Turpan City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has upgraded a well-known local night market to attract more tourists and boost its night-time economy.
The Grape Night Market, named after the city's most famous fruit, has been upgraded several times this year to provide visitors with more delicacy choices and a better market environment.
"The moment we set foot in the market, we realized that this is a huge night market. The food here is made with very fresh ingredients, and the flavors are great!" said Zhang Chengxue, a tourist from Shandong Province in east China.
"The massive customer traffic here has greatly boosted my business. It's almost midnight now, and many people are still placing orders; we are almost running out of food materials," said food vendor Ma Junbao.
City in Xinjiang boosts night-time economy with upgraded market
The United States' push to revoke China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status, or granting the Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment permanently, is a clear instance of unilateralism and trade protectionism, according to a white paper released by China's State Council Information Office on Wednesday.
The white paper, titled "China's Position on Some Issues Concerning China-US Economic and Trade Relations", aims to clarify the facts about the bilateral economic and trade relations between the two countries and lay out China's position on relevant issues.
The white paper said that the PNTR status is the ballast of China-U.S. economic and trade relations.
The U.S. push to revoke this status violates the rules of the World Trade Organization's (WTO), undermines China-U.S. relations, and disrupts the global economic order, the white paper noted.
According to the white paper, WTO rules require its members to unconditionally grant MFN treatment to all other members, a requirement that has binding legal force.
Over the past two decades, the PNTR has served to stabilize China-U.S. economic and trade relations. Revoking China's PNTR status will see China-U.S. economic and trade relations returning to the uncertainty and unpredictability that preceded China's accession to the WTO in 2001.
China opposes any unilateralist and protectionist acts that sabotage the multilateral trading system and hopes that the U.S. will be clearly aware of the possible harm caused by its attempt to revoke China's MFN status, the white paper said.
The white paper called on the U.S. to work constructively with the overwhelming majority of WTO members in safeguarding a fair and reasonable global economic and trade order and environment.
Rescinding China's most favored nation status undermines foundation of China-US trade relations: white paper
