Xi pledges enhanced IP protection

Experts hail China's role in driving development, fostering innovation

President Xi Jinping has expressed China's willingness to further strengthen international cooperation in protecting intellectual property rights and contribute its wisdom and solutions to creating an international environment conducive to innovation and development.

He made the remarks in a congratulatory letter sent to the 2024 International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property World Congress, which opened on Saturday in Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang province.

It was the first time that the annual world congress of the group, a global nongovernmental organization that uses the French abbreviation AIPPI and is dedicated to the development and improvement of IP-related laws, was held outside Europe and in China, since the association was formed 127 years ago.