The municipal government of Shanghai in East China held a news conference on April 27 to introduce the city's latest efforts in developing itself as an international highland, for the protection of intellectual property, or IP.
China will take new steps to reform government functions regarding intellectual property to facilitate entrepreneurial activity and innovation and boost innovation by market entities, the State Council's Executive Meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang decided on April 27.
Shanghai has started to implement a strong intellectual property strategic outline amid its efforts to build the city into an international highland of IP protection, the municipal government said on April 27.
Quiz on China's intellectual property rightrs protection.
China has seen stronger protection of intellectual property rights and faster development of innovation under the particular care and high requirements of the central leadership, authorities and IPR experts said.
The main event for this year's Shanghai Intellectual Property Publicity Week was held on April 23 in the Lin-gang Special Area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone – located in Shanghai city in East China.
Authorities in the Yangtze River Delta region – in East China – recently issued an important government position paper on intellectual property, or IP, development and protection.
China saw up to 405,000 patent operations in 2020, around 2.8 times the volume by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), according to an official of China's National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) on April 22