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Picturing anti-poverty Wrongfully jailed man Visitors take a look at pictures of gets more compensation rural residents promoting farm products through livestreaming at an exhibition at the Hunan for his mental anguish Art Museum in Changsha, Hunan province, on Tuesday. The show featured the progress By CAO YIN of achievements in poverty [email protected] 3.14 alleviation in Hunan. million yuan YANG HUAFENG / CHINA NEWS SERVICE China’s top court on Tuesday Compensation granted to Wu granted 520,000 yuan ($80,200) Chunhong, who was wrongfully more in compensation for mental jailed for more than 15 years. anguish to a man who was wrong fully jailed for more than 15 years. Wu Chunhong, a villager from Wu Henan province who had his Chunhong name cleared in April last year aft er evidence related to his inten tional homicide conviction was deemed insufficient, originally received state compensation of 2.62 million yuan on Aug 6. The compensation, made by the Henan High People’s Court, mental anguish — for instance, included 1.9 million yuan for Wu’s people wrongfully detained for wrongful detention for more than more than 10 years. The top court Scrutiny of copyright breaches 15 years and 680,000 yuan for his said in March that the adjustment mental anguish. aimed to uphold justice and fur Wu, 51, was unhappy with that ther protect human rights. result, “as it was too low to afford Thanks to the interpretation, my client’s difficulties in life after the percentage of the compensa the acquittal,” said Li Changqing, tion for mental anguish Wu of films to be strengthened Wu’s lawyer, who appealed to the received was raised to 62 percent Supreme People’s Court. from about 35 percent last year. Industry decries unlicensed editing of conference on Sunday on protecting Beijing Yunjia Law Firm specializing According to the top court’s “I’m happy with the increased intellectual property rights, said that in handling internet and IPR cases, decision on Tuesday, the mental compensation,” thecover.cn, a news movies, series into snackable short clips the online shortvideo industry had said that short videos with the banner anguish compensation for Wu has outlet based in Sichuan province, developed rapidly in recent years, “you can watch a film in just a few been raised to 1.2 million yuan, quoted Wu as saying. He added that By CAO YIN after 17 film associations, 54 film “but this had also resulted in some minutes for free” have been frequently and the total amount of state com he is planning to renovate his house [email protected] companies and more than 500 actors serious copyright infringement seen online over the past several years. pensation now is 3.14 million. and seek a job. and producers last week called on the issues, which have not only aroused “This quickwatching model helped It was reportedly the first case in Wu’s case started in 2004 when Scrutiny of those who infringe the country to combat copyright irregu huge public outrage, but have also the video makers attract viewers, with which a person’s mental anguish a 3yearold boy in Zhougang vil copyrights of films and television larities on shortvideo platforms. drawn our close attention.” more online views and bigger poten compensation was increased after lage, Shangqiu, Henan, died after series on shortvideo platforms will The joint statement was initiated He highlighted a principle in the tial advertising values,” Zhao said. the top court issued a judicial eating homemade food containing be tightened to protect creators’ as a number of internet users were Chinese Copyright Law that a work “The practice, however, has interpretation in March adjusting poisoned flour. His elder brother legitimate rights, according to Chi found to have copied and edited cannot be used without the permis infringed on the legitimate rights of such figures. fell ill and was admitted to hospi na’s top copyright regulator. films or TV series into several short sion of its creator, and he clarified the film producers,” he added. Previously, compensation for tal but recovered. “We’ll continue intensified investi videos, allowing them to be viewed that this rule also applies to films Situations in which shortvideo mental anguish was not supposed Wu, who lived in the same vil gations into copyright infringements in just a few minutes without notify and TV dramas. makers use a few cuts to introduce to exceed 35 percent of the com lage, was named as the suspect in in the online shortvideo industry ing or paying the copyright owners. While requiring shortvideo plat or comment on a film or TV drama pensation a person received for the child’s death and was detained and resolutely punish people who Film and TV industry insiders asked form operators to strengthen copy are allowed under the Copyright having his or her personal liberty about a week later. copy or spread others’ films, TV dra shortvideo operators to take the initi right protection by improving Law, he said. However, if film cuts or undermined, but the interpreta In 2005, he was given a suspend mas or music without permission,” ative to protect copyrighted works and reporting channels and handling content take up, for example, two tion raised that cap to 50 percent. ed death sentence for intentional said Yu Cike, head of the copyright respect the creators by eliminating infringements, he also gave support minutes or more of a poster’s three It also listed a few “extremely homicide. After frequent appeals management division under the Pub improper content and taking meas to the film associations of copyright minute video without the poster serious” conditions that could see from his family, the top court licity Department of the Communist ures to increase supervision over vid owners to help better guarantee cre contributing original ideas, that people whose personal rights are ordered the Henan high court to Party of China Central Committee. eos uploaded on the platforms. ators’ works will be safeguarded. person will be identified as a copy damaged obtain more than 50 per rehear the case in 2018 due to He made the remark on Sunday In response, Yu, speaking at a news Zhao Zhanling, a lawyer with the right infringer, according to Zhao. cent of their compensation for insufficient evidence.
