From China Daily (link):
Senior officials of ministries and agencies directly dealing with intellectual property rights (IPR) were at a press conference yesterday to address questions on China’s IPR protection but Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai ended up doing most of the answering.
“The main factors affecting the US-China trade balance don’t actually include IPRs. Rather, they are structural and based on the competitiveness of our companies,” Bo said.
The China Daily story also asks several real questions, though unanswered herein. “Is China really getting tough with IPR offenders? Will China’s campaign to protect IPRs help narrow the trade surplus with the United States? Will the crackdown on IPR infringements affect China’s economy? ”
See also a blog about China’s intellectual property (link) and a recent case of a court ruling against knock-off brand products sold at the Silk Market in Beijing (link)
Also Wikipedia’s “Intellectual property in China”
