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China kicks off nationwide IP promotion week
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-04-19 15:29
China launched in Beijing Monday a week-long nationwide promotion for
boosting intellectual property awareness among people.
The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), together with another eight
governmental departments, organized an opening ceremony of the intellectual
property promotion week on Wangfujing, one of the busiest streets in Beijing.
Zhang Qin, SIPO vice commissioner, said that intellectual property has become
the common concern of the international community in modern times.
The intellectual property system helps stimulate scientific and technological
advancement, cultural prosperity and economic development, Zhang said.
Protecting intellectual property was not only a commitment of China to the
World Trade Organization, but also necessary for the country's social and
economic progress.
Beijing Vice Mayor Fan Boyuan said that his municipal government would help
cultivate a good environment for protecting intellectual property in the Chinese
capital.
The promotion week includes activities such as a high-level symposium on
intellectual property and economic development and a dialogue between university
students on intellectual property.
After the opening ceremony, some government offices and intellectual property
agents held on-the-spot consultations with passers-by.
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