China To Improve Laws To Support IPR Development

China will improve laws to promote high-quality development of intellectual property rights (IPR), a senior intellectual property official said on Sept 30.

China will timely amend laws on patents, trademarks and copyright as well as regulations on protecting new varieties of plants, said Shen Changyu, head of the CNIPA, introducing a recently released plan on the country's IPR development for the next 15 years at a press conference.

China will speed up the legislation for special fields such as commercial secrets protection, geographical indications and integrated circuits layout designs and for new industry formats, including big data, artificial intelligence and genetic technology, Shen added.