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THIS WEEKPEOPLE & POINTS
“Chinese local governments demand
people from countries and regions
with increased risk of infection abide
by local quarantine measures. It is
important to prevent the spread
across borders and contain the
epidemic all over the world.”
Xing Haiming, Chinese Ambassador to
the Republic of Korea, telling Seoulbased daily
7KHó'RQJ$ó,OER on March 18“It has seriously tarnished the
reputation and image of Chinese
media organizations, seriously affected
their normal operation in the U.S. and
gravely disrupted peopletopeople
and cultural exchanges between the
two countries.”
Geng Shuang, a spokesperson for the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, commenting on U.S. expulsion of
Chinese Mournalists at a news brie½ ng on March 18IPR Governance
Guangming Daily
March 16
Companies have registered the names of
hospitals built to tackle the novel corona-
virus epidemic, such as huoshenshan and
leishenshan, as trademarks, drawing wide-
spread condemnation from the public. The
National Intellectual Property Administration
recently implemented new controls over
trademark registration and application, re-
jecting 63 such cases in accordance with the
Trademark Law.
This move shows that the importance of
intellectual property rights (IPR) has been con-
solidated in the public consciousness. Moreover,
China has established a legal ecosystem
Stabilizing
Employment
People’s Daily
March 11
China is to step up efforts to
keep employment stable via
comprehensive measures.
As a vital source of the
nation’s employment, small
and medium-sized enterprises
contribute over 80 percent of
job opportunities of Chinese
enterprises. During the resumption of
production, they need more support
to overcome difficulties. The Chinese
Government has announced prefer-
ential policies to help such businesses
through this transitional period.
Entrepreneurship creates jobs. It is
therefore necessary to further optimize
the business environment and reduce
the costs of starting a business.
After the outbreak has passed, there
will be changes in the industrial struc-
ture, modes of production and people’s
way of life. Sectors, including city gov-
ernance, public health and healthcare,
will be the focus of attention. These
changes will inevitably place higher
demands on the workforce. Education
and training must be correspondingly
improved to support these employees.
Government at all levels can provide
specialized training courses to assist¾ TOP EPIDEMIOLOGIST’S VACCINE BREAKTHROUGH
Chen Wei, an academician at the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Academy of Military
Medical Sciences, has made critical progress in developing a novel coronavirus vaccine
with the support of her research team.
The military medical expert team has been working in Wuhan in central China for
more than a month to develop a recombinant subunit vaccine. It passed the registration
review phase of clinical research and was approved for clinical trial on March 16.
The vaccine has been approved for safety efĶ cacy and Tuality by a third party. Chen
said it was also ready for mass production.
According to the World Health Organization, a recombinant sub-
unit vaccine uses only a fragment of the pathogen to stimulate a
protective immune response and is based on a relatively more mature
technology.
Chen, a 54-year-old PLA major general, was involved in combat-
ing severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003. She also led a team in
developing the world’s Ķ rst gene-based vaccine for Ebola in Africa in- She was selected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of
Engineering in 2019.
which protects IPR, with crackdowns on mali-
cious trademark registration.
The registration of a new trademark usually
goes through two stages. The Ķ rst stage sees
the inspection documents for the application.
The trademark is then checked to see whether
it is in conflict with existing registrations. The
potential for wrongdoing, such as fraud, is also
part of the evaluation process.
Huoshenshan and leishenshan have
become synonymous with the two hospitals’
contribution to epidemiological prevention and
control. If businesses abuse them for profit,
it would have a negative impact on society.
According to the law, trademarks that have a
detrimental effect on morals or social customs
shall not be used or approved for registration.
This rule is indicative of how the law is designed
to protect social values and also suggests the
synergy between the rule of law and virtue in
national governance.