China is closely following developments in the Red Sea and calls on relevant parties to continue dialogue for de-escalation, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday.
Mao's statement came in response to a media query regarding Yemen's Houthi group's maritime embargo on Saudi-linked shipping in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait.
"China is closely following the Red Sea situation. We believe that the sovereignty and security of all regional countries in the region must be respected, and that keeping international shipping lanes open and safe is a joint responsibility," Mao said.
"We call on relevant parties to resolve disputes and differences through continued dialogue and consultation, and help de-escalate tensions in the Red Sea," she said.
China calls for dialogue to de-escalate tensions in Red Sea: spokeswoman
China calls for dialogue to de-escalate tensions in Red Sea: spokeswoman
China has accumulated more than 1.7 million valid invention patents in strategic emerging industries by the end of June this year, said the spokesman for the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Wednesday.
Spokesman Rui Wenbiao, also the deputy director of the administration, said at a press conference in Beijing that China will continue to improve its intellectual property rights protection system for industry.
The intellectual property protection system in emerging fields is constantly innovating. We have released the Guidelines for Patent Applications Related to Artificial Intelligence and revised the Patent Examination Guidelines, adding a chapter on 'AI and Big Data'. By the end of June, China, excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, had 1.746 million valid invention patents in strategic emerging industries, an increase of 4.3 percent from the end of last year. The 65 approved intellectual property operation centers include 48 ones involved in emerging and future industries such as integrated circuits, biomedicine, aerospace, and 6G, accounting for more than 70 percent of the total," said Rui.
"Next, we will focus on the development and practices of different industries in emerging fields, provide better authorization and rights confirmation models for their development, and define clearer rights ownership, protection scope and protection forms to promote the high-quality development of emerging and future industries," he said.
China's invention patents exceed 1.7 mln in strategic emerging industries
