What they say

Editor's note: The State Council Information Office invited five experts on intellectual property on Tuesday to meet journalists and answer questions on the issues of reform and opening-up and the development of intellectual property law in China. Here are some highlights:

We can say we now have a better legal system for safeguarding IP rights, thanks to great efforts in the industry's development of law over the past 30 years. Take the patent agent sector as an example. We've established a rule on agent training. Under it, all patent agents are ordered to receive training every year. The legal document also clarifies how to get further training. In addition, we designed online training and published some books for the convenience of agents in rural areas.

Yang Wu, head of All-China Patent Attorneys Association