Leading standards can also provide goals and motivation for technological innovation and lay the foundation for future technological innovation, he said.
Lei Xiaoyun, head of IP utilization promotion at the National Intellectual Property Administration, said at the opening ceremony that the competition has become an important vehicle for promoting IP utilization and sharing ideas on how to cultivate high-value patents.
Leaders in the NPA industry also exchanged ideas with one another and reached a certain consensus on the future development of the industry.
Lei Jun, founder of smartphone maker Xiaomi, presents an updated version of the company's "concept smartphone" Mi Mix, the Mi Mix 2, in Beijing on Sept 11, 2017. The Mi Mix 2 runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Laura Ashley was founded in 1953 and its floral prints became hugely popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Khoo Kay Peng's Malaysia-based business group Malayan United Industries Berhad became a major shareholder in Laura Ashley in 1998.
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Lau recalls meeting Rong for the first time while on summer vacation on the mainland in 2013, having secured an internship in Shanghai. Rong also happened to be in the metropolis at the time for an examination and they got to know each other through a common landlord. Their friendship flourished and they kept in touch in Hong Kong.
Led by Xuzhou in Jiangsu province, new home prices in 70 major cities tracked by the National Bureau of Statistics rose by 0.3 percent on a monthly basis in September, and by 4.5 percent on a yearly basis, according to data released on Tuesday.
Leading Chinese tourism operators also participated in the conference co-organized by Hong Kong-based Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce (SRCIC), showing great interest in investing in resources on the Adriatic coast and building hotels in the continental part of Croatia.
Later during the on-stage interview, Bezos took a slight dig at companies such as Google and Facebook when asked about the increased scrutiny of the tech industry. He remains “incredibly optimistic” about technology but noted that it is “always two-sided.”