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The unique circular high-speed railway in China's Hainan Island, the world's first such train around a tropical zone, has been operating smoothly since last year, braving extreme weather conditions. Considering the characteristics of high temperature, high humidity and strong corrosion on the tropical island, a number of new technologies, materials and techniques have been used in the construction of the 653-km rail belt.

——This China Train can Beat Heat, Quake and Typhoon, by Times of India

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Chinese high-speed train industry leads in the world. The construction of Hainan high-speed railway shows that independent innovation capabilities of Chinese high-speed train have achieved higher stage, and may contribute to expand overseas market.
In the race for driverless car technology, Chinese companies are taking big strides competing with the likes of Google and Tesla. With the Beijing Motor Show under way, the days when the country's domestic car firms was brushed off as mere copycats are well and truly over. And a lot of this year's buzz is around driverless cars in particular. In past years, innovation might have come from Silicon valley, but Chinese companies are pushing ahead.

——China's Push for Driverless Cars Accelerates, by BBC

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Innovation is the primary driving force for China's development. With years of fierce competition, Chinese enterprises have realized the importance of innovation and intellectual property in global market, which certified again by enterprises of Chinese driverless cars.
n building its relationship with FIFA, Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co. is filling an opportunity that opened up after some sponsors walked away and a corruption scandal erupted, tarnishing the soccer federation's image. The Beijing-based entertainment and property giant will become FIFA's first major Chinese partner, with the highest level of sponsorship rights including the next four World Cup tournaments.

——China's Dalian Wanda Steps in to Partner with FIFA, by Wall Street Journal

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With the development of Chinese economy and mature overseas layout, Chinese enterprises pay more attention to brand promotion in international field. Wanda is able to obtain top-level resources in world sport industry by cooperating with FIFA, which is a great step to Wanda's global arrangement.
Huawei has signed a declaration confirming that it will be developing a joint Innovation Centre to develop "Safe City" solutions aimed at helping public administrations react to threats. The Innovation Centre will develop Safe City solutions, an all-in-one, nation-wide safety and surveillance plan, which will combine alarm reporting, data transmission, video surveillance, etc.

——Huawei to Develop "Safe City" Solutions in Malta, by Times of Malta

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Owing to years of global experiences and good overseas IPR layout, Huawei becomes more competitive in the world market. The 'Safe City' solutions in Malta show that more foreign public administrations believe in Huawei's product and service.
World Robotics recently published their annual update on the industry. It captures very clearly the trend in China towards higher value added production and towards substituting capital for labor. They believe global sales of multipurpose industrial robots last year was around 162,000, of which 25,000 were sold in China, slightly fewer than were sold in North America or Japan. By only 2016, they forecast that China will be consuming 38,000 robots, 20% more than either Japan or North America is expected to buy.

——Coming To A Factory Near You: Chinese Robots, by McKinsey

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Robotics is one of the booming industries driven by the process of transformation from low value-added manufacturing to high value-added manufacturing of China. The report of WIPO shows that Chinese applicants account for more than a quarter of patents worldwide in the area of robotics since 2005, which demonstrates China's competitiveness in the field.
Over the past five years, China-based companies have successfully participated in high-profile infrastructure projects. In the rail sector about 80 per cent of Malaysian rolling stocks are Chinese made. The Malaysian rail business is so lucrative that China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) opened a $97m rolling stock manufacturing plant in the country in July 2015.

——China Takes the Lead in Malaysian Mega-Projects, by Financial Times

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The increasing projects of Chinese companies in Southeast Asia show that Chinese companies have kept footholds in overseas markets because of technological innovation and independent intelligent property rights.
China has made is a dramatic shift up the value curve in terms of what it manufactures. It is not about t-shirts and toys any more, but about much more impressive stuff. As long as it continues to invest in R&D and get more people into higher education, the country formerly known as "the workshop of the world" looks set to evolve into a much more exciting economy.

