11. 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 pursuant to the requirement, dated 24 October 2005, had been circulated as an advance copy of document IP/C/W/460. In addition, the Chinese delegation had made available as a room document a "White Paper" entitled "New Progress in China's Protection of Intellectual Property Rights". Questions and comments in connection with the transitional review had been submitted by the European Communities, Japan and the United States (documents IP/C/W/450, 451, 453 and 453/Add.1, respectively).
