All foreign companies registered in China in accordance with the law receive national treatment and the intellectual property rights of all companies will be effectively protected, reiterated Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in a speech entitled "Work in Partnership for Common Development" at the Sixth Chinese-German Forum for Economic and Technological Cooperation held in Berlin on June 28.
Premier Wen said that close economic cooperation is an important pillar of China-Germany relations. Thanks to the joint efforts of both countries, economic and technological cooperation have flourished, bringing great achievements. The Chinese and German economies are highly complementary, and both have maintained sound growth. It is therefore fully possible for China-Germany economic and trade cooperation to enter a new stage.
More German enterprises are welcome to make investment in China, said Premier Wen. He hoped to speedily conclude negotiations on a model joint-venture contract with Germany, establish a China-Germany investment hotline to help solve problems enterprises might encounter and open more service sectors. He reiterated that all foreign companies registered in China in accordance with the law received national treatment; and the intellectual property rights of all companies would be effectively protected. He also hoped that the German government would take active and effective steps to support Chinese companies in making investment in Germany.
The Sixth Chinese-German Forum for Economic and Technological Cooperation was co-hosted by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (FMET). 500 representatives of senior government officials and economists from both countries attended the forum.
(Source:IPR in China)
