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Senior Chinese Government Officials VisitWIPO

Geneva, November 9, 2000
Press Updates UPD/2000/113

Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) exchanged views on a wide range of intellectual property issues with a delegation of senior Chinese officials, led by Mr. Xu Jialu, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China on Thursday, November 9, 2000. The eleven-strong delegation which also included Mr. Hu Kangsheng, Vice Chairman of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the NPC and Mr. Shen Rengan, Deputy Commissioner of the National Copyright Administration of China also held a series of in-depth discussions on copyright issues with a number of senior WIPO officials. This visit was part of a 10-day study tour to Stockholm, Geneva, Berne and London organized by WIPO.

During the talks, Dr. Idris underlined the importance of protecting copyright within the digital environment and emphasized the role of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Phonograms and Performances Treaty (WPPT) in this respect. Mr. Xu and other members of the Chinese delegation reaffirmed the commitment of the Chinese government to intellectual property legislation, including in the field of copyright. The meetings at WIPO also provided an opportunity for discussions on WIPO's global communications strategy, and public outreach especially among young people, WIPO's assistance to developing countries including China, legislative aspects of the WCT and WPPT as well as issues relating to collective copyright management and copyright aspects of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS).

China became a member of WIPO in June 1980 and is party to ten other international treaties administered by WIPO including the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement Concerning the Registration of Marks, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

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