Press Conference on 2009 National IPR Publicity Week Held in Beijing

 

On April 16, the Organizing Committee of the National IPR Publicity Week holds a press conference in Beijing. Nearly 40 media participate in the press conference.

 

Zhou Huilin, Deputy Director of the Office of the Organizing Committee and Deputy Director General of the Publication Bureau of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, Li Jianchang, Deputy Director of the Office of the Organizing Committee and Director of the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, Xu Chao, Deputy Director General of Copyright Department of National Copyright Administration of China, related heads of Information Office of the State Council and related heads of the member units of the Organizing Committee of the publicity week attend the press conference and answer questions from the media.

 

The theme of the publicity week this year is: Culture, Strategy and Development, aiming at promoting the IP cultural construction with “respecting knowledge, upholding innovation and being honest and law-binding” as the core.

 

Various departments will organize unique activities on various activity days: SIPO will launch the Investigation of the IP Quality of the Chinese People and National Tour Lectures on IP; State Administration for Industry and Commerce will publicize the Annual Development Report on China Trademark Strategy and 2009 High-Level Forum on Trademark and Development; National Copyright Administration of China will launch the publicity activity of copyright protection among 100 cities and 1,000 websites and hold the large-scale party with the theme of Copyright Creating Wealth; Supreme People’s Court will publicize the top 10 cases of IPR protection in 2008; Ministry of Public Security will destroy pirated products in a centralize way throughout China; and General Administration of Customs will issue the white paper of 2009 IPR Protection of Chinese Customs.

2009-04-23

2009-04-23