在人文关怀思潮有增无减的现代国际贸易中,WTO规则中的“公共道德例外”条款具有其特殊的道德价值,无疑也引起了各方的关注和重视。加强对该条款的理论与实证研究,对推动国际贸易更加趋于“公平合理”和彰显“人文关怀”的目标,有着极为重要的意义。而且,面对针对中国的投诉,积极运用“公共道德例外”条款以摆脱当前的被动局面,更是中国政府时下重要的选择。 In the modern international trade with an ever-increasing trend of humane care, the “public moral exception” clause in the WTO rules has its own special moral value and has undoubtedly drawn the attention of all parties. To strengthen theoretical and empirical research on this article is of great significance to the promotion of international trade towards the goal of “fairness and reasonableness” and “humanistic concern.” Moreover, in the face of complaints against China, actively using the “public moral exception” clause to get rid of the current passive situation is even more an important choice nowadays for the Chinese government.