By YUAN SHENGGAO for its future development. Great Wall Motors has set up With its five vehicle brands and R&D centers in multiple cities five parts companies, Chinese auto across the world, including Baoding maker Great Wall Motors is poised and Shanghai in China, Yokohama to forge an industrial ecology “as in Japan, and Detroit and Los Ange sturdy as an aircraft carrier”. Its les in the United States. The auto potential was demonstrated at the maker has also established R&D 2021 Shanghai auto show, held centers in Frankfurt and Munich, from April 1928. Germany. At the 10day event, China’s larg The automaker has 12 major pro est SUV and pickup maker dis duction bases both at home and played multiple products from its abroad, including in Baoding, subbrands — Haval, Great Wall North China’s Hebei province and Pickup, WEY, Ora and Tank — and Taizhou in East China’s Jiangsu the parts subsidiaries of FTXT, province. Great Wall Motors also HYCET and Nobo Automotive Sys has production bases in Rizhao of tems, Exquisite Automotive Sys East China’s Shandong province, tems and Mind Electronics Tula in Russia and Rayong, Thai Appliance. land. The Haval brand revealed six new With more than 500 dealers, models to visitors, including the Great Wall Motors has grown a Haval X Dog, the concept model of sales network covering more than HavalXY and the thirdgeneration 60 countries. Haval H6, coupled with 5G technol In the first quarter this year, the ogy. Visitors explore Great Wall Motors’ display at the 2021 Shanghai auto show, held from April 1928. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY automaker reached a sales volume The brand announced a sales tar totaling 338,798 units, soaring 125 get of 1.3 million units for 2023, percent from the same period last demonstrating its confidence in year. Ten of the company’s models both its products and market com have each achieved total sales petitiveness. Improved industrial ecology leads to boom exceeding 10,000 units. WEY kicked off presales for its all In March alone, the automaker new Mocha model at the Shanghai sold 111,000 vehicles, up 84.4 per auto show, offering five variants. cent yearonyear. Ora launched a sports car at the in business for Great Wall Motors A total of 223,000 units of Haval event. Priced at less than 200,000 branded vehicles were sold during yuan ($30,000), the new vehicle can the first three months of this year, accelerate from 0100 kilometers representing a surge of 109.7 per per hour in just four seconds. cent from the same period in 2020. Tank, a new independent brand By the end of March 2021, the of Great Wall Motors, made the Haval H6 had been the topselling world premieres of two new models SUV in China for 94 months, at this year’s Shanghai auto show according to the automaker. and set a sales target of 500,000 The WEY brand achieved a sales units by 2025. volume of nearly 26,000 units in the The parts subsidiaries in the first quarter this year, up 162 per spotlight at the auto show displayed cent from the same period in 2020. the automaker’s strength in clean, Great Wall Motors sold nearly intelligent and connected technolo 60,000 pickups from January to gies. March this year, an increase of 92 FTXT showcased its hydrogen percent from the same period last power system, which is expected to year. support the implementation and More than 30,000 Orabranded commercialization of Great Wall From left: Great Wall Motors displays a new Havalbranded vehicle at the Shanghai auto show. Visitors at this year’s Shanghai auto show new energy vehicles were sold in the Motors’ hydrogen energy strategy. check out the Haval X Dog, a new model from Great Wall Motors. same period, with more than 13,000 A new powertrain system from delivered in March alone. HYCET had its world debut at the In 2020, Great Wall Motors auto show, and Nobo Automotive aspects including organization, mechanisms, with results paying To further expand its talent team, lion yuan, up 21.22 percent yearon achieved an annual revenue of Systems launched the iNest 2.0 mechanism and personnel manage off. Great Wall Motors will recruit more year. 103.31 billion yuan — 92.39 billion intelligent cockpit, equipped with a ment, which helps empower the The company established digital than 10,000 professionals globally, During the same year, the auto yuan from vehicle sales and 10.92 series of intelligent and lightweight automaker to establish an “aircraft ization centers for enterprises and adding to its existing 15,000 maker launched three technology billion yuan from the sales of parts parts and components. carrierlike” industrial ecology. products, to start its digital opera research and development staff brands, forming a technological and components — up 7.38 percent Since July 2020, Great Wall To reach customers directly, the tions and management. Those steps members. synergy of autonomous driving, yearonyear. Its net profit was 5.36 Motors has established a new enter automaker streamlined its organi were done with the intention of bet In 2020, the R&D investment of intelligent cockpit, efficient fuel billion yuan, up 18.36 percent year prise ecology through reforms in zational structure and operation ter serving its customers. Great Wall Motors totaled 5.15 bil and new energy to lay a foundation onyear.
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