Tian Lipu meets media during party congress

In a group interview with Chinese and overseas press on the sidelines of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in the afternoon of October 18, Congress Deputy, SIPO CPC Group Secretary and Commissioner Tian Lipu elaborated the latest developments of the Chinese IPR system and fielded questions from reporters with 50 media services including Xinhua, Wenweipo, Reuters and Singapore United Morning Post.

Tian enlightened the reporters with statistical analysis of the progresses achieved by China in the IPR field since the previous Congress and reiterated the concrete stand of the Chinese government in prioritizing and enhancing IPR protection.  He repeated several times, the country's intensive actions in IPR protection and the upcoming implementation of the national strategy on IPR are motivated by the intrinsic needs of China's development.  Reporters then shot an array of questions at the commissioner, ranging from IPR protection for the Olympics to national strategy, from IPR creation to protection,  from awareness campaign to talent training program,from international cooperation to dispute resolution. 

(by Yan Wenfeng)

十七大代表田力普接受中外媒体记者采访

本报讯　（记者闫文锋北京报道）10月18日下午，中国共产党第十七次全国代表大会代表、国家知识产权局党组书记、局长田力普在十七大新闻中心举行的媒体见面会上，向中外记者介绍了中国知识产权事业发展的最新进展，并回答了在场记者的有关提问。新华社、香港文汇报、路透社、新加坡联合早报等近50家中外媒体的记者到会。

田力普用翔实的数据向中外记者介绍了十六大以来中国在知识产权领域所取得的成就，着重表明了中国政府重视和加强知识产权保护的一贯立场和观点。他特别强调，加强知识产权保护乃至实施国家知识产权战略，根本原因是中国自身发展的内在需要。会上，中外记者踊跃提问，从奥运知识产权保护到国家知识产权战略，从知识产权的创造到知识产权的保护，从提高全社会的知识产权意识到知识产权人才的培养，从知识产权国际交流与合作到知识产权纠纷解决，众多知识产权话题成为了记者们关注的焦点。