IP is focus of patent week

IP is focus of patent week

The Third China Patent Week, organized by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), will be held Nov 12 to Nov 16 in Guangzhou, the capital of southern coastal Guangdong province.
Ma Weiye, director general of the office’s department of patent management, said parallel sessions will also take place in 31 provinces and cities across China.
This year’s Patent Week will focus on the themes of implementing the national intellectual property strategy, coping with the current financial crisis and building a more innovative China, Ma said.
The event will feature a range of related activities including exhibitions of patented technologies and products, as well as several promotions and forums in the field of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). It is expected that this year’s event will underline its status as China’s leading platform for patent development.
Other highlights of the five-day event will include a program of activities targeted specifically at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the challenges represented by the global financial downturn.
Guangzhou, the main venue of the week, will host several exhibitions and trade fairs for those SMEs suffering as a result of the ongoing economic slowdown. These sessions are aimed to provide opportunities for communications, exchanges and future cooperation.

The sessions taking place outside of Guangzhou will be tailored to address the needs of various local markets.
In Shanghai, for instance, the event will center on the 2010 Shanghai Expo and emphasize newly patented technologies and products that relate directly to the fair.
In Sichuan, the sessions will be directly related to the reconstruction carried out in the province in the wake of the 2008 earthquake. It will also highlight the current challenges facing businesses in the area.
A number of exhibitions and trade fairs relating to patented technologies will also be held in Sichuan to coincide with the event and promote the national strategy.
Other activities involving a high-profile display of proprietary technologies, projects and products will be featured at all regional events.
Patent Week organizers said one goal was to encourage startup businesses to adopt proprietary technology, and another was to encourage SMEs to fully realize their proprietary intellectual property capabilities.
The opening ceremony will take place in Guangzhou on Nov 12.

Fashion firms shop for Western brands

Fashion firms shop for Western brands

After decades of Made-in-China garments, China’s fashion industry is eager to move on from being just a mass manufacturer of clothes. It wants to own Western brands and to sell them to China’s 1.3 billion consumers.
The right to sell brands of several international fashion labels locally, such as Aquascutum and Pierre Cardin, has been recently acquired by Chinese clothing makers and sellers.
And the list of Western brands up for sale is only expected to get longer as retailers continue to reel under the weight of a global recession.
“Acquisition opportunities do increase a lot out there, but investment risks also increase when many of these acquisition targets are struggling to survive,” said Ryan Tsang, a senior director of rating agency Standard & Poor’s.
Hong Kong-listed China Dongxiang, which acquired ownership of Italy’s Kappa brand at Chinese mainland and Macao markets in 2006, is on the hunt again for new targets in the US market, said a source familiar with the situation.
“Indeed, now we have too much money, but where is the best investment opportunity? There are many opportunities, but I only want to make a reasonable investment,” Dennis Qin, chief executive of Dongxiang, said at a recent conference.
“It’s not necessary to be a sportswear brand. We’re also interested to look for opportunities in those brands that are not purely about sports but related to sports, for example, Ralph Lauren,” said Qin, referring to the US clothing brand known for its Polo logo.
But Qin added there are no formal talks under way.
Interest in top brands
Dongxiang is not alone. China Investment Corp (CIC), the $200 billion sovereign fund, is showing interest in some top brands in the West, according to earlier Chinese media reports. CIC declined to comment.
YGM Trading, a Hong Kong garments seller, said this month that it agreed to buy the Asian intellectual property rights to Aquascutum, one of Britain’s historic luxury fashion brands, for about $22 million.
YGM initially wanted to buy the whole business of Aquascutum but later decided to only take the Asia part due to concerns about staff pension and high production costs of Aquascutum globally, said Shirley Chan, a YGM managing director.
“It is a good time for Chinese firms to buy prestigious and well-established brands overseas and to introduce the brand back to the Chinese mainland market, instead of building their own brands, which is too time-consuming,” Chan said.
Rising incomes
Thanks to a $586 billion stimulus package and record lending by the country’s State-owned banks, China is likely to hit the government’s target of 8 percent growth this year.
This stimulus has helped sustain the rise in incomes of Chinese shoppers, who are increasingly viewed as a rich seam of profit for luxury and fashion brands.
Bruce Rockowitz, president of global consumer goods exporter Li & Fung, suggested that cash-rich Chinese enterprises should focus more on acquisition opportunities in domestic markets rather than on buying and managing Western brands outside the home market.
“I think most Chinese companies don’t have a strong enough management setup yet to oversee these sorts of American companies. There is a huge cultural difference, huge mentality difference,” Rockowitz said.
Li & Fung’s customers include US retail giants Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Target Corp.
“If I was Chinese, I would look at all the opportunities in China. And I would take Western brands and bring them in to China and not the other way around,” Rockowitz said.

