On June 28th, 2007, Wang Xinpei, the spokesman from the Ministry of Commerce of the P. R. China, in news release conference disclosed that the "APEC Summit on Paperless Trading Capacity Building and IPR Protection" will be held from August 14th to 16th, 2007 in Beijing.  On the occasion, the senior officials of the twenty-one APEC economic entities, the representatives of international organizations and representatives of enterprises will attend the Summit upon invitation.

Wang said the "APEC Summit on Paperless Trading Capacity Building and IPR Protection" will be co-hosted by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Ministry of Commerce of the P. R. China and organized by APEC E-Commerce Business Alliance and China International Electronic Commerce Center.  Until now, the "Research Report on APEC Summit Paperless Trading Capacity Building and IPR Protection", one of the core drafts of the Summit, had been finished.

In answer to a question raised by the correspondent of "China Intellectual Property News" concerning the consensus reached by the China-European Economic and Trade Mixed Committee in terms of protection for intellectual property, Wang pointed out that the China-European Joint Committee on Economic and Trade Cooperation held a meeting on June 12th, 2007 in Brussels where 12 consensuses including protection for intellectual property were reached.  The Chinese side has exerted great efforts in terms of protection for intellectual property.  This is first of all, out of China's own needs for innovation and development.  Wang said that in the several news release conferences held previously, much had already been said about the work of protection for intellectual property in China.  On June 9th, 2007, in the CCTV 9 Channel English Dialogue Column, the assistant spokesman from the Ministry of Commerce gave an all-round account in English about China's approaches and efforts in the field of protection for intellectual property.  Consensus had been reached in the China-European Mixed Economic and Trade Mixed Committee in this regard.  And the efforts made by China in terms of protection for intellectual property was confirmed.