Seminars/Lectures

How Beijing’s Patenting Activity Affects the Entry of Foreign Firms into the Chinese Market

US and China
Tue
Dec
04

China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) required it to meet minimum standards for WTO members for the protection of intellectual property. Using data on patent applications in China, this lecture will examine how China’s entry into the WTO, and the associated trade liberalization in China, affected the patenting behavior of foreign firms in China.