The organizing committee of the Second China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair yesterday announced it would try to ensure that intellectual property rights (IPR) were protected during the high-profile cultural event.

According to the organizers, the city¡¯s IPR protection bureau will set up an on-site service counter in the fair¡¯s venue, the Convention and Exhibition Center, offering information and assistance to exhibitors on issues related to IPR protection. Further measures include censoring illegal publications and eliminating pirated DVDs.

¡°Safeguarding intellectual property rights is a critical factor to decide the success or failure of the cultural fair. We has started a teamwork joined by officials from the city¡¯s public security bureau, technology supervision department, culture bureau, custom checkpoints and urban management bureau to crackdown intellectual property rights violators,¡± said Wang Youming, chief of the city¡¯s IPR protection bureau.

Meanwhile, experts from the Guangdong publications bureau and Shenzhen publications bureau will work from May 16 to 17 to inspect a total of 15,057 books in 5,410 categories to be exhibited at the fair to see whether there are any copyright violations.

Editor: Yan