On April 10, 2026, China released its annual IP enforcement work plan. The plan focuses on making IP protection faster and stronger, with several key points of interest for foreign businesses.

As a significant outcome of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Tianjin Summit, the China-SCO Science-Technology Innovation Cooperation Center was officially inaugurated in Qingdao...

Chinese companies obtained 11,241 more U.S. patents in 2017, up 28%, making China, for the very first time, a top five country in the department of owning U.S. patents.

The pilot program will last for a period of two years to January 31, 2020 or for the two councils to receive 200 applications under the CMB pilot project on PPH, whichever comes first.

Recently, a national intellectual property system conference on international cooperation was held in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. The meeting reviewed the major achievements in IP international cooperation...

The SPC on July 5 rejected Chinese tire building equipment company Safe-Run Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.'s invalidation claims on its Holland rival VMI Holland B.V.'s patent.

PPH is a fast track linking patent examination duties of different countries or regions, allowing patent examination authorities to speed up patent examination by work sharing.

Lu Pengqi, Deputy Commissioner of the CNIPA recently met Shoichi Okuyama, President of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) in Beijing.

Hu Wenhui, Deputy Commissioner of the CNIPA, met with a delegation led by Etienne Sanz de Acedo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in Beijing.

The Draft puts market owners, exhibition organizers, sales counter landlords and e-commerce platforms on the chopping block if they are negligent in performing their oversight duty.

Abnormal activities are defined as those violating the good faith principle and disrupting the normal filing and prosecution order.

The plan, which specifies development goals and indicators to be reached by 2025, states that a rational increase in the number of applications is one of the administration's major goals.

On August 16, the University of Political Science and Law released the Data Analysis Report on Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the Internet Field.

Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the CNIPA met with a visiting delegation of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) led by Chief Executive Rena Lee.

The Fifth Session of Thirteenth National People's Congress opened on March 5.

China has seized infringing goods worth 552 million yuan (86.06 million U.S. dollars) in the past three years, according to the country's top customs authority.

The procedure, extent and mechanism of such reviews will be tightened.

The latest data released by the CNIPA reveals that as of the end of October this year, the number of valid invention patents in China has reached 4.66 million. Of these, enterprises hold 3.417 million patents, accounting for 73.3% of the total.

By the end of 2022, the processing time for an invention patent application will be cut to about 16.5 months and for a high-value patent 13.8 months.

The number of intellectual property protection centers under construction and in operation in China has reached 73, according to data released by the country's top IP regulator on Thursday.