At the turn of China's sixth year anniversary of its WTO membership, the objectives of the meeting are :
- to review the evolution of the global trade landscape, current trends in organization of production and south-south trade in the past two decades and examine China's growth and trade performance, and challenges and opportunities posed by sustainable development.
- to better informed strategic thinking and policymaking in both China and its trade partners.
- to help think of China's supportive role in crafting global trading governance for a common sustainable development future.

This high level dialogue on the Role of China in global trade governance is organized by International Centre for Trade And Sustainable Development (ICTSD).