(20 Jul 2001)
1. Wide shot of building
2. Close up of sign
3. Pan of Chinese delegation inside room
4. Close up of China's chief negotiator Long Yongtu
5. Documents lying on Long's table
6. Chairman to the talks Swiss ambassador Paul Louis Girard
7. US chief negotiator Jeffery Bader with US delegation
8. Wide shot of meeting room
9. Mexico representative
10. EU envoy Karl Falkenberg
11. Wide shot of meeting room
12. Officials walk out of room
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) China's chief negotiator Long Yongtu: "Everybody said today that the WTO is ready to welcome China in Doha in November."
14. Cutaway of officials
15. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) China's chief negotiator Long Yongtu "Everybody said today that the WTO is ready to welcome China in Doha in November."
STORYLINE:
As nearly a month of negotiations aimed at clearing the way for Chinese admission to the World Trade Organisation came to an end in Geneva on Friday, the prospects for Chinese membership looked good.
China's top negotiator said all documents for the final approval had been concluded.
The final decision will be made at a WTO ministerial meeting in Doha, Qatar in November.
China has been pressing for membership of the WTO for 14 years
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