Rising auto sales attract software firms

Rising auto sales attract software firms

Chinas top refiners to run at record in Nov

China’s top refiners to run at record in Nov

China’s leading refineries will raise their crude processing mildly in November to a record high as signs of recovering demand are piling up while a widely-expected fuel price hike nears.
Twelve major plants accounting for more than a third of China’s capacity, most of them on the country’s eastern and southern seaboards, plans to process 2.70 million barrels per day of crude oil in November, 1.1 percent higher than October, a Reuters poll showed.
The volume would represent around 90 percent of their total refining capacity.
Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Co Ltd, a joint venture between Sinopec Corp, Exxon Mobil and Saudi Aramco, is expected to continue to rev up operations this month. It will hold a formal launching ceremony next week.
Crude throughput at PetroChina’s Jinxi will tilt up after a sharp increase of more than 60 percent in October, but the level would still be far below its capacity due to insufficient complementary downstream facilities.
Senior Sinopec officials have said the top refiner in Asia suffered a refining loss in October but sales were expected to improve continuously. One of the officials forecast a profitable fourth quarter because of confidence in China’s fuel pricing scheme that guarantees a profit margin if oil prices are below $80 a barrel.
Analysts said last week that China may raise retail fuel prices by 5-6 percent after benchmark crude prices rose more than 6 percent since Beijing’s last price move in September.
The moving average of international crude oil prices, on which China’s fuel prices are based, climbed further this week.
“An increase was certain, but the timing was uncertain and the government would not explain,” one Shanghai-based oil analyst said.
China’s apparent oil demand rose 12.5 percent in September from a year earlier, the sixth rise in a row and the fastest rate since June 2006, Reuters calculation showed.
China’s energy authorities also forecast a double-digit growth rate of apparent demand for refined oil products, mainly gasoline, diesel and kerosene, in the fourth quarter on the back of an improving economy.
Fuel stocks held by Sinopec Group and CNPC, which operate a majority of their businesses via listed Sinopec Corp and PetroChina respectively, fell for the second month in a row in September, despite record crude throughput, partly indicating healthier fuel demand.

Grasps Chinas international designation _New China international _New China net

    The risen great nation when shouldering the state responsibility, is made by other great nations very easily the negative explanation, great socialist country’s status is easier to encounter being hostile to of Western great nation

 In 2009, the Chinese economy realizes “V” shape to reverse. (Material picture)

    Follows China in dealing in the international financial crisis the impressive performance, China’s also further promotes in world economics status, Chinese GDP total quantity surpasses Japan to be situated the world second not to have the suspense. However, this kind of making an arrest eyeball’s rising tendency also brings some questions, “the Chinese responsibility theory” has the high tide is one of most prominent questions. At the Copenhagen world climate congress, some developed countries request China to shoulder with the developed country same responsibility; Some developing countries request China to intensify dynamics which aids to them, and so on.

    Deals with “the Chinese responsibility theory” is already a serious challenge which China faces. Deals improperly, will affect China’s international image and rising advancement. Normally, international society’s each member, has a responsibility to the world, because Earth is everybody of a total, Earth’s resources are sharing, the international order is to build, therefore, everybody has the responsibility to maintain the international order, protects the survival of human and Earth together. Certainly, the country has the size, strong and weak and rich and poor difference, the different country can undertake the international responsibility definitely has the difference. Object China this kind of rapid growth’s great nation, the international society hopes that she can shoulder the international responsibility, plays the major role in the international affairs, is the reasonable matter, although some Western great nations when emphasizing the Chinese responsibility, include “flickering” and “to hold kill” China’s flavor. If shirks the responsibility which should undertake, definitely harms the international image; But, if shoulders the responsibility which should not undertake, will cause the national overload, then affects country’s development speed, infringes the national benefit, even affects and social and political stability.

