IPR given high priority at two sessions

Editor's Note: This is the seventh, and also the last, in a series of previews focusing on major issues expected to be discussed at the two sessions. The nation's top body of political advisers will convene on Sunday, while the session of the nation's top legislature, the National People's Congress, will begin on Tuesday.

China's intellectual property rights protection will be further intensified via legislation and law enforcement to maintain market order and improve economic and technological development.

As the country deepens domestic reforms and increases international cooperation with a more open attitude, IPR protection has been given higher priority by judicial authorities and governmental departments, according to Ma Yide, an IPR professor with Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Hubei province.