Li: Strengthen protection of intellectual property rights

Premier Li Keqiang urged on Tuesday that greater efforts should be made to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and to crack down on illegal and criminal acts involving infringement on rights and counterfeiting.

Protecting IPR is protecting entrepreneurship and innovation, and preventing counterfeits is directly related to people's health and safety, Li said in instructions to a national video and telephone conference on cracking down on IPR infringement and counterfeiting.

He urged local governments and departments to simultaneously develop laws and regulations while fighting against related criminal acts, strengthening coordination and ensuring that responsibility is clear at various levels.