This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2019-04-01 08:00
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
As its doors open to increased international trade, China has been placing more importance on intellectual property rights. The country joined the World Intellectual Property Organization, or Madrid system, in 1980. In 1994, it joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
On April 1, 1985, the country's Patent Law took effect, and people in Beijing lined up in the capital's patent office to apply, as seen in an item in China Daily on April 2, 1985.
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