    From this, deals with “the Chinese responsibility theory”, the science grasps the international designation of China most more importantly, then determined should undertake international responsibility.

    After 30 years reform and open policy, the Chinese economy had the qualitative leap, specially enters after in the 21st century, the total quantity ultra law, will surpass UK, to surpass Germany continuously and will surpass the date, but, the Chinese per capital GDP just over 3000 US dollars, according to the United Nations standard, 150 million people lived in the low-income level below. Not only this and other countries developed country’s average per person 30,000-40,000 US dollars has the huge difference with US, Japan, Germany, is compares with many developing countries, is quite inferior. From this point, China is a full developing country. This is China’s biggest national condition and most basic orientation.

    This localization has decided that the development is the China’s first important matter, all international responsibilities must relate with this important matter, every is advantageous in the international responsibility which promoting to develop, China must actively undertake; Everything does not favor the promotion to develop responsibility, China must avoid, resisting. Let China in dealing in global climate change undertakes with the developed country same reducing emission responsibility, definitely will restrict development of China, China cannot accept, moreover must oppose righteously. But, China cannot consider only itself to develop, does not give a thought to the global climate change to threaten the universe safe this reality. Therefore, China is willing to undertake “but has difference responsibility together”, participated in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and “Kyoto Protocol”, and earnest according to these two documents request fulfillment duties.

(Chief-editor: Luo Qian)

The US trade deficit grew the 9.7%_ New China international _New China net in last November

    New China net Washington, January 12 – (by Liu Hong) the US commerce department on 12th announced the data demonstrated that is imported the speed-up quickly the export influence, the US in the November, 2009 foreign commodity and trade in services trade deficit compares the preceding month to increase sharply 9.7%, amounted to 36.4 billion US dollars.

    American last November’s trade deficit was higher than economist before this anticipated 34.5 billion USYuan. The data demonstrated that in the same month the American commodity and service export amount grew 0.9%, amounts to 138.2 billion US dollars, is the past year is highest; In the same month imported grows 2.6%, amounted to 174.6 billion US dollars, has been since December, 2008 highest.

    Last year the first 11 months, the American trade deficit according to the annual rate computation was 371.59 billion US dollars, approximately is in 2008 695.94 billion US dollars amount of deficit half.

(Chief-editor: Rwandan warning)

US President Pama Every week Broadcasting station lecture _New China international _New China net

    Weekly Address: The President and First Lady Extend Christmas Greeting and Express their Gratitude to America’s Servicemen and Women

　　Remarks of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

    Weekly Address

    December 24, 2009

    PRESIDENT: Hello everyone, and Merry Christmas. As you and your families gather to celebrate the holidays, we wanted to take a moment to send greetings from our family-from me, from Michelle, from Malia and Sasha-and from Bo.

    FIRST LADY: This is our first Christmas in the White House, and we are so grateful for this extraordinary experience. Not far from here, in the Blue Room, is the official White House Christmas Tree. It’s an 18-foot tall Douglas-fir from West Virginia and it’s decorated with hundreds of ornaments designed by people and children from all over the country. Each one is a reminder of the traditions we cherish as Americans and blessings we’re thankful for this holiday season.

    PRESIDENT: That’s right, especially as we continue to recover from an extraordinary recession that still has so many Americans hurting: parents without a job who struggled to put presents under the Christmas tree; families and neighbors who’ve seen their home foreclosed; folks wondering what the new year will bring.

    But even in these tough times, there’s still so much to celebrate this Christmas. A message of peace and brotherhood that continues to inspire more than 2,000 after Jesus’ birth. The love of family and friends. The bonds of community and country. And the character and courage of our men and women in uniform who are far from home for the holidays, away from their families, risking their lives to protect ours.

