On November 5, a keynote speech delivered by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the second China International Import Expo （CIIE） in Shanghai drew passionate responses from practitioners across the field of intellectual property （IP）， in which he highlighted that "to benefit mankind with the better use of knowledge, we need to tighten the protection of IP. The least desirable is for us to stifle the flow of knowledge, or to create or even widen the technology divide among us." and "With regard to IP protection, we will cultivate an environment appreciating the value of knowledge, improve the legal framework, step up law enforcement, and enhance protection through both civil and criminal justice systems."
"The speech was full of broad vision, insightful thought and profound meaning, pointing out the way to promote higher level of opening-up. The in-depth elaboration centering on working together to reinforce IP protection, improving relevant legal framework and intensifying law enforcement in particular showcases China's firm and clear resolve towards IP protection in strict accordance with the law, providing theoretical compliance and action guidelines for strengthening IP protection in the new era," said Shen Changyu, Commissioner of China National Intellectual Property Administration, adding that IP system nationwide will carefully convey, study and implement the spirit of Xi's speech at the Expo, formulate specific work program and put it into practice. It particularly needs to speed up efforts to improve law system of IP including patent law, enhance IP examination quality and efficiency, do a good job in guidance for trademark and patent law enforcement and crack down upon IP infringement; intensify efforts to strengthen international cooperation in IP protection, promoting IP cooperation for countries along the Belt and Road in substance and depth, creating a better innovation and business environment, fostering all countries to carry out technical exchanges and cooperation based on market principles and rule of law and better serving China's high-level opening-up and high-quality economic development.
"The speech made by President Xi Jinping presents China's firm belief in further beefing up IP protection and optimizing business environment, thus strengthening our confidence in cooperation and investment ties with China. Qualcomm has been one of the foreign companies in obtaining the most invention patents in China and a witness, participant and beneficiary of China's constantly strengthened IP protection. We will work with our Chinese counterparts to enhance cooperation in innovation and sharing of innovation achievements and persist in business mode of 'invention-sharing-cooperation', promoting China to achieve high-quality development and industry prosperity," said Qualcomm's senior vice president Zhao Bin.（by Sun Di/Wu Ke）
(Editor Zhang Mingxin)
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