——From White T-shirt to White Collar: Meet the "New China", by Money Observer

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With the encouragement of innovation and much more R&D investment in recent years, China is supposed to be an innovation-oriented country.
China aims to become a world leader in advanced industries such as semiconductors and in the next generation of chip materials, robotics, aviation equipment and satellites, the government said in its blueprint for development between 2016 and 2020.

——China Lays Out Its Vision to Become a Tech Power, by Reuters

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Innovation is the primary driving force for the China's development. Through independent innovation, China is hoping to make traditional areas of the economy more advanced and efficient, helping transition to a growth model that is driven more by services and consumption than by exports and investment.
China's Xiaomi has unveiled the ceramic-cased Mi5 Android smartphone. Xiaomi executive Hugo Barra said the Mi5 would be the first phone to feature Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 processor. Xiaomi had also secured 21 patents of its own for its display technologies, mostly in China, although one had been in the US.

——MWC 2016: Xiaomi Unveils Ceramic-Backed Mi5 Smartphone，by BBC News

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Intellectual property had been a weakness of Xiaomi to expand overseas market. In recent years, Xiaomi begin to put a high value on research and development, and the release of Mi5 shows that Xiaomi's innovation-oriented strategy have obtained preliminary results.
Huawei has made a bold prediction, saying it plans to surpass Apple as the second-biggest smartphone player in the world in three years and leapfrog Samsung by 2021. By most measures, Huawei has its work cut out for it. The company shipped 108 million smartphones in 2015, exceeding its own expectations with a 44 percent increase in sales, compared to 2014.

——Huawei: We'll Leapfrog Samsung, Apple in Market Share, by CNBC

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After seeing solid growth in its smartphone shipments last year, Huawei has reason to be confident that it can unseat its rivals. Owing to brilliant R&D capbility and good IPR layout, Huawei become more competitive in global smartphone market.
Many industry experts believe that a new era of Chinese innovation in bio-pharma may be soon upon us. The excitement of pharmaceutical executives and investors at the recent BioCentury China healthcare conference was palpable, fueled by a flurry of new measures announced by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), following guidance by the State Council.

——This is What Industry Experts Told us About Pharma Innovation in China, by McKinsey

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CFDA have taken a series of measures to promote bio-medical as a strategic industry. Changes at the top of the CFDA, real efforts to clear the backlog of new drug applications, the continuous wave of returning talent, and improving funding conditions are indicators that China is well on its way to becoming a biopharma innovation powerhouse.
China plans to launch some 40 Beidou navigation satellites by 2020 to support its global navigation and positioning network, which will provide global coverage with positioning accuracy of less than 10 metres and timing accuracy of 20 nanoseconds. Major navigation systems, such as the US-based GPS and Russia's GLONASS, use about 24 satellites, but Beidou, with 35 satellites, will be more accurate after it achieves global coverage.

——China to launch about 40 Beidou satellites by 2020, by the Times of India

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With more and more satellites launched, the independent research and development positioning system, Beidou Navigation System has shown a promising application prospect, which may play an important role in areas like national security, maritime transport and scientific research in China .
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has hired a fakes-busting veteran to a new anticounterfeiting role. Matthew Bassiur will join Alibaba as vice president, head of global intellectual property enforcement. An Alibaba spokesman said Mr. Bassiur will help develop the processes for the company's global anticounterfeiting efforts.

——Alibaba Names Head of Intellectual Property Enforcement, by Wall Street Journal

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Counterfeit goods are a problem for Alibaba. U.S. trade officials have warned Alibaba twice last year about fakes on its sales platforms Taobao and Tmall. Bassiur's appointment is the latest step in Alibaba Group's efforts to fight counterfeits.
Yet the country has birthed some of Asia's largest and most well-regarded technology corporations, from social media and gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. to e-commerce leader Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, whose scope and scale outstrip those available in the U.S. "In the next five years, there will be more innovation, more invention, more entrepreneurship happening in China, happening in Beijing than in Silicon Valley," Kalanick said at the "Geekpark" conference in Beijing Friday.