    To all our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen-I have no greater honor than serving as your Commander in Chief. I’ve been awed by your selfless spirit, your eagerness to serve-at the Naval Academy and West Point. I’ve been energized by your dedication to duty-from Baghdad to the Korean Peninsula. Michelle and I have been moved by your determination-wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda, fighting to recover, to get back to your units.

    And I’ve been humbled, profoundly, by patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. In flag-draped caskets coming home at Dover. In the quiet solitude of Arlington. And after years of multiple tours of duty, as you carry on with our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, your service, your readiness to make that same sacrifice, is an inspiration to us and to every American.

    FIRST LADY: And so are your families. As First Lady, one of my greatest privileges is to visit with military families across the country. I’ve met military spouses doing the parenting of two-keeping the household together, juggling play dates and soccer games, helping with homework, doing everything they can make the kids feel OK even as they try to hide their own fears and worries.

    I’ve met kids who wonder when mom or dad is coming home; grandparents and relatives who step to care for our wounded warriors; and folks trying to carry on after losing the person they loved most in the world.

    And through it all, these families somehow still find the time and energy to serve their communities as well-coaching Little League, running the PTA, raising money to help those less fortunate than they are, and more.

    But even these strong military families can use a hand, especially during the holidays. If you live near a military base, you can reach out through your workplaces, your schools, your churches. There are so many ways to help-with child care, with errands, or by just bringing over a home-cooked meal. Even if you don’t know a military family, your family can still help by donating or volunteering at organizations that support military families.

    PRESIDENT: You can also reach out directly to our forces around the world. Kids can make a card that will bring a smile to an American far from home. Adults can send a care package or a pre-paid phone card that makes the tour at little easier. Every American can do something to support our troops, even if it’s as simple as just saying thank you. For more ways to let our troops know you care, go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/

    So to all our men and women in uniform spending the holidays far from home-whether it’s at a base here in the states, a mess hall in Iraq or a remote outpost in Afghanistan, know that you are in our thoughts and our prayers. And this holiday season-and every Holiday season-know that we are doing everything in our power to make sure you can succeed in your missions and come home safe to your families.

    FIRST LADY: And to all Americans, from our family to yours, Merry Christmas.

    PRESIDENT: Merry Christmas, everybody.

(Chief-editor: Liu Li)

Yushchenko leaves office concealed diplomacy “iron law the _New China international _New China net

    This was on January 18 the voting digit statistics screen which photographed in the Ukraine Central Election Committee. The presidential election preliminary vote count which according to the Ukraine Central Election Committee on 18th announced that opposition party area party leader Yanukovich and presently the premier Jimoshenke percentage of the vote leads in other presidential candidates, but over half, they will not have entered the second round the voting. Xinhua News Agency Reporter Lu Jinbo absorbs

    Material picture: President of Ukraine Yushchenko. Xinhua News Agency sends (Lazalianke)

    “This time, we guessed finally.”On January 18, 2010 afternoon, when Commonwealth of Independent States issues experts in Russia knew that Ukraine incumbent president Yushchenko “was eliminated after this presidential election ironclad” said to the reporter tranquilly. Not long, the Ukraine government was treacherous, lets the numerous analysts puzzle over and lose fully the face. Knew very well Ukraine question the Russian experts once sighed, “in Ukraine, may only the perfect forecast is – - – Ukraine situation unpredictability”. But before this President of Ukraine election, the numerous experts in Russia actually with one voice pointed out that “` orange hero’ Yushchenko game is as good as lost – -, regardless of under Ukraine a president is, possibly is not Yushchenko!”Really, these experts projects right – -, is what lets these experts to Yushchenko “defeat potential” so affirms?

    The author believes that Yushchenko’s defeat is one governance concept defeat. After 2004 year’s end passed “orange revolution” captured the President of Ukraine throne, Yushchenko once solemnly said that must let Ukraine stable, probably let Ukraine development, probably enable Ukraine truly to become “a European big family’s member”. But when Yushchenko 5 years later when prepares to leave the president throne, the Ukraine political situation has not realized stably, Ukraine’s economy is getting more and more bad, Ukraine “allies into makes” the dream also still “to vainly hope for”.

