I. Historical background
A. Chinese strategy
From the 1980s to the early 2000s, China achieved significant
progress in its economic developments through its "open door
policy". However, this progress was essentially dependant on
its capacity to manufacture and export, hence the well-known saying
that "China is the factory of the world". However,
throughout the 2000s, the Chinese Government became increasingly
aware of the strategic importance of innovation and of the
acquisition of intellectual property rights. In 2006, a series of
Regulations was issued with a view to promoting the concept of
"Indigenous innovation", which showed a preference for
domestically developed intellectual property rights in public
procurements. Later on, in June 2008, the Chinese government issued
its National Strategy for the Industrial Property, with
the intention to develop Chinese IP rights and achieve
technological independence by the year 2020 was clearly announced.
China intended
