Three crooked ideas for China's "stealing" technology in American speculation | China | Thoughts

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 27th (Xinhua) -- Three crooked thoughts on the US's speculation of China's "theft" technology

Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Wencheng

The old topic of "China stealing intellectual property", which has long been falsified, has recently been brought up by the US for speculation. Against the backdrop of the United States spare no effort to suppress and contain China, this kind of baseless and absurd slander is not surprising. The twisted thoughts behind it are to smear China, and the slander of China's development and progress is "stolen"; Pull allies and obstruct scientific and technological cooperation with China by portraying the "China threat"; Find an excuse to blame China for its own decline.

Defamation of China's "theft" of intellectual property rights is a serious distortion of history and reality. The US has no evidence, just feels that China is so backward, how could it possibly achieve breakthroughs in many key technologies with its own capabilities, so it hastily makes a judgment. This distorted mentality reflects a theory of technological racial superiority. Former US Treasury Secretary Summers once said a fair statement: Chinese companies are in a leading position in technology, not as a result of "stealing" American technology, but first and foremost from China's excellent scientists in the field of basic science and the education system that values talent and science. The US has once again hyped up this false proposition, protecting intellectual property is false, and suppressing and containing China is true.

One is to smear China and find excuses for the containment policy. The United States mistakenly regards China as its "number one opponent", using various resources, creating various lies and rumors to smear China, and seeking various excuses to suppress and contain it. At present, the United States is once again hyping up rumors such as "China stealing technology", combined with its recent actions against Chinese companies. It is obvious that this is to cooperate with actions such as sanctions on Chinese high-tech enterprises and restrictions on investment in China, in an attempt to form a "technology blockade" against China. Deutsche Welle pointed out that the United States aims to prevent China from "challenging America's technological dominance", and "fundamentally, concerns about China becoming a technological powerhouse". The defamation in the United States is entirely driven by political motives. Stephen Roach, a senior researcher at Yale University in the United States, pointed out that the basis for China's so-called "theft of intellectual property" in the United States is "hearsay that cannot withstand careful verification.".

The second is to win over allies and expand the "technological blockade" against China. In emerging technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence, the United States is gathering allies and forming a "technology encirclement" against China. The United States concocted the so-called "China stealing technology" to instill a "toxic chicken soup" in its allies: there is a risk of "theft" in technological cooperation with China. The fact is, conducting technological cooperation with China brings opportunities rather than threats to global enterprises. From a big country introducing intellectual property to a big country creating intellectual property, China is now not only the world's factory and huge market, but also a fertile land for research and development and a source of innovation. Countries around the world, including developed countries, have wider space for scientific and technological cooperation with China, greater demand and more consistent interests. The German business community recently expressed its willingness to further deepen cooperation between Germany and China in improving research and development capabilities, promoting digital transformation, and achieving a win-win situation with China in terms of production, research and development, and collaboration.

The third is "internal disease and external treatment", which provides an excuse for the decline of the United States itself. China's artificial intelligence patent application volume ranks first in the world, and China has initially established a competitive advantage in 5G technology, standards, and industries. The Australian Institute of Strategic Policy Research says that China is leading in 37 out of 44 surveyed technologies such as high-tech materials, wireless communication, and quantum computers... Seeing China continuously narrowing its technological gap and even achieving "overtaking" in some areas, some American politicians are not looking for reasons from themselves, but rather stigmatizing China's technological achievements and covering up for their own decline; It is not about openly engaging in competition based on fair and free market principles, but rather "using obstacles" to squeeze China's development space and continue the United States' monopoly advantage in key technologies and high-tech industries. Foxconn's parent company, Hon Hai Group Chairman Liu Yangwei, recently reminded the United States not to stop catchers, but to act faster on its own.

The speculation of China stealing intellectual property rights is a slander against China's arduous efforts in the field of science and technology. China is firmly implementing the innovation driven development strategy. China's achievements in innovation are not achieved through theft or competition, but through the wisdom and sweat of over 1.4 billion Chinese people. China vigorously protects intellectual property rights, establishing a complete system of intellectual property protection, application, and management from laws, planning, policies, to enforcement agencies, to safeguard scientific and technological innovation, which has been positively recognized by the international community. Deng Hongsen, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, said that in the past 50 years, China has made historic achievements and progress in intellectual property, rising to 11th place in the global innovation index. The intellectual property strategy formulated by China can be regarded as a model.

Major innovative achievements are emerging one after another, and some cutting-edge directions are beginning to enter a parallel and leading stage... Currently, China is moving from being a technology powerhouse with significant influence in the world to becoming a world technology powerhouse. History will record the shining moments of China's technological innovation, and any smearing will be like passing clouds, becoming a laughingstock of history.