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Jilin Special: Patents power high-tech development |
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The Changchun Intellectual Property Office now has a branch in the high-tech zone to help enterprises and institutions, as well to assist in drafting technical standards. To encourage innovation in enterprises, the local government has established a support fund to help companies and institutions commercialize their patented technologies. It also has large promotional campaigns every year on April 26 for World Intellectual Property Day. In 2009, the government organized seven training sessions for enterprises, inviting experts to lecture on such topics as intellectual property assets, standardization of patented technologies and venture capital for tech companies. More than 600 people attended the sessions. To promote the commercialization of technologies, the zone's government recently signed cooperative agreements with the major R&D institutions and higher learning institutes in Changchun to jointly build seven new service centers to offer the latest technology and know-how to production enterprises in the zone. Fifteen companies in the zone have been included by the Ministry of Science and Technology in the list of "Torch Plan" enterprises, which the ministry helps in promoting technologies and products and in raising capital.
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