China has launched an intellectual property rights (IPR)
protection website, a source with the Ministry of Commerce said on
Saturday.
The website, www.ipr.gov.cn, was jointly sponsored by a national
working group on IPR protection under the State Council and the
Ministry, said the source.
The website, launched on Wednesday, aims at introducing to
domestic and overseas readers China's laws, rules, policies and
measures concerning IPR protection and enhancing public's awareness
in this regard.
Director of the State Intellectual Property Office Tian Lipu,
Deputy Director of the General Administration for Industry and
Commerce Li Dongsheng and US Coordinator for International
Intellectual Property Chris Israel attended the opening
ceremony.
(Xinhua News Agency April 30, 2006)