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(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A cartoonized figurine of Luban is pictured during a show of the first Luban Cultural and Creative Design Awards held in Tengzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, June 11, 2024. Luban, or Lu Ban, was one the most well known craftsmen and inventors in ancient China, widely reckoned the originator of architecture. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xu Suhui)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240612) -- BEIJING, June 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A cartoonized figurine of Luban is pictured during a show of the first Luban Cultural and Creative Design Awards held in Tengzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, June 11, 2024. Luban, or Lu Ban, was one the most well known craftsmen and inventors in ancient China, widely reckoned the originator of architecture. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)

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German chemicals giant positive about Chinese market

STORY: German chemicals giant positive about Chinese market SHOOTING TIME: April 16, 2024 DATELINE: April 18, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Covestro in Shanghai 2. SOUNDBITE (English): HOLLY LEI, President, Covestro China STORYLINE: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday visited German company Covestro's Asia-Pacific Innovation Center in Shanghai, China. As a global chemicals giant that has been in China for over 20 years, Covestro plays an important role in supporting China's green transformation. During the visit, Covestro demonstrated its leading innovations in the circular economy and provided a platform to discuss chances of the Sino-German partnership. SOUNDBITE (English): HOLLY LEI, President, Covestro China "We are inventors because we invented two materials, famous materials: polyurethane and polycarbonate. China is one of our top markets. We were committed to the Chinese market. We are still committed to the Chinese market, because th

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GERMANY-NUREMBERG-INT'L INVENTORS' TRADE FAIR

(231029) -- NUREMBERG, Oct. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A student (1st R) from Beijing No. 80 High School introduces a model of sea surface garbage collector to judges at the 75th international inventors' trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Oct. 28, 2023. The 75th international inventors' trade fair, also known as "iENA," opened here on Saturday with China as the partner country. Around 80 innovation projects from China were presented at the fair, said Henning Koenicke, managing partner of the event's organizer, AFAG. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-NUREMBERG-INT'L INVENTORS' TRADE FAIR

(231029) -- NUREMBERG, Oct. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A student (L) from Beijing No. 80 High School introduces the prototype of a self-stabilizing tripod to a visitor at the 75th international inventors' trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Oct. 28, 2023. The 75th international inventors' trade fair, also known as "iENA," opened here on Saturday with China as the partner country. Around 80 innovation projects from China were presented at the fair, said Henning Koenicke, managing partner of the event's organizer, AFAG. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-NUREMBERG-INT'L INVENTORS' TRADE FAIR

(231029) -- NUREMBERG, Oct. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member (L) of China's National Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation introduces an intelligent surgical navigation system to visitors at the 75th international inventors' trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Oct. 28, 2023. The 75th international inventors' trade fair, also known as "iENA," opened here on Saturday with China as the partner country. Around 80 innovation projects from China were presented at the fair, said Henning Koenicke, managing partner of the event's organizer, AFAG. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-NUREMBERG-INT'L INVENTORS' TRADE FAIR

(231029) -- NUREMBERG, Oct. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co., Ltd. shows a model of the Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit at the 75th international inventors' trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Oct. 28, 2023. The 75th international inventors' trade fair, also known as "iENA," opened here on Saturday with China as the partner country. Around 80 innovation projects from China were presented at the fair, said Henning Koenicke, managing partner of the event's organizer, AFAG. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-NUREMBERG-INT'L INVENTORS' TRADE FAIR

(231029) -- NUREMBERG, Oct. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member (L) of Shandong University introduces an intelligent shield-tunneling system to a visitor at the 75th international inventors' trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Oct. 28, 2023. The 75th international inventors' trade fair, also known as "iENA," opened here on Saturday with China as the partner country. Around 80 innovation projects from China were presented at the fair, said Henning Koenicke, managing partner of the event's organizer, AFAG. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-NUREMBERG-INT'L INVENTORS' TRADE FAIR

(231029) -- NUREMBERG, Oct. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the booth of Tsinghua University at the 75th international inventors' trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Oct. 28, 2023. The 75th international inventors' trade fair, also known as "iENA," opened here on Saturday with China as the partner country. Around 80 innovation projects from China were presented at the fair, said Henning Koenicke, managing partner of the event's organizer, AFAG. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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China files record number of European patent applications in 2022

STORY: China files record number of European patent applications in 2022 DATELINE: March 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Berlin CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of European Patent Office STORYLINE: Chinese companies and inventors filed a record high of 19,041 patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2022. This is according to the Patent Index 2022 of the office Tuesday. This marks an increase of 15.1 percent year-on-year, the highest among the 20 major patent filing countries. The top five applicant countries are the United States, Germany, Japan, China, and France, with China and the United States being the main engines of growth in patent filings. In the company ranking, Huawei was still the largest patent applicant at the EPO in 2022, filing some 4,500 patents, up more than 27 percent year-on-year. An EPO spokesperson said patent filings from China, now accounting for nearly 10 percent of the total applications at the office, have more than doubled over the past five yea

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QR code inventors win European Patent Office prize

NAGOYA, Japan - Masahiro Hara (R) of Denso Wave Inc. and Takayuki Nagaya of Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc. show their Popular Prize awarded by the European Patent Office for their invention of the square "Quick Response Code," or QR code, in a photo taken in Agui, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 8, 2014. Released in 1994, the code is popular globally as a Matrix code, or a two-dimensional barcode, due to the proliferation of cell phones with built-in cameras.

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MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-TECHNICAL-EXHIBITION

(220510) -- GAZA CITY, May 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian students attend a technical exhibition for student inventors in Gaza City on May 10, 2022. About 1,000 students participated in the exhibition. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-TECHNICAL-EXHIBITION

(220510) -- GAZA CITY, May 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian students attend a technical exhibition for student inventors in Gaza City on May 10, 2022. About 1,000 students participated in the exhibition. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS [US / GER / IRE / BR 2004] aka AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS [L-R] CECILE DE FRANCE, STEVE COOGAN, JACKIE CHAN Date: 2004

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QR code inventors win European Patent Office prize

NAGOYA, Japan - Masahiro Hara (R) of Denso Wave Inc. and Takayuki Nagaya of Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc. show their Popular Prize awarded by the European Patent Office for their invention of the square "Quick Response Code," or QR code, in a photo taken in Agui, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 8, 2014. Released in 1994, the code is popular globally as a Matrix code, or a two-dimensional barcode, due to the proliferation of cell phones with built-in cameras. (Kyodo)