On February 1th of 2021 the Director Shen Chang-wi from China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) had unveiled the Signature Statement ‘Walking through the path for development of intellectual property rights within Chinese own characteristics’

■ Background

In this signature Director Shen Chang-wi reviewed the historical achievements of the development of intellectual property rights within Chinese own characteristics as following.

◎ Government Leadership Consolidation

- The Government and the State Council had established an authorized mechanism through presentation as following to ‘Opinions on consolidating Intellectual Property Rights Protection’ ‘Action Plan for Advanced Implementation of National Intellectual Property Strategy (2014-2020)’ ‘Several opinions given for accelerating the Intellectual Property Powerhouse construction under the State Council’s new state’ ‘13·5 National Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Operation Plan’

- In 2018 with the establishment of National Market Supervision and Management Office and the CNIPA reorganization the efficiency of administrative management is greatly increased by comprehending federal interrelated management as Patents Trademarks Geographical Indications and semiconductor integrated circuit layout designs.

◎ Strengthening Legal Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

- Lately the newly enacted civil laws have established important legal principles of Intellectual Property Rights Protection.

- Built the international high-level disciplinary compensation system by amendments of the Patent Law·Trademarks Law·Copyright Law

- Fulfilled actively for various responsibilities and obligations stipulated in international agreements by continued subscription of major international agreements in the field of Intellectual Property Rights.

◎ Wide-ranging Growth of the Intellectual Property Industry

- In 2020 the number of invention patents per 10000 domestic population in China (excludes for Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan) was counted as 15.8 and the number of valid trademark registration was about 30.17 million which was counted as 4 times more than 2012.

- In 2019 placed 1st rank for PCT International Patent Application and 3rd rank for Madrid International Trademark Application.

- For the social satisfaction of the Intellectual Property Protection it has increased from 63.69 points in 2021 to 80.05 points in 2020.



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