PEOPLE’S DAILY, March 14, 2011: China will strengthen its protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs), in a bid to improve the nation’s capacity for innovation, said senior figures from six ministries and administrations.
Officials from the six bodies, which include the Ministry of Commerce, the State Intellectual Property Office and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, jointly pledged at a news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress on Sunday to strengthen efforts to combat IPR infringements and to make IPR protection a “long-term” national task.
In June 2008, the State Council launched the Outline of the National Intellectual Property Strategy, which aims to help the nation transform its economic development mode and improve its international competitiveness.
“We have achieved remarkable progress on the strategy during the past two years and more, but there is still much room for improvement,” said He Hua, vice-commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office.
