As part of the Chinese Law stream courses offered in the LLB programme, this course examines the principles underlying Chinese law with respect to copyright, patents, trade secrets, and trademarks. These include those concerning computers, the Internet, biotechnology, plant varieties, and e-commerce. Competition law, technology transfer law, and the international intellectual property system are also considered. Students will gain an overall and critical understanding of these areas of the law, some of which being historically formed, others recent, and their place in modern Chinese society. Students will also develop their problem-solving and legal research, writing, and presentation skills.