China has made long strides in building an intellectual property system, yet its cultural and historical perspective differ profoundly from the West, Qu Sanqiang, the dean of Law School of Beijing Institute of Technology, said in a recent exclusive interview.

His book Intellectual Property Law in China, published by Kluwer Law International last September, is "among the few masterpieces written by Chinese authors in English", said Yang Huaquan, the director of the Copyright Committee at the Beijing Lawyers Association.

Qu told China Daily that the country "has been learning mature practices in IP from developed countries over the past decades, like pupils at class".