First of its kind in China, meeting discusses agenda on worldwide development

A high-level seminar on global intellectual property began on Monday in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, further advancing a formal 45-point agenda set out in 2007 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The seminar that concludes today (March, 31) - the first of its kind in China - marks an important move by WIPO toward implementing the goals it set, said Tian Lipu, commissioner of China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO).

Further development and use of intellectual property are shared challenges that all rising economies, including China, face, Tian said.

Leaders of 189 countries signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration in 2000 that sets a wide range of goals in global development.

For its part, China will increase efforts to cooperate with other countries and international organizations to strengthen the international intellectual property system, Tian added.

Though the intellectual property system is fundamental to technological progress and social development, advances and globalization pose new challenges including climate change, energy resources, food safety, public health and Internet applications, the seminar heard.

Against such a backdrop, no one nation, especially a developing nation, should be isolated, Tian said.

                                                                                             Source: First of its kind in China, meeting discusses agenda on worldwide development

A high-level seminar on global intellectual property began on Monday in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, further advancing a formal 45-point agenda set out in 2007 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The seminar that concludes today (March, 31) - the first of its kind in China - marks an important move by WIPO toward implementing the goals it set, said Tian Lipu, commissioner of China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO).

Further development and use of intellectual property are shared challenges that all rising economies, including China, face, Tian said.

Leaders of 189 countries signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration in 2000 that sets a wide range of goals in global development.

For its part, China will increase efforts to cooperate with other countries and international organizations to strengthen the international intellectual property system, Tian added.

Though the intellectual property system is fundamental to technological progress and social development, advances and globalization pose new challenges including climate change, energy resources, food safety, public health and Internet applications, the seminar heard.

Against such a backdrop, no one nation, especially a developing nation, should be isolated, Tian said.
                                                                                                    Source: First of its kind in China, meeting discusses agenda on worldwide development

A high-level seminar on global intellectual property began on Monday in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, further advancing a formal 45-point agenda set out in 2007 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The seminar that concludes today (March, 31) - the first of its kind in China - marks an important move by WIPO toward implementing the goals it set, said Tian Lipu, commissioner of China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO).

Further development and use of intellectual property are shared challenges that all rising economies, including China, face, Tian said.

Leaders of 189 countries signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration in 2000 that sets a wide range of goals in global development.

For its part, China will increase efforts to cooperate with other countries and international organizations to strengthen the international intellectual property system, Tian added.

Though the intellectual property system is fundamental to technological progress and social development, advances and globalization pose new challenges including climate change, energy resources, food safety, public health and Internet applications, the seminar heard.

Against such a backdrop, no one nation, especially a developing nation, should be isolated, Tian said.