A WTO (World Trade Organization) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel released its rulings on the three measures in question of the IPR dispute between China and the United States.  The WTO panel's report said "the United States has not established that the criminal thresholds are inconsistent with China's obligations under the first sentence of Article 61 of the TRIPS Agreement", for that part, China welcomed, according to Yao Jian, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce. 

Yao said China had always attached great importance to protecting IPR.  Dialogue and cooperation should be mainstream avenues for the world to work on IPR protection issues.  He added, in 2008, China enacted a national strategy for IPR to continue its endeavor in enhancing IPR protection on both domestic and international fronts.

(China IP News)