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7 September  2021 
(21-6660) Page: 1/1 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
  
RESPONSE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION 'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION  
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 63.3 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM CHINA  
1.  The Government of China always attaches great importance to IPR protection and will further 
improve IPR legislation and enforcement in accordance with the WTO rules and China 's WTO 
accession commitments. China will also continue making its notifications to the WTO in a timely 
manner. Meanwhile, China maintains contacts with other WTO Members including the 
European  Union, in various forms and at different levels, with an aim to sharing information and 
strengthening cooperation in the field of IPR.  
2.  China has taken note of the request for information by the European Union pursuant to 
Article  63.3 of the TRIPS A greement. Despite the fact that there is no such obligation under the 
TRIPS  Agreement for China to respond, China still has made its best efforts to provide the following 
information in the spirit of good faith, cooperation and transparency.  
3.  With a view t o implementing the open trial principle, promoting judicial justice and improving 
judicial credibility, the Supreme People 's Court of China promulgated the Provisions on the 
Publication of Judgments on the Internet by the People 's Courts in July 2016, whic h prescribes the 
types of documents and publication time on the "China Judgments Online ". The Provisions can be 
found at the following website: http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu -xiangqing -25321.h tml.  
4.  It should be pointed out that the "typical " cases, "typical technology cases " and "big" cases 
mentioned in the EU communication are cases for reference and have no legal effect of general 
application. These cases and adjudication guidelines extracted  from these cases serve to timely 
summarize the trial experiences, strengthen publicity of the rule of law and provide references for 
judicial practices and legal education.  
5.  China and the European Union have established the China -EU IP Working Group, and China 
stands ready to have further discussions through such existing bilateral channel.  
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