Global intellectual property body praises China's contributions

China's enhanced awareness of intellectual property protection as well as its innovation output in science and technology over the past few years have been praised by Daren Tang, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization. "China's innovation is not just in culture and traditional fields, but increasingly also in science and technology," Tang told China Daily in an exclusive interview while attending the Third Belt and Road High-level Conference on Intellectual Property in Beijing on Wednesday. He lauded China's innovation achievements after this year's WIPO Global Innovation Index recently showed that China now leads the world with 26 scientific and technological clusters in the top 100. China is one of countries that celebrate the power of IP every year on April 26, which is World Intellectual Property Day, and it has also been actively involved in WIPO negotiations, according to him. Considering many developing countries face similar challenges in IP field, Tang added that the conference is also a good platform to bring them together to meet, share best practices, exchange ideas and renew friendship.