CHINA DAILY Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | 5 CHINA Worried Hands-on bamboo tourists can Courts rise to cancel Sri Lanka trips meet challenge
By WANG XIAOYU [email protected] of IPR cases Major travel agencies and air lines in China are allowing cli ents with travel plans to Sri Tribunals, technical investigators will Lanka to postpone or cancel play increasingly prominent roles their trips in the wake of a series of blasts on Sunday that killed at least 290 people and injured By ZHU LIXIN in Hefei more than 500. [email protected] Xinhua reported on Monday that one Chinese had been killed, The number of intellectual prop Technologybased five were missing and another erty rights cases handled by Chinese disputes ... are five injured, citing the Chinese courts increased significantly in embassy in Sri Lanka. 2018, showing that the country is increasingly Chinabased travel agencies Makonye Joalane (right), from Lesotho, learns bamboo weaving from a villager in Qingshen county, increasingly aware of its importance emerging, bringing have reported no casualties Sichuan province, on Monday. Twentynine international students from China Agricultural Universi in pursuing highquality economic among their clients visiting Sri ty got a taste of the national intangible cultural heritage. ZHANG ZHONGPING / FOR CHINA DAILY development, the Supreme People’s new adjudication Lanka at the time of the explo Court said on Monday in a white challenges for sions, and they have taken meas paper. ures to keep Chinese visitors safe Courts at all levels accepted a total handling IPR cases.” and are allowing others to of 334,951 IPR cases in 2018, up by Song Xiaoming, head of the change their itineraries. Pork imports expected to stay high, 41.2 percent from the previous year, Supreme People’s Court’s Domestic tour operator Tuniu according to the court, which released IPR tribunal said customers with existing the white paper — Intellectual Prop hotel bookings in Colombo, the erty Protection by Chinese Courts in Sri Lankan capital, on or before prices likely to climb over next 2 years 2018 — in Hefei, Anhui province. Number of IPR cases April 27 can cancel their book Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guang accepted by Chinese courts ings free of charge. dong provinces, together with Bei 2018 334,951
Colombo was hit hardest by By WANG XIAODONG jing and Shanghai, remain the top 2017 237,242 the bombs, as seven explosions [email protected] contributors of cases, with the num 2016 152,072 shattered hotels and churches in ber of firstinstance civil cases the city on Sunday and Monday. Because of a decrease in domes accepted by local courts reaching a 2015 149,238 Two explosions occurred in tic pork supplies following African combined 185,337 and covering 65.4 2014 133,863 neighboring Negombo and the swine fever outbreaks, China will percent of the national total for IPR. Source: Supreme People’s Court CHINA DAILY eastern city of Batticaloa, accord see its pork imports rise rapidly to The country’s central and western ing to Xinhua News Agency. historical highs over the next two regions saw explosive yearonyear Other Chinese travel agencies, years, according to a report increases, with annual growth in Jaguar Land Rover Automotive including Ctrip, Lvmama and released on Saturday. Gansu, Guizhou and Qinghai prov said the LandWind X7 SUV manu Aoyou, have also rolled out simi China’s pork imports are expect inces of 290 percent, 157 percent and factured by Jiangling subsidiary lar policies to accommodate cli ed to reach 1.7 million metric tons 155 percent, respectively. LandWind was an unauthorized ents’ needs to defer or cancel this year, an increase of more than The growth is inseparable from imitation of its Range Rover Evoque. their booked trips due to the 40 percent over last year, according the regions’ economic strengths and “Technologybased disputes involv ongoing volatility of the situation to the China Agricultural Outlook potential, according to Li Shunde, a ing findings of complex technological in the island country. (201928) from the Ministry of Agri senior intellectual property facts or other new types of disputes Flights between the Chinese culture and Rural Affairs. researcher at the Chinese Academy are increasingly emerging, bringing mainland and Sri Lanka operat Imports are expected to increase Guests examine dishes at an event introducing pork from France’s of Social Sciences. new adjudication challenges for han ed by Air China, China Eastern to 2.1 million tons next year, and Brittany region in Beijing in February. LI XIN / XINHUA Internetrelated IPR cases have dling IPR cases,” Song said. Airlines and China Southern Air may then start to decline due to ris been surging in recent years One of the measures taken by the lines have not seen widespread ing domestic supplies. However, because of the rapid development of supreme court for improving effi delays or cancellations, accord they will remain at high levels over Since August, there have been Zhu Zengyong, a researcher