The World Trade Organization's All-member Ministerial Conference meeting in Doha, Qatar, has approved China's membership into the organization.

The approval was expected; however, many members have been publicly questioning if China's shaky and provincial legal and business infrastructure is truly up to the task. Supporting fair and equitable trade as a WTO member is seen as near-impossible in the country of 1.3 billion people accustomed to provincial protectiveness.

Long Yongtu, China's chief trade negotiator, said, "China's market is open to the outside. As long as the market is open to the outside, the more economic growth we have and the better for the world."

The U.S. has been a strong supporter of China's WTO membership, going so far as to agree to help oversee trade disputes and help Chinese authorities police their internal markets for openness and stopping widespread local protectionism.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said, "I believe that as the century unfolds and people look back on this day, they will conclude that in admitting China to the WTO we took a decisive step in shaping a global economic and commercial system."