    Some people said that Yushchenko this president works as “not to be easy very much”: In 2004 presidential election, Yushchenko brushed past with the president throne nearly, adopts “orange revolution” to step onto the authority mountain peak, after working as the Ukraine independence the third president; The tenure, Yushchenko commands troops “orange faction” the analysis and synthesis, Yushchenko has to dissolve the parliament several times repeatedly; When on tenure of office expiration, Ukraine has bumped into the rare financial crisis, lets Yushchenko for the economical damaging severely brain, but is still unable to save the situation; On January 17, 2010 presidential election’s day was also after is changing changes again finally determined. Thus it can be seen, Yushchenko these five years’s president profession is “all things is not suitable”.

    But also some people said that Yushchenko along is not he “plays the authority and love toss about” the inevitable result. After Yushchenko becomes President of Ukraine, between Ukrainian president, parliament and government cannot establish “authority to be balanced”, how among the political outstanding people on the authority to redistribute, but the difference layer on layer even attacks brutally in the parliament. Yushchenko today and Jimoshenke shakes hands, tomorrow will become reconciled with Yanukovich, the day after tomorrow with two people of as incompatibles as fire and water and saliva horizontally will actually fly – - the Ukraine political situation had not gotten rid of the true crisis in the last few years. But at the same time, Ukraine’s economy actually declines, the common people living standard is unable to bounce back. This lets Ukraine from US and Europe in the Commonwealth of Independent States area “democratic model” turned into “democratic weak”, but this endless internal friction has consumed the Ukraine common people to Yushchenko’s confidence and patience, the Ukraine populace experienced for these years “excitedly – hope – waiting – endures patiently – disappointed” helpless process. when new presidential election approaches, the common people no longer crave in “when join NATO” and “Black Sea fleet remove or retain or not” and “Western democratic value how to manifest” and so on these to the very remote topic, actually cared that “how to realize stably” and “how develop economy” and “whether to enhance livelihood of the people” and so on to be closely linked the practical problem with. Without doubt, in this presidential election, the choice of Ukraine common people naturally turned “has not chosen Yushchenko”.

    Also some people said that Yushchenko’s defeat is he “plays the diplomacy and love gamble” the inevitable result. Actually, the international relations and foreign policy guidance, is among the countries the situation culture develops and interaction result for a long time. If only depends on leader of laws suddenly likes and dislikes, attempts to pinch the external force hasty shallowturn, will inevitably cause the intense chain-reaction. In history, Ukraine and Russia in one “country” the time more than 300 years, the situation culture traces back to the origin. In the 1990s, although Ukraine was independent from the former Soviet Union, but in foreign policy, still what carried out was the East and West balanced multifaceted diplomacy policy.

    But after becoming President of Ukraine, Yushchenko revised this diplomatic policy comprehensively, starts to carry out to take Europe and America as the privileged direction new foreign policy. He and Saakashvili two people are on intimate terms, acts as the US together in the Commonwealth of Independent States agent in area , to promote “color revolution”, is resigned to work as in all directions Commonwealth of Independent States “centrifuge”. Yushchenko takes “to ally into to make” as own duty, in joining NATO and Black Sea fleet question, “Caucasus on 5th war” in such major issue of principle question touched red line in Russia again and again. But Yushchenko forgot: Ukraine did not have challenges the Russian area dominant position the strength, the Ukraine domestic situation present situation is insufficient supports Ukraine to shoulder “local leadership country” the responsibility, but his “leaning to one side” new foreign policy is not consistent with Ukraine’s geopolitics reality. when the Russia, US relations start “restarting”, the external factor no longer is affects President of Ukraine elects “important attribute”, Russia, US suddenly as if have become the Ukraine election “audience”, but the lead actually no longer is Yushchenko.

    After Ukraine “orange revolution” more than 5 years, same year “orange hero” Yushchenko as if must get out of the way peacefully. But same year’s another “orange revolution” heroic Jimoshenke actually must actively prepare February 7, 2010 the second round presidential election to vote, when his match was the same year “orange revolution” “defeated” Yanukovich. But five years later, how two people of this times “fight out again”, we also need the patient waiting.

