While undertaking economic, social and judicial transformations unprecedented both in speed and scope, China is finding its ways to establish an IPRs' regime with its own characteristics. Could China maintain its distinctive IPRs regime while honoring the international IPRs conventions? Have rights of IP holders been duly protected in China? How would China further enhance its IPRs legislation and enforcement in the near future? Handong Wu, China's leading IPRs scholar, offers his insights from a nongovernmental perspective in hopes of providing readers, both general and academic, a vivid reflection of the IPRs system in China.

Provides a panoramic view of the history and evolution of IPRs in China Contributes to a conscious introspection of the challenges and achievements of China's IPRS regime Offers an in-depth analysis of the long-term prospect of IPRs in China

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IPRs and IPRs Studies: China's Understanding and Approaches.- IPRs as Private Rights: National Policies and Social Values.- Value Analysis of China's IPRs Regime: Value Rationality and Instrumental Rationality.- Cultural Analysis of China's IPRs Regime: Adaptation and Innovation.- Economic Analysis of China's IPRs Regime: Effectiveness and Benefits.- Policy Analysis of China's IPRs Regime: Theoretical Framework and Implementation.- Sociological Analysis of China's IPRs Regime: Risk Management and Risk Control.- IP and IPRs Regimes: Institutional Innovation and Evolution Within and Beyond China.- International IPRs Conventions: Private Rights and Human Rights.- China's Interpretation of International IPRs Conventions: Cultural Sovereignty and Cultural Property.- China's Institutional Innovation of IPRs Regime: A Historical and International Account.- China's Approach to IPRs Regime: Retrospection and Introspection.- The Codification of IPRs Legislation: The Vision and Decision of China.- IPRs Protection in China: The Claiming of Rights and Infringement Liability.- IPRs Litigation in China: Burden of Proof and Rules of Evidence.- Remedies for IPRs Infringement: Judicial Decisions and Damages Awarded in China.