Cooperation between china and the united states in the field of intellectual property rights is increasingly becoming an important element of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries。
On 18 november, the deputy minister of commerce, deputy deputy representative for international trade negotiations and members of the delegation who had travelled to the united states of america to attend the vice-ministerial meeting of the china-united states working group on intellectual property rights attended a breakfast meeting of the american chamber of commerce, during which business representatives of the united states had a frank exchange on trade relations and intellectual property protection。
In recent times, trade and trade relations between china and the united states have seemed to have entered a long and difficult phase. At the same time, statistics from both china and the united states indicate that trade between the two countries grew rapidly in 2010 and has largely recovered to pre-international financial crisis levels. Zongcheng stated that, after reviewing the course of development over the past three decades, china's economic and trade cooperation, however challenging it may be, could overcome difficulties and move forward. This is a profound illustration of the inherent complementarities and powerful impetus of trade and trade cooperation between china and the united states, as well as of the fact that the benefits of such cooperation are essentially balanced, without which it will not be possible to sustain steady growth over a long period of time. Although the new situation raised new issues, the basis for trade and economic cooperation between china and the united states had expanded rather than narrowed, and the common interest of the united states in economic and trade relations had increased rather than diminished, compared to any other time in the past. We should have the will and wisdom to find appropriate solutions to our differences through constructive communication and through dialogue on an equal footing and in consultation。
The decision of the chinese state council to launch a nationwide campaign to combat intellectual property violations and the sale of counterfeit and counterfeit goods for six months, from october to march, was the most interesting element for united states entrepreneurs. Zong quan described progress made in improving the legal and regulatory framework for the protection of intellectual property rights, strengthening the enforcement and judicial protection of intellectual property rights by executives, raising awareness of the protection of intellectual property rights in all sectors of society and related international cooperation. He stressed to participants that china had elevated the protection of intellectual property rights to a national strategy and that china was well aware that innovation could be encouraged only if intellectual property protection was strengthened, which was the key to china's industrial competitiveness and was of vital interest to china. China's determination to combat intellectual property abuse was unwavering, and it would protect the intellectual property rights of all enterprises, including foreign enterprises, more effectively. In response to a question about how united states entrepreneurs assessed the concrete results of this campaign, zong quan indicated that, six months later, the task force would publish a report informing citizens and the world of the concrete results of the campaign。
Ms. Tammy oweber, vice-president of the united states chamber of commerce for asia, said that in today's world, no commercial relationship is more important than that of the united states and china, which will become even more important in the next 10 years. The business community in the united states is eager to intensify its exchanges with china, and we very much welcome china’s positive efforts to protect intellectual property rights. It is hoped that this effort will ensure that the intellectual property rights of both us and chinese companies will be fully protected so that both companies will be able to perform well, deliver more products and services, bring more choices and benefits to consumers, and develop new technologies to find new solutions to the global challenges facing them today and in the future. She believed that today's breakfast would be a very good opportunity to increase mutual trust。
Replying to the reporter on the impact of the new united states congress on the development of trade and economic relations between china and the united states, she expressed her confidence that the new congress would recognize the importance of trade and economic relations between the united states and china and do its utmost to further develop economic and trade relations between the two countries on the basis of existing good practices. With regard to the rmb exchange rate, tammy stressed that the consistent position of the united states chamber of commerce was to oppose the imposition of legislative pressure on the rmb. She believed that the leaders of both countries had shown a strong desire to improve relations between the two countries, and that the next month's meeting of the inter-american trade and development board and the next year's strategic and economic dialogue would provide many opportunities. She was very optimistic about us-china relations. (people's net, washington, 18 november)
