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GAO, Wangsheng
Wangsheng Gao is the Director of the Regional Agricultural Development Center at China Agriculture University (CAU). He is also a Professor of Farming Systems and Ecology at the College of Agronomy and Biotechnology at CAU and Chairman of the China Farming-system Research Society. From 1979 to 1983, he was an undergraduate in the Department of Agronomy of Gansu Agriculture University (GAU), where he earned his B.A. From 1984 to 1990, he worked at GAU and earned his M.S. degree there in 1989. From 1991 to 1994, he returned to CAU and earned a Ph.D. there. Since 1995, he has taught at CAU. Between 1995 and 2006, he finished more than 10 research programs supported by national science & technology project. His areas of research interest are farming systems and regional rural development, conservation tillage and sustainable agriculture, agro-eco-system eco-economical analyses, and agricultural high-technology assessment and developmental policy.
Abstract
IP Rights in China: Spurring Invention and Driving Innovation in Health and Agriculture
Abstract:
During its relatively brief history of IP (intellectual property) rights protection, China has achieved early success, thanks to the strengthening of governmental IP rights legislation, the establishment of an IP rights management system, the promotion of public knowledge about IP rights, and increasing opportunities for international exchange and cooperation. IP rights protection in the fields of health and agriculture has increased investment in these sectors, encouraged innovation in health and agricultural science, increased farmers’ incomes, and improved the quality of life for Chinese citizens. Dramatic increases in patent applications in China suggest that widespread implementation and greater enforcement of IP rights are stimulating inventive activity, encouraging technology transfer, and driving greater and greater innovation.
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