Li Bai, one of the greatest poets in China's literary history, is praised as the "Immortal Poet." He was born in the period when the Tang Dynasty reached its pinnacle and spent most of his life traveling around China. His family had originally lived in Chengji County (north of modern-day Qin'an County, Gansu province) and later moved to Suiye in Central Asia (near modern-day Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan) where Li Bai was born. When he was four years old, his family moved back to Changlong County (modern-day Jiangyou, Sichuan province)Jiangyou in Sichuan province, Anlu in Hubei province, Tianshui in Gansu province, and even Kyrgyzstan's Tokmok have all claimed themselves to be the hometown of Li Bai.Worst of all, both the Jiangyou and Anlu governments launched into a no-holds-barred fierce polemic against each other instead of studying Li Bai's poems. It is extremely rare for local governments to actually engage in "fights" just for the legal status of Li Bai's hometown.On Aug. 21, 2009, the Jiangyou Municipal Publicity Department sent a letter to its counterpart in Anlu, Hubei province, declaring that Jiangyou is the only legal hometown of Li Bai, and Anlu infringed on Jiangyou's trademark right. The Anlu government then consulted the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) on whether or not it was an infringement. The Trademark Office under SAIC replied on Sept. 15, 2009 that Anlu did not infringe on any rights.However, SAIC's reply greatly irritated the Jiangyou government. Fanmin, director of the Jiangyou Municipal Publicity Department, announced on Sept. 24, 2009 that there is only one "hometown of Li Bai" in China, which is Jiangyou in Sichuan province, and if SAIC did write such an unjustified reply, Jiangyou will take the matter to court.There was another strange occurrence almost at the same time. Djusaev Kubanychbek, commercial counselor of the Kyrgyzstan Embassy in China, visited Anlu on Oct. 29, 2009. He said that since Tokmok is the hometown of Li Bai, Anlu and Tokmok have the joint duty of increasing the influence of Li Bai's poems, and both sides should take the opportunity to further enhance economic and trade cooperation.