Meanwhile,
China's own needs to protect its intellectual property are also on the rise, Bo
stressed. The country last year handled more than 470,000 patent applications,
published 6.4 billion books and produced 260 movies and 13,000 TV series
episodes.
High-tech products accounted for 28 percent of
China's more than 760 billion US dollars worth exports last year, and machinery
and electronic products exceeded 56 percent, much of which involved protected
intellectual property.
To protect the IPR of both domestic and foreign
products, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce issued a circular
in February demanding rectification of the wholesale and retail markets in
Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces to clamp down on fake
goods, Jiang said.
China is also implementing a range of IPR steps to
pre-install software programs. Statistics show that local governments and
departments in 36 provinces and municipal cities nationwide have purchased and
installed legal software programs, and 330 district and county governments are
dealing with the installation of legal software programs. In 2006, large
state-run enterprises will also begin to install legal software programs.
These actions have been taken because in recent years
the Chinese government has realized the importance of IPR protection in the
process of building up a nation of innovation, Zhao said.
China should bring the role of IPR into full play in
improving the country's economic, scientific and technological strength and thus
provide strong support for the building of a nation of innovation, President Hu
Jintao said during a group study of the Political Bureau of the ruling Communist
Party of China's Central Committee in May.
Hu also stressed at a summit of the "APEC
(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization) Economic Leaders" last November
in the Republic of Korea that China would strengthen IPR protection to
contribute to the global trade growth.
He said later while meeting U.S. President George W.
Bush that the Chinese government would willingly beef up muscle in fighting IPR
infringement.
China is facing the arduous task of building up a
well-off society, while at the same time it has to solve the problems of energy,
resources and environment brought by rapid economic growth, said Xu Guanhua,
minister of science and technology.
Xu added that during the process of economic development, the costs of labor are increasing, and China cannot always depend on low-cost labor as an advantage for economic development. China has to create more proprietary IPRs to get more profits and to support the development of the whole country.
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