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and more challenges to continue its traditional pursuit of advanced low-carbon
technologies - that is, in a preferential condition as a developing country and
introduce, absorb and re-innovate in the background of global climate change
cooperation. The low-carbon technology transfer not only mitigates GHG
emissions, but also can stimulate economic competition.
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Hence, it is unrealistic
to expect EU changes in the rules to loose the IPR and even freely provide
technologies to China.
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The Chinese government, in the protection of Chinese
local enterprises' R&D, interests and enthusiasm, puts more and more efforts in
protecting local enterprises' low-carbon technology intellectual rights.
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Chinese
top leaders also openly emphasize the importance of IPR protection based on the
incentives to attract more high tech foreign investment and the domestic needs for
creating a fair-play ground for domestic enterprises to increase their R&D
investment.
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Suggestion: A win-win approach should be explored through a mature low-
carbon technology cooperation and competition mechanism between EU and
China, i.e. to introduce EU technologies into China and Chinese enterprises go
global at the same time. China can attract foreign enterprises to conduct R&D
with Chinese counterparts through a complete law protection of intellectual
rights and financial and taxes policies in a business environment. Both sides
shall push forward pre-commercialized low-carbon technology cooperation by
the mutual efforts of governments and businesses in the immature low-carbon
technology cooperation area. Specifically, the two sides can co-fund, co-
research, complement each other's achievements and share the technologies,
especially by investing more in the pilot projects of the Near-Zero Emissions
from Coal so as to lower costs, reduce the business cycle and set an example for
the mutual cooperation in the area.
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Developed countries emphasize on the economy factor of low-carbon technology in the inter-
national climate change negotiation while play down the emissions reduction role, See:Martin
Khor The Rise of 'Climate Protectionism' Third World Network, Briefing Paper 2, Bangkok,
September28 to October 9, 2009, Bangkok,
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/climate/briefings/
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The Strategic Research Agenda, Assembly of the Photovoltaic Energy Technology Platform,
Berlin, 12 June 2007, p.11;
http://www.smartgrids.eu/documents/sra/sra_finalversion.pdf
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State Council, Notice on Issue the Strategy Plan on National Intellectual Rights, (2008) No.18,
Central government web:
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2008-06/10/content_1012269.htm
; Liu
Wenling, Analysis of GHG Mitigation Policy in China's Aluminum sector , presentation at a
regional workshop hosted by Tsinghua University , Beijing, May 11,2009.
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Li Keqiang, Meeting the International Business Council members at World Economic Forum ,
Beijing, September 10, 2012,
http://www.gov.cn/ldhd/2012-09/10/content_2221434.htm
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