    (Author is the Chinese Youth Daily in Russian chief reporter Guan Jianbin)    

(Chief-editor: Rwandan warning)

Brazil reduces in the gasoline the ethanol increase proportion _New China international _New China net

    New China net Brasilia, January 11 – (by Chen Weihua Zhao Yan) the Brazilian government on 11th announced that because the biological ethanol output is insufficient, from February 1 in 90 days, in the Brazilian gas station ethanol gasoline fuel ethanol increase proportion from present 25% will drop 20%.

    Brazilian Minister of Agriculture Sitefa Ness said that because the main sugar cane production area rain water were pass many last year, causes 60 million tons sugar canes unable to harvest promptly, but the sugar cane is produces the biological ethanol the primary data. However he believes that after in April, the production condition in Brazilian Main Biology Ethanol Fuel Factory restores hopefully normally.

    Official Brazilian News agency pointed out in the report, reason that the government takes this temporary measure , because the worry biology ethanol output will cause the price to soar insufficient. After reducing the ethanol increase proportion, every month in the market will increase 100 million liters living thing ethanol supply, is equal to each kind of use ethanol gasoline fuel vehicles 7% consumption quantities.

    Brazil is only inferior to the US’s world second big biology ethanol producer country, at present in the Brazilian market sells 90% new cars installed have been able to use the ethanol gasoline fuel the engine.

    Data which according to the Brazilian nation sucrose and ethanol fuel producer association issued, in 2009 biological ethanol output in Brazil is 22.2 billion liters, falls 8.3% compared to the same period.

(Chief-editor: Zhang Minyan)

Henin comeback adds fresh twist to Australian Open

Henin comeback adds fresh twist to Australian Open

Justine Henin has always punched above her weight but even she knows the odds are stacked against her landing a knockout blow in this month’s Australian Open.

Justine Henin of Belgium prepares to serve during a practice session at Melbourne Park January 14, 2010, ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. The tournament begins on Monday. [Photo/Agencies]
The Belgian has rejoined the professional circuit after stunning the tennis world by retiring in May 2008 when she was at the top of her game and the holder of two grand slam titles.
At the time, she had fallen out of love with the sport and wanted to experience something else apart from the relentless grind of playing, training and travelling.
But her retirement did not last long. Inspired by the successful comeback of her fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters, she announced in September that she was dusting off her rackets and heading back to the practice courts.
“It’s been a great experience to go out of the tennis world for 18 months and to come back because I feel I grew up,” she said just before her return.
“To come back to my passion, to what I love so much, after this part of my life is such a great feeling.”
Henin was a revelation in the first part of her career, bucking the trend created by taller, stronger and more powerful players with her slight 1.67-metre frame.
She won 41 titles, including the French Open four times, the U.S. Open twice, the Australian Open once and the Olympic gold in 2004. The only major title that eluded her was Wimbledon.
WILL TO WIN
Her trademark shot was her one-handed backhand, but it was her ferocious will to win that enabled her to scale the heights and Martina Navratilova once described her as the “Female Federer”.
Although she won at Melbourne Park in 2004, the Australian Open has not been her favourite grand slam. In her only other appearance in the final, in 2006, she was heavily criticised for retiring midway through the second set against Amelie Mauresmo.
Henin, trailing 6-1 2-0, protested that she was injured and unable to continue but was condemned by her critics for not allowing Mauresmo to experience the joy of winning on match point.
The following year, she skipped the Australian Open because she was going through a divorce, and only made it to the quarter-finals in 2008 then quit a few months later.
She was given a wildcard into this year’s Australian Open and, if the early signs are any indication, she looms as a dangerous floater, if not a genuine contender to win the title.
She made her comeback at last week’s Brisbane International and made it all the way to the final, only losing out on the title after a classic rematch with Clijsters, the reigning U.S. Open champion.
The pair, who have been rivals since they were 12 years old and starting out on the juniors circuit, slugged it out for almost 2-? half hours in a wildly fluctuating match.
Henin had two match points in the third set and while she failed to take them, losing in a third set tiebreak, her fighting performance was enough to suggest she will be back near the top soon.
“I believe I can be a better player, I believe I can use my experience more than in the past,” she said.
“I’m 27, now I just want to live my second career differently to how I did in the past.”