at the sector, he said. ciency is its approval of 19 tribunals ing to Variflight, an aviation data the next few years. more than 120 African swine fever the Chinese Academy of Agricul Of the 10 typical IPR cases last to specialize in IPRrelated cases provider. With the reduced supply, pork outbreaks in China, touching tural Sciences who helped draft the year that were released by the top across the country. The three largest air carriers in prices in China are expected to almost all provincial regions and report, said China’s pork imports court on Monday, three were inter “The courts, based in 19 cities, China are offering full waivers on increase by up to 40 percent this resulting in the slaughter of more will see a quick rise in the latter half netrelated. including Hefei, are designed to be cancellations and rescheduling year compared with last year, with than 1 million pigs. of this year, and total imports for “Efficiency in settling cases also responsible for handling not only requests for passengers who a more prominent rise in the latter China, the world’s largest con the year will break the previous improved significantly in 2018,” said local IPR cases but also those from booked flights to or from Colom half of the year. Prices are expected sumer of pork, has produced about annual import record of 1.6 million Song Xiaoming, head of the court’s neighboring regions,” Song said. bo before or on Sunday. to continue rising over the next two half of the world’s pork supply. tons. IPR tribunal. In 2014, the supreme court Sri Lanka Airlines confirmed years. Agricultural authorities have Major sources of pork imports Courts settled 319,651 cases dur released a guideline to introduce that international flights were Pork production in China has implemented strict quarantine include the European Union, Cana ing the year, including some they technical investigators into the pro operating as scheduled at the started to decline since the latter half measures on the prevention and da and Brazil, he said. had accepted previously, Song said. cedure of judging IPR cases. An ear Colombo airport. It also advised of last year, following the country’s control of African swine fever, Although more imports can Some of the settled cases had lier document released by the local passengers to arrive at the airport first African swine fever outbreak in which is deadly to pigs but does not temporarily ease a domestic sup attracted enormous attention at court in Hefei last year said it would at least four hours in advance August, and total production this affect humans. These measures ply shortage, Zhu said, the move home and abroad. For example, in recruit both fulltime and parttime with passports and valid tickets. year is expected to decrease by 6.7 include slaughtering of pigs sus will also affect domestic produc handling a dispute between Chinese technical investigators. Tourism in Sri Lanka has seen percent to 50.4 million tons. It is pected to have the disease, intensi tion. and foreign companies, the Beijing More fulltime technical investi a boom in recent years, with the expected to further decrease to 46 fying farm inspections and banning “Importing pork in great quanti Intellectual Property Court concluded gators are expected to be recruited number of Chinese tourists visit million tons next year. transport of pigs across areas where ties will result in domestic pork pri a design patent of Chinese automaker for IPR cases in the future, research ing the country more than dou With reduced risk of disease outbreaks have been reported. ces remaining low, which will Jiangling Motors Group was invalid. er Li said. bling in the past four years, because of control and prevention Despite the progress made in encourage farmers raising small reaching about 270,000 last year, measures, pork production is containment, China still faces diffi numbers of pigs to quit the busi China News Service reported in expected to rebound starting in cult challenges in eliminating the ness and therefore further reduce February. 2021. disease, according to the ministry. the domestic supply,” Zhu said. Disputes over science, Specialist’s precision strikes put dent in ‘Cantonese cancer’ technology on increase By ZHOU WENTING in Shanghai GUANGZHOU — Every year, radiotherapy is the first choice. [email protected] about 5,000 people with potentially Ma described the early radiation 353 deadly head and neck cancer come as carpet bombing, saying it causes Intellectual property disputes in people to Sun Yatsen University Cancer collateral damage in the area science and technology have been were sentenced in 205 intellec Center, the world’s busiest medical around the tumor. A “satellite map” on the rise in Shanghai as the city tual property cases last year by facility treating the disease. is needed for a precision strike, he strives to transform itself into a Shanghai courts, a yearonyear Ma Jun, a specialist in nasophar said. global hub for science and technolo increase of 45 percent. yngeal cancer who has worked at Ma and his team