Businesses in Beijing's Haidian district that are involved in intellectual property disputes at home and abroad will benefit from improved legal services, according to a statement released by the district government.

To help companies efficiently handle IP disputes overseas, especially those regarding the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Haidian authorities have established IP services or aid sites overseas, according to a government statement.

By the end of last year, the district had established seven sites in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom and France, and the program will be expanded, the statement said.

While providing more assistance to help businesses resolve IP disputes overseas, the district has also paid greater attention to IP case hearings at home, especially those between Chinese and foreign litigants.

Last year, the district court heard 11,650 IP cases, a rise of 75 percent year-on-year, and about 80 percent of them focused on online copyright, according to Cao Liping, deputy chief judge at the court's IP tribunal. She added that the number of IP hearings at the court had risen by 30 percent in each of the past five years.

Source: China Daily