Wen to Bush: China to beef up IPR protection

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, August 10, met respectively with some of the foreign leaders attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and other events, including U.S. President George W. Bush, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. 

When meeting with Bush, Wen said China will work on balancing its trade position and enhancing the protection of intellectual property rights, and it hoped the United States would ease rules on high-tech exports to China and recognize China's full market economy status. 

Bush responded the United States expected to enhance dialogue and cooperation with China and to carry on the strategic economic dialogue, strengthen energy and environmental cooperation and jointly cope with climate change and other global challenges, making the dialogue a platform for the cooperation between the two countries in the 21st century. (by Ya Hui)

温家宝会见美国总统布什时表示

中国政府愿意努力加强知识产权保护

本报讯  8月10日，中国国务院总理温家宝在北京分别会见了前来出席北京奥运会开幕式及相关活动的一些外国领导人，包括美国总统布什、芬兰总理万哈宁、德国前总理施罗德等。

在会见美国总统布什时，温家宝表示，中国政府愿在促进贸易平衡发展、加强知识产权保护等方面做出努力，希望美方放宽高技术产品对华出口并承认中国完全市场经济地位。

布什说，美方期待着同中国加强对话合作，继续保持战略经济对话等机制，加强能源、环境合作，共同应对气候变化等全球性挑战，使其成为２１世纪两国合作的良好平台。（亚 慧）