On April 20, the opening ceremony of The National IPR Week 2007
was held in Beijing.
Jiang Zengwei, Director of the State Office of Intellectual
Property Protection(SOIPP) and Vice Minister of the Ministry of
Commerce addressed the ceremony.
He pointed out that, the publicity of intellectual property
knowledge is a basic work of IPR protection which is an important
guarantee of building an innovative country.
In order to publicize '4.26 World Intellectual Property Day',
Chinese government has held relevant activities to enhance the
social awareness of IPR protection and create a good environment
for independent innovation and opening up since 2004.
In 2007, the National Working Group for IPR Protection will hold
China High-level Forum on Intellectual Property Rights Protection
with the topic of 'IPR protection and enterprise competitiveness on
April 24 in Beijing.
Moreover, various activities such as news conference, knowledge
contest and enterprises forum will be held in other provinces in
China. China.org.cn,CCTV, BTV, People's Daily, Xinhua and
other media will report the IPR Week across the country.
Zhao Fengtong, Vice Mayor of Beijing introduced the achievements
of IPR industry. 2007 is a key year for preparation of Olympic
Games, and a special action has been launched to ensure the success
of Olympic Games.
(China.org.cn, State Office of Intellectual Property Protection
April 21, 2007)
