economy - Local protectionism hurts WTO-conditions

Amy Gu points rightfully at an article in the (unlinkable) South China Morning Post where the first Chinese ambassador at the World Trade Organization (WTO) points at the obstacles for China's accession into the organization. Sun Zhenyu points at the lack or understanding about what the WTO is about at a local level in the Chinese administration.
My viewpoint is even stronger than that of ambassador Sun and Amy Gu: From the beginning the WTO-accession was part of an effort by the central government to get more influence on the traditionally rather autonomous regional government organizations. You can download here the pdf-file with my article on 'Beijing's secret WTO-agenda'