China will launch a one-year-long campaign from September to
crack down infringements on intellectual property rights (IPR),
according to a national meeting Friday.
"Turning a blind eye to IPR infringement is a short-sighted
act," Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi
told the meeting.
"Such acts will not only seriously undermine market economic
order and hamper China's economic growth, but also ruin the
prestige and image of the country and influence China's future
opening-up," she said.
Wu, who heads China's IPR protection working group, said the
Chinese government has always attached importance to the IPR
protection. So far, China has established a relatively complete
legal system and law enforcement system in the regard in line with
international standards.
"After years of efforts, China has achieved considerable
progress in IPR protection. It's really a easy job for a developing
country to achieve this in such a short time," she pointed out.
On the campaign, the vice-premier said regional officials that
fail to contain infringement of intellectual property rights will
be seriously punished.
According to the meeting, the campaign will investigate a number
of serious IPR infringement cases, particular the cases on
trademark, copyright and patent rights.
During the campaign, actions will also be taken to educate the
public about the importance of intellectual property rights
protection.
(Xinhua News Agency August 28, 2004)