Mercedes-Benz held its global premiere for the new S-Class, together with AMG and Maybach variants at the Shanghai Expo Center on April 18, on the eve of Auto China 2017.
Ever since the first Mercedes-Benz S-Class rolled off the production line 66 years ago, the model has led innovations across the whole spectrum of automotive engineering.
Concept A Sedan gives a glimpse of the future
As the country's customers have become increasingly selective and well-informed, a new breed of high-performance auto enthusiasts have begun to swell in numbers.
As a sub-brand of Mercedes, the smart brand has introduced several new family members in Shanghai this year. Chief among these was the All New smart Brabus tailor made, which officially launched at the event.
Fifty years ago, two aspiring people, Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher, opened up a humble workshop in Grossaspach, Germany. At the time, they were unaware that they would become the founders of the legendary success known as Mercedes-AMG.
The revised Guidelines for Patent Examination, a new set of rules regulating patent filings in China, will take effect on Saturday, ushering in expanded intellectual property protection for business models, the internet, e-commerce and big data, experts said.
Intellectual property rights are the heart of all cultural business, and modern technology such as big data and cloud computing will provide solutions for new copyright challenges in the era of digital publication, said a senior executive in the industry at a recent forum in Beijing.
China will improve its regulatory framework for intellectual property rights to better support innovation, a senior official with the nation's top patent office said during the Boao Forum for Asia on Friday.
Entrepreneurs should ensure they are primed to keep up with the pace of global expansion, in which intellectual property rules have been deeply embedded, said Wu Handong, a renowned IP expert.
Since 2009, the National Copyright Administration of China has drawn up an annual list of the 10 most important events and facts that influence the nation's copyright business. The most recent 2016 list includes:
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