The Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone – located in Shanghai city in East China – last year reportedly achieved fruitful results from its intellectual property, or IP, sector.
The 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) for Shanghai recently set new development targets for the city's intellectual property sector -- with the aim that by 2025 the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people in the population should reach about 30.
International patent applications via the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) continued to grow in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a WIPO report released on March 2.
A delegation from the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, or SIPA, led by Rui Wenbiao, director general of the administration, visited the World Intellectual Property Organization's China Office in Beijing on March 12.
Efforts to amend and upgrade laws on intellectual property rights in recent years have provided stronger legal support for IP owners and encouraged innovation of enterprises, Ma Yide, a deputy to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, said on March 8
Twelve thousand people were prosecuted for infringing on intellectual property rights last year, about 64 times the number in 1999, reflecting China's constant improvement in IPR protection, the head of the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.
The Government Work Report listed major targets for 2021, such as GDP growth, employment, healthcare and rural revitalization.
China will strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights -- with IPR protection stressed in the Government Work Report delivered at the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress on March 5.
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