（1）both party a and party b represent to the other party as the provider and receiver of confidential information， and thus both undertake confidentiality obligations and liabilities.
（2）neither party a nor party b shall disclose or make public any confidential information to a third party （including the press） or otherwise make use of the confidential information without the written approval of the other party； both parties are obliged to urge their representatives not to disclose or make public any confidential information to a third party （including the press） or otherwise make use of the confidential information； unless the disclosure， publicity and application of the confidential information is required by the due performance of the obligations of the two parties in association with the undertaking and proceeding of the cooperative programs under normal circumstances （including obligations to be assumed by both parties in the future pursuant to the law and the contracts signed by the two parties）.
（3）both parties shall strictly limit the access to the confidential information to their responsible representatives only for the purposes specified hereunder.
（4）neither party shall provide a third party with copies or duplicates of the confidential information disclosed by the other party or its representative， whether intentionally or not， unless the disclosure is allowed by a written agreement signed by the two parties.
（5）in the event that the proceeding of the cooperative program ceases or either party quits the program with reasons， a party shall and shall urge its representatives to destroy or return to the other party all confidential information as well as all documents and materials and all duplicates thereof containing confidential information within five working days， upon the request of the other party at any time. nevertheless， the party possessing the confidential information may keep one piece of the duplicates of the documents or materials described above only for the purpose enshrined in article 4 hereunder， without breaching other provisions of this agreement.
（6）either party a or party b shall and shall urge their respective representatives to treat the confidential information provided by the other party with a degree of care no less than that used for the similar information in its own possession. however， under no circumstances shall the treatment of the confidential information be held under a reasonable degree of care.article 3 intellectual property rights