#3 CHINA: Intellectual Property Rights
Formally, intellectual property rights have been acknowledged and protected in China since the 1980s. In 2001, China became a member of the world trade organization. A premise of this was that China had to address some international concerns about its IPR system. Despite of this, some concerns remain. President Trump has repeatedly called out China for theft of intellectual property. In various reports on doing business in China, such as the 2016 China Business Climate Survey Report of the Am...