A seminar on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection
opened in Beijing on Monday, which aims at strengthening IPR
protection effort in China's State-owned enterprises (SOEs).
The seminar was attended by 80 participants from SOEs under
direct administration of the central government, the State-owned
Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, China Banking
Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission and
China Insurance Regulatory Commission.
The participants will discuss IPR cases and ways to strengthen
and improve IPR protection in Chinese enterprises.
The 10-day event was jointly sponsored by the Organization
Department of the Communist Party of China central committee, the
State Office of Intellectual Property Protection and the National
School of Administration.
China launched a 100-day nationwide intensive anti-piracy
campaign, focusing on pirated audio and video products and computer
software on July 15.
An average of 19.46 million illegal publications were seized
each month from July to September, more than double the monthly
average for the January-June period, according to an official of
the State Office of Intellectual Property Protection.
The Chinese government had set up a task force on IPR protection
and opened 50 centers to handle complaints of IPR violations across
the country.
(Xinhua News Agency November 7, 2006)