respectively, from the perspectives of the market development, as well as our commitment, the unity rules and the good practices of other countries, and put forward my own proposals.