The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and 10 other central authorities have jointly announced their “
Guiding Opinions on Advancing the Development of Industrial Designs
”, stating that eligible industrial design enterprises will be supported in financing themselves in both local and foreign capital markets. Enterprises engaging in venture capital business are encouraged to make investment in this industry. According to the Opinions, by 2015 the development of the industry and level of service quality are expected to have improved significantly. It is also expected that there will be 3-5 leading enterprises with international competitive power to assist the country in developing 5-10 cost-effective national model industrial design zones.
Edward E, Lehman, Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, commented that, “design is a organic integration of Science, Technology, Culture and Art”. Design is associated with all aspects of design education, industrial development, manufacturing application problems, intellectual property protection issues. Therefore the industrial design aroused wide attention from 11 ministries and commissions.
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