韩国早在20世纪60年代中期就确立了“出口第一”和“贸易立国”的基本国策。这导致韩国的对外贸易依存度非常高，在2010年甚至达到87。9%。如今，韩国是中国第三大贸易伙伴国，中国则是韩国最大的贸易伙伴国。随着国际市场竞争日益激烈，中国越来越多地遭到韩国的反倾销调查。虽然韩国还没有对中国发起反补贴调查的实践，但在国际反补贴措施方兴未艾之际，对韩国的补贴与反补贴立法体系、机构、实体、程序制度进行研究，可为中国政府和企业应对韩国将来的反补贴调查提供参考和借鉴。
As early as the mid-1960s，South Korea established a basic national policy of “export is priority” and “trade is foundation”. That led to a high degree of dependence on foreign trade of South Korea，reaching a record high of 87.9% in 2010. At present，China is South Korea’s largest trading partner while South Korea is China’s third largest one. With intensified international competition，more and more anti-dumping investigations against China have been launched by south Korea. Although south Korea has not initiated countervailing investigations against China，as the international countervailing measures are in the ascendant，a research on Korea’s Subsidies and Countervailing legal system，institutions，substantive and procedure law may provide some reference for Chinese government and enterprises in their response to south Korea’s future countervailing investigations.
