Great leap in IPR protection

China has encouraged the whole world by making remarkable progress in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in a short time, a world IPR body official said yesterday.

Francis Gurry, director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), made the remarks in a video greeting to the China Intellectual Property Protection Week, launched in Beijing.

Gurry said China's development in the intellectual property sector was faster than that of many other countries contributing to the world's innovation cause.