Becoming an IP center in the Asia-Pacific region is a core part of the city's strategy for the decade from 2010 to 2020, local officials announced recently. The plan was settled late last year after the city's intellectual property office finished a two-year study of local companies, colleges, universities and research institutes. The results show that Shanghai, a robust component of the country's economy, trade, science and education, has a superior environment for deepening IP operations.

(Source: China Daily)