ACFTU All China Federation of Trade Unions
ADB Asian Development Bank
AFTA Asian Free Trade Area
AMC Asset Management Corporation
AMCHAM American Chamber of Commerce
AMF Asian Monetary Fund
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
CCP Chinese Communist Party
CEIBS China European Business School
CITIC China International Trust and Investment
Corporation
CNPC China National Petroleum Corporation
CSRC China Securities and Regulatory Commission
DPP Democratic Progressive Party
EU European Union
EVSL Early Voluntary Sector Liberalisation
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FFE Foreign Funded Enterprises
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs + Trade
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GITIC Guandong International Trust + Investment
Corporation
GNP Gross National Product
HDI Human Development Index
IMF International Monetary Fund
INSEAD European Institute of Business Administration
MEI Ministry of Electronics + Informatics
MFN Most Favored Nation
MPT Ministry of Post + Telecommunications
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NMD National Missile Defence
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
NPC National People's Congress
PAP People's Action Party
PBoC People's Bank of China
PLA People's Liberation Army
PNTR Permanent Normal Trading Relations
PPP Purchasing Power Parity
PRC People's Republic of China
SEC Securities + Exchange Commission
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SME Socialist Market Economy
SOE State-owned Enterprise
SPC State Planning Commission
TMD Theater Missile Defence
TVE Town + Village Enterprise
UN United Nations
WTO World Trade Organisation