China's State Council and Supreme People's Court released comprehensive reports detailing the nation's intellectual property achievements in 2025, including legislative reforms, enforcement statistics, and landmark AI-related copyright cases. Courts nationwide concluded over 539,000 IP cases while new regulations on trade secrets and anti-unfair competition entered force, demonstrating China's commitment to strengthening IP protection across traditional and emerging technology sectors.
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State Council Information Office Holds Press Conference on China’s Progress in 2025 in Building a Strong Intellectual Property Nation
Date: 23 April 2026
China’s State Council Information Office outlined key intellectual property developments for 2025. The summary below highlights substantive progress across legislation, enforcement, commercialisation, and international cooperation.
Continuous Improvement of the IP Legal Framework. In 2025, revised versions of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law and the Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties were promulgated and entered into force. The Trademark Law (Revision Draft) was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress for its first reading. At the level of administrative regulations and departmental rules, the Provisions of the State Council on Handling Foreign-Related Intellectual Property Disputes and the Regulations on the Protection of Trade Secrets were successively issued.
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