23. The Chairman recalled that section 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 section 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 pursuant to the requirement, dated 21 October 2008, had been circulated as document IP/C/W/525. Questions and comments in connection with the transitional review had been submitted by Japan, the United States, the European Communities and Canada (documents IP/C/W/518, 520, 521 and 524, respectively).
