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The International Trade Law Newsletter

September 2006

Multiple Reasons for Optimism: China’s IP Picture Continues to Evolve

By Ernest V. Linek

Watch carefully as China now prepares new policy guidelines, expected by the end of this year, for its semiconductor industry. Policy-makers and economists say, no doubt correctly, that China has identified semiconductors as a core part of its high-tech and overall business strategy. Tax exemptions and tax reductions will be major components of the emergent strategy, as will direct subsidies for R&D. Such tactical economic initiatives are expected to affect foreigners, including American expert technicians and corporate partners, as well as domestic interests.

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