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State TV offers live coverage of long-awaited moment

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China's state television will provide live coverage of today's meeting where ministers of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will approve the country's admission after 15 years of exhaustive negotiations.

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The admission of China and Taiwan is one of the main items of the WTO meeting that opened yesterday in the Gulf state of Qatar.

The meeting, attended by ministers from the more than 140 members of the WTO, is the body's highest authority.

According to the WTO schedule, tonight the ministers will approve by applause the admission of China, the details of which were worked out before the Doha meeting.

Ministers will then make speeches to welcome the admission of the world's most populous country.

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Tomorrow night China will sign the 900-page accession document, which will be followed by a news conference attended by Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation Shi Guangsheng, who is leading his country's delegation to the Doha meeting, and senior WTO officials who helped negotiate the accord.

China's state television will provide live coverage of both events, an indication of the importance the Government attaches to its WTO accession.

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