——Uber CEO Says China to Soon Surpass Silicon Valley in Innovation, by Bloomberg

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By improving the research capacity and exploring the global market, China's high-tech firms found a place in global market. Benefiting from the massive domestic market and innovative circumstances, the innovation ability of China may surpass the Silicon Valley in the future.
At the annual North American International Auto Show, Even the smallest auto companies are flourishing in the booming American market, none more so than the tiny Chinese-owned, Swedish-run luxury brand Volvo. Volvo showed off a new sedan, the S90, and won recognition for its flagship sport utility vehicle, the XC90, as the best truck introduced in 2015.

——Volvo Makes a Comeback, with a Detour through China, by Wall Street Journal

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Under Geely, Volvo has emphasized the brand's long reputation for safety and quality and its distinctive Swedish styling, which made this brand and Geely have all gone on and have really started to flourish. With renewed technology and designs, Chinese automakers will sit on better position to compete with global competitors.
Recently, the China National Chemical Corporation said it would buy the KraussMaffei Group, a German Manufacturer of plastics and rubber processing machinery, for about $1 million. The acquisition would help China's biggest chemicals company upgrade its expertise in manufacturing plastics and rubber, the company said in a statement.

——ChemChina Buying KraussMaffei, a German Machinery Company, for $1 million, by Wall Street Journal

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In recent years, Chinese companies are set off a wave of overseas M&A trends. It should be noted that, foreign companies with leading-edge technologies and competitiveness in the international market often become the first choice of overseas mergers and acquisitions. With the advanced technologies, KraussMaffei would contribute significantly to ChemChina's business.
The Buick Envision crossover made in China will go on sale next summer, helping to fill ravenous demand in the U.S. for smaller SUVs. But the Buick is coming despite resistance from the United Auto Workers Union that wants it produced in the U.S.

——USA TODAY, GM's Buick SUV will be first to be imported from China

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China has become the world's most popular car market, which enables Chinese automakers continue to focus on technological innovation and intellectual property protection. GM SUV's exports to the US domestic market also shows that, as the representative of "Made in China", Chinese automakers must further strengthen technological innovation and intellectual property protection on the way to march to the world.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) said it will buy the South China Morning Post, the most widely circulated and oldest English newspaper in Hong Kong. The deal also includes a magazine, digital media ventures and other media properties owned by SCMP Group Limited, the company that owns the Morning Post.

——USA TODAY, Alibaba to buy South China Morning Post

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At present, it has become a trend that more and more newspapers are acquired by investors with deep pockets. Hong KongWIPO report: China driving growth in global patent filings rise
Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei has thrown down the gauntlet to Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi and other rivals. It's called the "superphone." By around 2020 or so, Huawei says, the superphone could start replacing smartphones. The arrival of the superphone, Huawei says, will coincide with next-generation 5G wireless networks as well as the Internet of Things, or IoT.

——China's Huawei Racing Apple To Develop ‘Superphone' by Investor's Business Daily

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Putting high value on R&D and patent layout, Huawei have had a place in the highly competitive smartphone market. Now, Huawei expects to stand on the innovation frontier of mobile phone and takes the lead in making them versus Apple, Samsung and others.
In May 2015, China State Council announced the "Made in China 2025" policy, which focuses on building indigenous capabilities in high-end precision manufacturing, with semiconductors as the first priority segment. The goal of this policy is to have China increase its self-sufficiency rate for integrated circuits to 40 percent by 2020 and to 70 percent by 2025.

——A New World Under Construction: China and Semiconductors, McKinsey

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Chinese semiconductor enterprises focus to strengthen their development, management, and protection of intellectual property. They should develop a systematic approach to identifying, choosing, and executing an IP strategy.
China has fined five knock-off Disney hotels for infringing on the iconic U.S. entertainment company's trademarks in the run-up to the opening of a Walt Disney Co theme park in Shanghai. The news comes less than a month after Chinese authorities announced that they would give unprecedented special trademark protection to Disney in a year-long campaign around the park's opening.

