The State Intellectual Property Office of China received 1.4 million patent applications last year, leading the worldwide figure in that category for the ninth year in a row, according to a World Intellectual Property Organization report.
Shanghai released its proposal for the city's next five-year plan and its development goals for 2035 on Thursday. China Daily takes a closer look at how the city has mapped out its path to help drive China's further reform and opening-up.
Approved by the National Copyright Administration, the National Copyright Innovation and Development Base (Pudong, Shanghai) was officially launched in the Pudong New Area of East China's megacity of Shanghai recently.
Shanghai Customs has filed its first case of domestic intellectual property rights infringement after seizing a batch of bicycle helmets intended for exports on Dec 4.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, stressed on Monday the importance of intellectual property rights protection to promote innovation throughout society.
The training course on the Effective Use of WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Services was held in the southern Chinese megacity of Shanghai on Nov 24, according to local officials.
A delegation from the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China on Nov 26 visited the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, or SIPA, according to local officials in the southern Chinese megacity of Shanghai.
Francis Gurry, former director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), was recently appointed as honorary dean of the Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property, Tongji University.