Culture: Enhance copyrights protection (Xinhua) Updated: 2006-06-26 17:01
Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong Province in southern China agreed on
Thursday to strengthen their cooperation in cracking down on copyright piracy
and giving a better protection umbrella for intellectual property rights in both
places.
Reviewing the latest developments of intellectual property in
Hong Kong and Guangdong at its 5th meeting Thursday, the Guangdong-Hong Kong
Expert Group on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights concluded that
many intellectual property cooperation efforts had been successfully completed,
citing achievements in an education-sharing program for teachers from primary
and secondary schools of both regions together with a training and exchange
program for officials of both sides.
The expert group also discussed
projects for the second half of the year, including enhancing the intellectual
property education-sharing program and organizing a seminar on intellectual
property and the development of small and medium enterprises in
Guangdong. (For more biz stories, please visit Industry Updates)
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