April 26 is World Intellectual Property (IP) Day. In recent years, China has achieved historic milestones in IP protection and has pioneered a path of IP development with Chinese characteristics. Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of IP protection, urging rapid progress in building China into a global IP powerhouse. Xi is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Edited excerpts from Xi's speeches on this topic since 2019 follow: