GERMANY: CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIBAO CONTINUES VISIT, MEETS GERMAN PRESIDENT JOHANNES RAU, PROTESTS.

Record ID: 646796

  • Title: GERMANY: CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIBAO CONTINUES VISIT, MEETS GERMAN PRESIDENT JOHANNES RAU, PROTESTS.
  • Date: 4th May 2004
  • Summary: (W4) BERLIN, GERMANY (MAY 4, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. LV/GV: EXTERIOR GERMAN MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS WITH CHINESE STUDENTS WAVING CHINESE FLAGS TO WELCOME CHINESE MINISTER WEN JIBAO (2 SHOTS) 0.12 2. GV: POLICEMEN OUTSIDE THE MINISTRY 0.20 3. CU/GV:FEMALE FALUN GONG FOLLOWER IN YOGA POSITION; FALUN GONG FOLLOWER; FALUN GONG PROTESTERS WITH PLACARD READING "CHINA, STOP PROSECUTING FALUN GONG" (3 SHOTS) 0.29 4. CU/GV: FEMALE GREENPEACE MEMBER CHAINED TO A MODEL OF A ROCKET; GREENPEACE (2 SHOTS) DEMONSTRATORS WITH PLACARD READING "BUILDING THE FUTURE-NO NUCLEAR DEALS-CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES FOR CHINA" 0.38 5. GV/PAN: BLACK LIMOUSINES ARRIVING AND DRIVING INTO THE MINISTRY 0.51 6. GV/PAN/ZOOM/MV: INTERIOR SHOT OF ARRIVAL GERMAN MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS WOLFGANG CLEMENT, CHINESE PRIME MINISTER WEN JIBAO AND GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER 1.07 7. MCU: CHINESE JOURNALISTS LISTENING 1.11 8. CU/MV: GERHARD SCHROEDER AND WEN SITTING DOWN (2 SHOTS) 1.20 9. GV: MEDIA; WOLFGANG CLEMENT AT LECTERN (2 SHOTS) 1.29 10. CU: JOURNALIST WRITING 1.37 11. (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, WOLFGANG CLEMENT, SAYING "I am very grateful to you, Prime Minister, for what you just said. The Chinese government has not only recognised the importance of the protection of intellectual property; but it will also apply all necessary measures to improve the legal position and the actual application of legal regulations as far as intellectual property is concerned." 2.02 12. TV: JOURNALIST TAKING NOTES 2.06 13. GV: WEN AT PODIUM 2.10 14. CU/GV: JOURNALISTS; VIDEO SCREEN SHOWING WEN DURING SPEECH (3 SHOTS) 2.21 15. CU: GERHARD SCHROEDER 2.29 16. GV/PAN: CAMERA OPERATOR WITH PAN TO JOURNALISTS 2.38 17. LV: EXTERIOR OF THE RESIDENCY OF GERMANY'S FEDERAL PRESIDENT JOHANNES RAU 2.42 18. MV/CU/PAM: INTERIOR SHOT OF WEN AND JOHANNES RAU SHAKING HANDS; WEN TAKING A SEAT (2 SHOTS) 2.55 19. GV/MV/GV/PAN/CU: JIBAO SIGNING GUEST BOOK; WEN'S SIGNATURE IN THE GUEST BOOK (4 SHOTS) 3.21 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 19th May 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA75XRXCG3MZE3FEEE4Z0GJ8PRX
  • Story Text: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to increase
    protection of intellectual property during his visit to
    Germany.



    Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jibao continued his
    eleven-day-tour of Europe on Tuesday (May 4, 2004), meeting
    German Minister of Economic Affairs Wolfgang Clement and
    German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

    At a joint press conference, Wen pledged to increase
    protection of intellectual property as China seeks to
    encourage more foreign companies to do business in the
    country. Wen, on his first visit to Europe since taking office,
    said foreign investors could expect greater enforcement of
    rights in the courts and the prosecution of lesser
    counterfeiters and copiers whom the legal system has so far
    ignored.

    Wen told the meeting his deputy, Vice Premier Wu Yi,
    would coordinate China's anti-piracy drive.

    China's own State Council has estimated the market
    value of counterfeit goods produced in China to be around
    $19 billion to $24 billion a year.

    The United States has complained about the damage to
    its economic interests, notably movie and music rights, of
    the copying trade and sought assurances from China last
    month during a visit by Wu Yi.

    German Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement welcomed the
    commitment, saying it was an important prerequisite for
    encouraging a range of smaller and medium-sized German
    companies to follow their larger counterparts into China.

    "I am very grateful to you, Prime Minister, for what
    you just said. The Chinese government has not only
    recognised the importance of the protection of intellectual
    property; but it will also apply all necessary measures to
    improve the legal position and the actual application of
    legal regulations as far as intellectual property is
    concerned", Clement said.

    Clements noted that Chinese companies also had an
    interest in protecting their own patents as the Chinese
    economy increasingly focused on high technology.

    Germany, already China's largest trading partner in
    Europe, has been keen to build on its existing ties with
    one of the world's most booming economies in a bid to
    offset the weak domestic demand that has hurt its own
    growth in recent years.

    German exports to China rose almost 25 percent last year
    to around 18 billion euros ($21.54 billion), making it
    Germany's third most important export market outside the
    European Union and German companies such as VW and Siemens
    have also invested massively in local production.

    Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said on Tuesday the two
    countries hoped to double bilateral trade to around $90
    billion by 2010.

    The Chinese leader, who will also visit Belgium, Italy,
    Britain and Ireland, has met top German business leaders
    including Volkswagen head Bernd von Pischetsrieder and
    Siemens chief Heinrich von Pierer.

    Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, announced plans
    at the weekend to build a new plant in China to help it
    reach annual production capacity of 1.6 million vehicles by
    2008.

    Tuesday's meeting culminated in the signing of a number
    of multi-million dollar contracts between Chinese and
    German firms.

    Later in the day, Wen met German Federal President
    Johannes Rau at his residency "Schloss Bellevue".


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