The TRIPS Agreement and Intellectual Property Protection in China

In order to carry out its open reform policy, China has no other choice but to establish and strengthen its intellectual property protection system. This is especially true after the Agreement on TradeRelated Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) finally linked intellectual property with international trade and the information highway (not necessarily the super highway). Since 1982, China has published and enforced a series of intellectual property laws and regulations, and has adhered to more than ten international conventions and one protocol in the field of intellectual property. China is now preparing to adhere to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and is striving to return to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in order to adhere to the TRIPS Agreement.