Following acceptance of the State Council Institutional Reform
Plan, China's IP Administration (CNIPA) has been elevated to
a top level institution and a National Data Bureau will be
established
Date: 10 March 2023
On 10 March, the National People's Congress approved the
Institutional Reform Plan (Plan) that had been introduced by the
State Council on 7 March. The Plan provided that, in order to
accelerate the building of an intellectual property powerhouse and
comprehensively improve intellectual property creation, use,
protection, management and services, the China National
Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), currently managed by
the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), would be
elevated to an institution directly under the State Council. After
the adjustment, the market regulation comprehensive law enforcement
teams would still be responsible for trademark, patent and other
law enforcement in their respective fields, with
