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China Shenhua attaches importance to patent application and protection and was granted a total of 253 patents as of 31 December 2009. In 2009, China Shenhua accelerated its research on the strategies of intellectual property rights and formulated the “Intellectual Property Rights Strategies of China Shenhua Energy Company Limited” and the “Implementation Guide on Intellectual Property Rights Strategies of China Shenhua Energy Company Limited”, at the same time stepped up its efforts in intellectual property rights functions featuring patent application. It was granted with a total of 71 patents including 12 invention patents. The Company demonstrated an increasing growth momentum in respect of the grant of patents.

With regard to intellectual property training, the Company subsequently organized 6 intellectual property rights training workshops in Shendong Coal Group, Guohua Research Institute and Shenhua Tianjin Coal Dock with more than 200 attendees, which effectively increased the dissemination of intellectual property rights knowledge and the awareness of importance of intellectual property rights among our staff.