Moerman, Fientje --- "Intellectual Property Rights and WTO Compliance: Chinese and European Perspectives" [2007] ELECD 208; in Torremans, Paul; Shan, Hailing; Erauw, Johan (eds), "Intellectual Property and TRIPS Compliance in China" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007)

Book Title: Intellectual Property and TRIPS Compliance in China

Editor(s): Torremans, Paul; Shan, Hailing; Erauw, Johan

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845428754

Section: Chapter 12

Section Title: Intellectual Property Rights and WTO Compliance: Chinese and European Perspectives

Author(s): Moerman, Fientje

Number of pages: 5

Extract:

12. Intellectual property rights and WTO
compliance: Chinese and European
perspectives
Fientje Moerman*

INTRODUCTION
We are all greatly impressed by the changes that China has undergone; your
country has undeniably become a high-tech economy within the shortest imag-
inable time. Yet some Chinese sectors and areas have developed more slowly
or to a lesser extent, and others still exhibit certain social and economic needs.
You undoubtedly expect more wealth creation and hope that this, combined
with current improvements in the technology domain, will ultimately boost the
well-being and comfort of your numerous citizens even further. Right now, the
strength that China has already acquired and the future promise it holds in
many areas of industry and commerce make it a great import­export partner.
China's volume of trade in its own finished hi-tech products is constantly
growing. All these elements make your country a formidable competitor, and
the development of your country's trade imbalances with other trading blocs
means that you are ­ and will continue to be ­ viewed with admiration, as well
as with suspicion by some countries.


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN BELGIAN­CHINESE
TRADE RELATIONS
As the minister in charge of economic affairs and innovation in Flanders, the
northern part of Belgium, it is my job to conduct a policy that further enhances


* Deputy Minister-President and Flemish Minister for Economics, Business,
Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade, Flemish Regional Government, Flanders,
Belgium. This is the text of the speech delivered in Shanghai on 24 November ...