put forward an gy, the Shanghai High People’s the hospital in Guangdong prov individualized irradiation range Court said on Monday in its 2018 courts sentenced 353 people in 205 ince for 34 years, says every patient and dose standard for radiotherapy. White Paper on Intellectual Proper cases with criminal penalties last has a heartwrenching story. The result is a clear picture showing ty Trials. year, a 45 percent increase in cases “As a doctor, you never forget high and lowrisk areas, which Take gene technology for exam yearonyear. In those cases, 33 peo where you start. You want to help then allows dose stratification. ple. In 2018, Shanghai courts ple were sentenced to imprison them live and help them live better,” In 2014, an atlas of organs at risk received four cases related to gene ment between three and seven Ma said. in nasopharyngeal cancer patients technology and genetic data, the years, up from about 20 the previous The cancer is a rare type, but was published in Radiotherapy and white paper said. year. more common in southern China, Ma Jun and his team work at Sun Yatsen University Cancer Center Oncology. It suggested tailoring In one case, a DNA technology Wang Hong, a woman who sold which accounts for about 47 per in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY both radiation doses and targets, company from Canada claimed that fake MCM bags on Taobao for a year cent of the world’s total new cases and setting a recommended safety some research institutions in starting in March 2017, made 2.96 every year. chemotherapy along with three drew the attention of Western dose for protecting 33 normal Shanghai had infringed on its pat million yuan ($440,000) and was It is sometimes called Cantonese courses of intensified adjuvant experts, and the United States and organs around the nasopharynx. ents in human gene testing technol fined 500,000 yuan and sentenced cancer, as the incidence in Guang chemotherapy afterward to treat Europe revised their treatment Today, the fiveyear overall sur ogy. In another, a major hospital in to three years and six months in dong — 30 cases per 100,000 people patients with advanced nasophar guidelines. vival rate for patients exceeds 80 Shanghai sued a foreign company prison. — is more than 30 times higher yngeal cancer. It became the stan More recently, Ma added a new percent at Sun Yatsen University for infringing on its exclusive own The compensation amounts in than the rest of the world. dard treatment for advanced cases drug to the original dual drug Cancer Center, while the rate of ership of human genetic resource civil disputes were also elevated to When Ma was a visiting scholar around the world. chemotherapy regimen, and moved severe side effects from radiothera information. new heights, the white paper said. in the United States, he found many For years, Ma has wondered if it postradiotherapy chemotherapy py has dropped by 24 percent. “It was not the first year the courts In two cases involving computer patients were ChineseAmerican, really worked for Chinese people. to preradiotherapy. Ma, who has won China’s Nation have received such cases,” said Li software copyright infringements and most of their families were In a largescale randomized clini In another clinical study of 480 al Science and Technology Award Shulan, deputy head of the Shang that were concluded last year, the originally from Guangdong. cal study over a period of eight cases, Ma and his team found that twice with his team, is grateful to hai Intellectual Property Court. “But defendants Shanghai TJ Innova An epidemiology study in 2010 years, Ma found Chinese patients this regimen increased the fiveyear more than 10,000 patients who there is an obvious trend. The num Engineering and Technology Co and traced the risk gene for this type of with advanced nasopharyngeal survival rate of patients by 8 per have participated in his research, ber of such disputes is on the rise.” Shanghai Zhidou Electric Vehicle cancer to the Baiyue people, an eth cancer suffered more side effects cent. saying their courage is behind the Last year also saw a dramatic Technology Co were ordered to pay nic group that lived in the area than benefits from the additional The nasopharynx is in the progress in the treatment. increase in criminal punishment compensation of 15 million yuan more than 2,000 years ago. chemotherapy, which cost about upper part of the pharynx behind “I wish every patient could get and compensation in civil cases and 9 million yuan, respectively — In 1998, the US National Compre 13,400 yuan ($2,000) per patient. the nose, connecting the nostrils precision treatment,” he says. related to intellectual property record amounts in the city and the hensive Cancer Network proposed The findings, published in the and throat. The location makes it infringement, the white paper said. full amount requested by the plain concomitant radiotherapy and journal Lancet Oncology in 2012, hard for doctors to operate, so XINHUA According to the report, Shanghai tiff, Dassault Systems of France.