#3 Intellectual Property Rights in China

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Formally, intellectual property rights have been acknowledged and protected in China since the 1980s. In 2001, China became a member of the world trade organization. A premise of this was that China had to address some international concerns about its IPR system. Despite of this, some concerns remain. President Trump has repeatedly called out China for theft of intellectual property. …

China, Shanghai – Deep Branch wins Green Chemistry Competition

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Saturday December 12, Deep Branch, a carbon recycling biotech company located at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus, was one of the winners of the “Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest” organized by Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). IA Shanghai introduced Deep Branch’s online pitch and gave a presentation on the chemistry sector in the Netherlands with special attention …

Cleveringa Lecture in Shanghai about the pharmaceutical industry

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The Netherlands Innovation Network China organized their yearly Cleveringa Lecture at the residence of the Consulate-General in Shanghai. The lecture was given by Henk Jan Out, writer of the book ‘Long Live the Medicine’ (Lang leve het Geneesmiddel) and CSO of Ferring Pharmaceuticals in Shanghai. The topic of his lecture was “Pharmaceutical Companies: Creative Innovators or Crooked Moneymakers?” and was …

Shanghai Dutch Innovators and Manufacturers Network (DIMA) and Netherlands Science Network meeting

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China recovered relatively quickly from the COVID crisis due to an immediate lockdown and strict testing policy. Therefore Dutch companies in the Shanghai region were able to quickly go back to business as well. Therefore, on November 3 we continued hosting our quarterly meeting of DIMA, a network of 60 Dutch companies active in manufacturing / R&D in the Shanghai …