——China fines five phony Disney hotels, by Reuters

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Recently, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of China ordered that taking stronger action to protect the trademarks of Disney, which reflects that China pays more attention to intellectual property protection. This movement shows that Chinese government fulfills their promise, and defends the legitimate interests of right holders like Disney efficiently.
Huawei, China's top smartphone maker, says it has found a way to speed it up 10 times faster than current batteries. The company said its new technology changes how lithium ions are stored and move inside the batteries -- increasing charging speed. Huawei said it's "confident" the discovery will lead to big changes in mobile phones, electric cars and wearable devices, among other things.

——This smartphone battery charges 10 times faster, CNN

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Huawei pay attention to the new technology R&D all along. Owing to outstanding innovation ability and reasonable Intellectual property layout, Huawei has been becoming a world-leading smartphone manufacturer. The new technology of smartphone batteries reflects that Huawei has been one of the leaders in mobile industry.
Chinese companies are going on their biggest global spending spree ever, with a marked change in strategy from buying resources to hunting for manufacturing expertise and financial companies. Out are purchases of commodity assets as the nation's consumption of raw materials slipped, while in vogue are assets that infuse its companies with know-how and new technology.

——China Goes West Shopping for Assets as Xi Transforms Economy, Bloomberg

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Overseas merger is a channel for Chinese companies to transforming and upgrading their products. Many Chinese companies are eager to move up the value chain and that encourages them to pursue acquisitions of companies that could enable them to access advanced technologies, strong brands."
When we look ahead, though, we see broad swaths of opportunity. Our analysis suggests that by 2025, such new innovation opportunities could contribute $1.0 trillion to $2.2 trillion a year to the Chinese economy—or equivalent to up to 24 percent of total GDP growth. To achieve this goal, China must continue to transform the manufacturing sector, particularly through digitization, and the service sector, through rising connectivity and Internet enablement.

——Gauging the strength of Chinese innovation，mckinsey

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The recent development of economy have shown that China is passing through a transition: the labor-force expansion and surging investment that propelled three decades of growth are now weakening. Nevertheless, China will have evolved from absorbing and adapting existing technology and knowledge from around the world, enhancing the capability of self-innovation, into a global innovation leader.
A Scottish bus manufacturer has signed a deal potentially worth ￡2bn to build vehicles for the world's biggest producer of electric buses. The agreement between Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and Chinese firm BYD came during the UK state visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping. The initial deal is for the manufacture of 200 single deck buses a year. The initial contract represents turnover of about ￡660m over the next 10 years.

——Falkirk-based Alexander Dennis signs bus deal with China's BYD, BBC news

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The agreement between BYD and ADL opens a new chapter on Sino-British new energy vehicle industry. ADL is the UK's biggest bus manufacturer, employing 2,500 globally. The deal expresses the recognition of BYD's technological innovation capabilities, which shows the emerging influence of Chinese enterprises in overseas market.
The toys are made by a Chinese firm while this factory isn't in China, but in rural Andhra Pradesh, in southern India. It is one of more than 100 businesses in the Sri City Industrial hub - many of them Chinese - attracted by the Make in India campaign.

