IntellectualPropertyProtectioninChinaForewordChinesecivilizationhasalonghistory.TheChinesenationhasavastreservoirofcreativity.ThebrilliantculturecreatedbytheChinesepeoplehasexertedadeepgoinginfluenceontheprogressofhumancivilization.Overthepastseveralthousandyears,vastnumbersofoutstandingChinesescientists,inventors,writersandartistshavegiventhegloriousfruitsoftheirmentallabourtothedevelopmentofhumanity'scommoncivilization,makingenormouscontributions.Theintellectualpropertyprotectionsystememergedasaproductofthedevelopmentofhumancivilizationandcommodityeconomyand,invariouscountries,ithasincreasinglybecomeaneffectivelegaltoolforprotectingtheinterestsoftheownerofintellectualproducts,promotingthedevelopmentofscience,technologyandthesocialeconomy,andallowinginternationalcompetition.Asawhole,China,however,foravarietyofhistoricalreasons,beganworkonitsintellectualpropertyrightsprotectionsystematacomparativelylatedate.AfterChinastartedreformandopeningtotheoutsideworld,itacceleratedtheprocessofestablishinganintellectualpropertyrightsprotectionsysteminordertorapidlydevelopsocialproductiveforces,promoteoverallsocialprogress,meettheneedsofdevelopingasocialistmarketeconomyandexpediteChina'sentryintotheworldeconomy.Sincetheendofthe1970s,Chinahasdoneatremendousamountofeffectiveworkinthisfield,coveringinalittlemorethanadozenyearsadistancewhichtookotherdevelopedcountriesscoresofyears,evenahundredyears,establishingarelativelycomprehensivelegalsystemfortheprotectionofintellectualpropertyrights,therebyattractingworldwideattentionforitsachievementsnotonlyinestablishingthesystembutalsoinenforcement.Today,intellectualpropertyprotectionisanissueofuniversalconcernintheinternationalpolitical,economic,scientific,technologicalandculturalexchanges.Internationalbilateralandmultilateralnegotiationsonthistopic,especiallythereachingoftheAgreementonTrade-relatedAspectsofIntellectualPropertyRightsintheGeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade(GATT),haveraisedworldwideintellectualpropertyprotectiontoanewlevel.Intoday'sworld,greatimportanceisattachedtointellectualpropertyprotection.WhatisChina'sspecificpositionregardingthisquestion?WhatisChina'scurrentlegislationonintellectualpropertyrightsandhowisitenforced?WhatmeasureshasChinatakentoensureitsinternationalcommitmenttointellectualpropertyprotection?Abriefintroductiontotheseissueswillproveuseful.I.China'sBasicPositionRegardingtheProtectionofIntellectualPropertyRightsItistheChinesegovernment'sviewthattheintellectualpropertyprotectionsystemplaysasignificantroleinpromotingprogressinscienceandtechnology,enrichingcultureanddevelopingtheeconomy.Itfunctionsbothasanimportantinstitutionensuringthenormalrunningofthesocialistmarketeconomyandasoneofthebasicenvironmentsandconditionsforconductinginternationalexchangeandcooperationinscience,technology,economyandculture.Chinaconsiderstheprotectionofintellectualpropertyanimportantpartofitspolicyofreformandopeningtotheoutsideworldandofthebuildingof---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---itssocialistlegalsystem.Beginninginthelate1970s,Chinahasbeenformulatinglawsandregulationsforintellectualpropertyrightsprotection,andhasbeenparticipatinginactivitiesorganizedbytherelevantinternationalorganizationsaimedatstrengtheninginternationalexchangeandcooperationinthefieldofintellectualpropertyrights.Fromits...