The United States will strengthen its cooperation with China in
protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) and cracking down on
infringements and piracy, US assistant secretary of commerce David
Bohigian said Saturday.
China and the United States both realize that the economic
development and prosperity of a region should be based on the
protection of IPR and innovations, Bohigian said at the end of a
three-day visit to Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province.
Bohigian said that China is working to increase its capacity for
innovations, and that the protection of IPR is critically important
for innovations.
China needs to do much more in the protection of IPR, he
said.
Bohigian arrived in Shenyang Thursday at the invitation of the
US consulate general in Shenyang.
During his visit, Bohigian met with officials of Liaoning
Province and Shenyang City, as well as local business leaders and
scholars.
(Xinhua News Agency July 9, 2006)