Chinese President Xi Jinping called on authorities to step up protection of intellectual property rights from the perspective of “national strategy”, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Protecting intellectual property is critical to China’s openness, national security and quality development, the report said, citing an article by Xi that will be published by Qiushi magazine on February 1.
Xi said officials should be aware of deficiencies in the protection of intellectual property and implement far-reaching reforms in the sector, according to the Xinhua report.
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