The topic of this graduate thesis is China's development from the postmaoist period until today. The most important milestone has happened in 2001, after 15 years of negotitations, when China entered World Trade Organization. Until then, China was progressing really fast thanks to the interest of Western countries which saw the potential in chinese market and then they startet to allocate their production in the for lower production costs. Great number of foreign direct investments and help from the state were the main impellers of chinese growth until the entry to WTO. My thesis in this paper is that China is not the defender of global trade order but a free rider using the perks it got by being a member of different international organizations. Protectionist measures continued, and every loophole in legislation was used to get profit. Hypotheses that China has been using the membership in the WTO for economic growth and her own interests and that is still using a great number of protectionist measures for its own protection, have been confirmed in this paper. USA and EU have a big problem with protection of intellectual property because China is using the advantage of domestic terrain and demands knowledge transfers, which is not a good option for those willing to invest there and start their bussines ventures. China has specific type of polity and the government is ready for direct intervention in economy any time necessary so that is still the backbone of chinese economy, and around the corner, there are some new strategies which are announcing ambicious interest of China in the near future.