| China to Further Cooperation with ASEAN Countries on IPR |
| Friday,June 01,2007 Posted: 06:36 BJT(2236 GMT) MOFCOM |
Tian Lipu, Director General of the State Intellectual Property Rights Office stated on May 28 that China would further deepen communication and cooperation on intellectual property right with Singapore and other ASEAN countries. The statement was made during the second China-Singapore Intellectual Property Rights Conference held in Beijing. Dozens of experts and scholars from Singapore participated at the conference. Tian Lipu said that the conference provided China with a precious opportunity to have a better understanding of the intellectual property rights system of Singapore and other ASEAN countries, and that it would surely further strengthen the cooperation between China and Singapore as well as other ASEAN countries in the field of intellectual property, and it would create favorable conditions for all countries to improve and develop their intellectual property systems in a harmonious way so as to construct a better environment for regional investment. Tian Lipu stated that China would continue to play an active role in boosting communication and cooperation with ASEAN countries on intellectual property rights and improving regional cooperation on intellectual property rights in Asia via seminars, personnel trainings, shares of information resources, etc. Singaporean Minister of Law and Home Affairs Ho Peng Kee stated at the conference that Chinese enterprises should strengthen their intellectual property rights protection in overseas markets and speed up their patent applications in major overseas markets to further enhance their international competitiveness. It is reported that in 2006, China has officially bring the China-Singapore cooperation on intellectual property rights into the framework of inter-governmental cooperation between the two countries. Meanwhile, China also signed bilateral cooperation agreements on intellectual property rights respectively with Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries, which indicated that China –ASEAN cooperation on intellectual property rights has entered a new era. (Source: Chinese Version of Xinhua) (Translated by Network Center of MOFCOM) |
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