A massive cut in the import tariffs of more than 4,000 tariff lines was introduced in April 1996,bringing average tariff from 35.3% down to 23%. It has also pledged to further lower overall tariff rate to 15% by the year 2000.

• 从1996年4月起，大幅度降低关税，涉及4000多个税号，平均关税水平从35.；3%25降低至23%25，并宣布在2000年使总体关税水平降至15%25。