192. The Chairman recalled that paragraph 18 of China's Protocol on Accession required the TRIPS Council to review the implementation by China of the TRIPS Agreement each year for eight years and report the results of such review promptly to the General Council. He further recalled that paragraph 18 required China to provide relevant information, including information specified in Annex 1A, to the TRIPS Council in advance of the review. He informed the Council that the information submitted by China to it as required under Annex 1A of the Protocol of Accession, dated 26 November 2004, had been circulated in document IP/C/W/436. In addition, the Chinese Delegation had made available two room documents entitled "White Paper on Intellectual Property Rights Protection in China in 2003" and "Status of China's Intellectual Property Rights Protection". Questions and comments in connection with the transitional review had been submitted by Japan, the United States and the European Communities, which had been circulated in documents IP/C/W/430, 432 and 435, respectively.
