News & Cases From China: August 2023

The State Council Issues Opinions on Further Optimizing the Foreign Investment Environment and Increasing Efforts to Attract Foreign Investment

Date: 13 August 2023

The recently issued Opinions aim to attract foreign investment by further improving the relevant business environment in China. The Opinions propose 24 policy measures in six major areas including the utilization of foreign investment; ensuring national treatment for foreign investment enterprises; and continuously strengthening the protection available to foreign investment. In terms of the protection available for foreign investment, the Opinions emphasize the need to strengthen the administrative protection of intellectual property rights, improve the administrative adjudication system for patent infringement disputes, and enhance the enforcement of administrative adjudication. The Opinions also encourage reliance on intellectual property workstations for processing applications for