China should work out a national Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) strategy backed up by a sound legal and policy system, Chinese President Hu Jintao said in a study meeting.

China should cultivate its own copyrighted and patented brands that are IPR protected, improve its IPR legal system to meet international IPR protection requirements and crack down on IPR infringements, said Hu at the meeting.

"Only by doing so can China improve its innovation capability, adapt to the socialist market economy and the international environment," Hu said.

He pointed out that through its IPR policies and laws, China must find a balance between protecting its own scientific innovation and legally borrowing science and technology from others.

Hu said IPR protection is in the public interests and will benefit China's long-term development.

The meeting, held here on Thursday by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), mainly discussed international IPR protection and construction of China's IPR legal and policy system.

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