——The Chinese firms opening factories in India, BBS news,

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After many years' business overseas, Chinese companies are no longer satisfied with the export of products. A lot of Chinese companies are now taking advantage of a new wave of innovation and new business overseas, putting their manufacturing facilities there and catering to the oversea demand. It's the continueous innovation and technology uograding that enabled Chinese firms win the oversea market on the process of "going out".
The quality of China's carmakers gap with foreign rivals is closing. The Chinese firms are busy hiring Western designers to make their models more distinguished.
——China's carmakers, zoom, zoom, splutter,The Economist
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The government had hoped that, by now, domestic firms would have absorbed all they needed to know from the foreigners about making and selling world-class cars, and be ready to get by without them. While it's clear that, the government's ambition for China to boast two or three world-class car firms, with badges as recognisable as Toyotas or Fords, remains a long distance.
Lei Jun, co-founder and chief executive of Xiaomi, sat down with The Wall Street Journal."Former Qualcomm global senior vice president Wang Xiang joined Xiaomi in July. He’s in charge of our IP. We should be able to make progress in this. Xiaomi pays great attention to innovation. Last year we applied for 2,700 patents. This year’s goal is 4,000."
——'It Had Better Get Bloodier:' Q&A with Xiaomi’s Lei Jun on China’s Smartphone Battle, by Wall Street Journal
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Patents are more important for Chinese smartphone manufacters because of the fierce competition in domestic market and the demand for expanding overseas market. The active patent layout strategy of Xiaomi reflects that smartphone makers of China pay more attention to Intellectual Property.
China will build enough charging stations by 2020 to satisfy power demand for five million electric vehicles.The move is the latest effort to refuel the new energy vehicle sector, which has seen explosive growth in the past two years due to subsidies and tax cuts.
——China to build charging stations to power electric cars, by Times of India
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In recent years, sales volume of new energy vehicle sector in China grows rapidly. In 2014, China sales 75 thousand new energy vehicles, 2.5 times more than last year. Meanwhile, the industry of new energy vehicles makes advances.Products from Chinese enterprises based on independent innovation, such as BYD and BAIC are welcomed by the consumers. With the widespread construction of charging station, the new energy vehicle industry may get into another high-speed track of development.
With a name like Leaf Creener (a literal translation of her Chinese name, Ye Zi) and cloting that ranges from a yolk-yellow Rosie Assoulin panrsuit at noon to a lacy Civenchy evening gown after dark, surely you can make an impression during New York Fashion Week. And that's exactly what the Beijing-raised, Shanghai-based Ms. Greener has in mind.
——A Chinese Social Media Star Comes to Fashion Week, The New York Times
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Fashion in China is changing, it was about logos and labels before, but now people are interested in local young designers. There are more contemporary fashion labels available for ordinary people. Chinese young designers are more likely to pay more attention to color and the bling feature, trends of fashion, and they become more sophisticated and elegant in design. Obviously, that's the new start of oriental style design going abroad.
If EDF moves forward, it will be supported by two Chinese companies, China General Nuclear Corporation and China National Nuclear Corporation, the government said. Britain has been courting Chinese companies to help finance the new Hinkley point nuclear plant, wchich will cost at least ￡ 16 billion.
——Britain says it will aid planned nuclear plant, The New York Times
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Britain strongly backs construction of new nuclear plants. It views nuclear energy as a low-carbon of power generation useful for meeting its targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. With utility lacking the expertise and financial strength to build a nuclear plant, the British government has turned to international financing. And Chinese nuclear enterprises are its priority not only for their advanced technology but also for their remarkable investment. And with innovation and safe technology, Chinese nuclear companies are becoming increasingly popular.
Looking for a toehold in the world's largest smartphone market, Google hopes to return to mainland China as early as this fall in what would mark a major detente. The Internet giant is seeking approval for a China version of its Google Play app store.
——Google plans to return to mainland China, report says, USA TODAY
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As part of the deal Google is looking to strike, Google would follow the country's laws and block apps that the government objects to Major Chinese technology companies such as Baidu and Tencent control most of the apps distribution in mainland China. Xiaomi, dubbed the "Apple of China," has launched its own app store and phones.
Chinese internet giant Tencent has taken a $50m stake in Canadian mobile messenger Kik Interactive. Kik is hoping the investment will help boost competitiveness and emulate WeChat's success in North America. The Canadian start-up is particularly popular with teenage users and has been looking for a strategic partner for some time.
——China's Tencent takes $50m stake in messaging app Kik, BBC News
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Young Americans are a large group with unmet needs. Tencent was the best partner because its messenger service WeChat allows users not merely to connect with friends but also integrates options like shopping, ordering taxi and playing game. That is to say, endless innovation to meet the need of market is the most competitiveness of Tencent.
