In terms of the lawsuits, the number of those regarding disputes in the areas of franchise contract and patent rights increased by 140 percent and 91 percent year-on-year respectively, said the court.
In recent years, Quanjude opened a number of outposts overseas such as in Toronto, Canada, and in Sydney, Australia, seeking to tap the large number of overseas Chinese and local consumers living in those cities. The restaurants offered cuisines that combined Chinese and Western styles.
In some cases, both parties were foreign companies based in China, "which also showed our legal protection of IP rights has earned their trust", he added.
In recent years, with the rapid development of internet technologies, China's gaming industry has become a key driving force for the development of the digital content sector in the country.
In the 1950s, the government banned the cultivation and use of marijuana, but in 2010, Yunnan introduced the country's first regulation on the commercial planting and processing of hemp, the industrial strain of the plant.
In recent years, Nanyuan has undergone two large-scale expansions in an attempt to handle more passengers, but the 109-year-old airport still finds it difficult to keep pace with the booming civil aviation industry, especially Beijing's ambition to turn itself into a major international transit hub in northern China.
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In the 1972 martial arts classic movie Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee dispensed with more than a dozen rivals before destroying a sign with the phrase "sick man of East Asia".
In some places in the three areas, half the sewage was discharged without treatment.
In terms of the future, Liu said that the platform will leverage more AI power in businesses including the settlement of claims, where AI can help deal with complicated claim requires and new claim recommendations.
In recent years, China has extended loans to the East African nation to build a number of key infrastructure projects, including the .8 billion Standard Gauge Railway which was 90 percent financed by China.