IPRs "not a factor" behind trade surplus

Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai explains China's efforts to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) during a news conference in Beijing April 11. [newsphoto]

    BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Senior officials of ministries and agencies directly dealing with intellectual property rights (IPR) were at a press conference April 11 to address questions on China's IPR protection but Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai ended up doing most of the answering.

China lashes at US exaggeration of IPR-related trade issue

    BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai on Tuesday lashed out at political and economic figures in the United States for exaggerating the problem of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in China.

    BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The accusations against China over IPR infringements by some in the United States were exaggerated, and careful analysis of Sino-US trade figures would show up the exaggeration.

Service centers to handle IPR infringement complaints

    BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- China plans to set up special service centers in 50 cities within three years to handle domestic complaints on the infringement of intellectual property rights (IPR), Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Jiang Zengwei said Tuesday.