The U.S. market is the largest in the world for premium phones and while the P8 lite isn't, as the "lite" name suggests, Huawei's top notch flagship, it's thin and light and it boasts impressive specs for the price. Huawei Device USA president Zhiqiang Xu says his company wants to triple its global market share from about 5% to 15%.
——Huawei P8 lite, Chinese maker's inexpensive new U.S. smartphone, USA Today
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Huawei is a Chinese Hi-tech company with serious designs on the U.S. market.Huawei launched the mid-tier P8 lite smartphone not only for its aggressive price but also for its comprehensive function. Endless inovation leads to priceless brand, that is the value of Huawei.
One of Alibaba's priorities is making "Western goods accessible to Chinese consumers," says Wed bush Securities analyst Gil Luria. The company announced Macy's will launch an online flagship store in China through its Tmall shopping service.
—— Alibaba to buy back up to $4B in shares, USA Today
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In the "Internet +" era, overseas shopping network is also blooming, battle among various e-commerce is surging. To cooperate with well-known Macy's together to create the overseas online shopping platform, Alibaba will meet the strong need of Chinese customers, which is a wise move to the trend of overseas online shopping as well as a wise choice to expand the brand to overseas.
Once confined to the streets of Chinatowns and the homes of immigrants, Chinese New Year has made inroads into the American mainstream. China decides to tout Chinese New Year around the globe as a vehicle for bolstering the country's still-limited soft power. The audiences that Beijing is most keen to impress with its international cultural promotion drive are not international, but are rather domestic Chinese audiences.
——Beijing uses Chinese New Year to push China's soft power, by Los Angeles Times
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China will be exporting more culture and reversing the tide with foreign culture pouring into China. As a civilized country with a rich history, ethnic unity and cultural diversity, China is going to place itself in the center on the world cultural stage.
In terms of enforcing intellectual property rights and cracking down on pirated goods, China has been pushing in this direction for many years. I think there is some recognition, at least on the part of the central government, that China wants to develop strong industry with intellectual property rights, with software and pharmaceuticals, they need to have stronger protection domestically.
——Alibaba Head Downplays Dispute With Chinese Regulator, by Voice of America
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Chinese authorities have been keeping an eye on the protection of intellectual property. In recent years, China has been strengthening intellectual property enforcement, and fighting against patent and copyright infringement. Under its efforts, China now has a well-organized market and innovation environment.
China is not about to hollow out. But if it is to keep growing fast, it must become more innovative. At present Chinese innovation is a mixed bag. There are some outstanding private firms. Frugal engineers at private companies such as Mindray, which makes medical devices, and Huawei, a telecoms giant, are devising technologies that are cheaper and sometimes better than their rich-world equivalents. Manufacturers operating near China's coast, whether home-grown or foreign, are adept at "process innovation"—incrementally improving the way they make things. And China's internet start-ups, such as Tencent (a social-networking service) and Alibaba (an e-commerce company), have had a genius for copying Western business models and adapting them to the Chinese market. Fresh thinking that creates value people will pay for.
——If China is to excel at innovation, the state must give entrepreneurs more freedom, by The Economist.
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Innovation and intellectual property are strategic resources and core elements of a state's economic development. In recent decades, more and more innovative firms have made great contribution to China's development. China should broaden the approach of innovation, to make enterprises core actors of innovation.
Since the 1980s, China has experienced unprecedented economic growth, fueled by abundant low-cost labor, high saving and investment rates, substantial market reforms, outward-oriented policies, and prudent macroeconomic management. But favorable demographics alone will not bring about the kind of growth that has made China the world's second-largest economy. Its leaders now hope to achieve high-income status by developing more technologically sophisticated industries. As a result, China has pulled ahead.
——India's Chinese dream, by zaobao.com
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China's development has been relying on innovation and intellectual property more than low-cost labor. As a model to India and other developing countries, China should put more in scientific and technical innovation and intellectual property, to maintain the advantages in economic development.
A Chinese chip design company has submitted a $23 billion bid for Idaho-based Micron Technology. If the deal goes through, it would be the largest Chinese purchase of a U.S. company……Tsinghua Unigroup offered $21 a share for Micron, almost 19% over its Monday closing price.
——Report: China company bids $23B for Micron, USA Today
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The undoubted fact of Micron's falling profits offered an oppurtunity for Chinese chip companies. And huge investment in chip technology and technology advantage enabled Chinese companies like Tsinghua Unigroup become the highlight when "going out" of China.