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The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in October last year systematically outlined a grand blueprint for the development of the party and the country's undertakings in the future period. It also made new arrangements for intellectual property work, emphasizing the need to strengthen the legal protection of intellectual property rights and form a support system for comprehensive innovation. basic system. The "Party and State Institutional Reform Plan" reviewed and approved by the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made new major optimization adjustments to improve the intellectual property management system, and adjusted the State Intellectual Property Office to an agency directly under the State Council. These fully reflect the great importance that the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core attaches to intellectual property work.

On a new starting point and a new journey, we will thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on intellectual property work, deeply understand the new deployment of intellectual property work at the Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, consciously think in the overall situation, and under the overall situation Take action and focus on the following four aspects.

The first is to better support technological innovation. Innovation is the first driving force for development, and protecting intellectual property rights is protecting innovation. We will rely on intellectual property as a "rigid need" for innovation-driven development, vigorously strengthen the legal protection of intellectual property, promote the formation of a basic system that supports comprehensive innovation, better support key core technology research, and promote the patent chain, innovation chain, industrial chain, and capital chain. , deep integration of talent chains to help achieve high-level technological self-reliance and self-reliance.

The second is to speed up the transformation and application of patents. Intellectual property protection work relationship develops with high quality. We will increase the intensity of patent conversion and application, improve the design of relevant systems, promote high-level innovation, deepen the reform of the distribution of intellectual property rights, accelerate the implementation of the patent open licensing system, improve the market-oriented mechanism for patent conversion and application, and promote the efficient allocation and orderly flow of innovation resources. , strive to transform innovation advantages into high-quality development advantages.

The third is to better support high-level opening up. Intellectual property protection is related to the country’s overall opening to the outside world. We will focus on intellectual property rights as the "standard configuration" of international trade, actively align with high-standard international economic and trade rules, deeply participate in global intellectual property governance, solidly promote multilateral and bilateral intellectual property cooperation, promote international economic, trade, scientific and cultural exchanges, and promote the construction of an open economy. New system.

The fourth is to better help optimize the business environment. Property rights protection, especially intellectual property protection, is an important aspect in creating a good business environment. We will equally protect the intellectual property rights of all market entities in accordance with the law, resolutely punish illegal acts of intellectual property infringement, regulate the abuse of intellectual property rights, help create a market-oriented, legal and international first-class business environment, and promote the construction of a high-standard market system.

On a new starting point and a new journey, we will thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, work hand in hand with all sectors of society, unswervingly follow the path of intellectual property development with Chinese characteristics, and better leverage the dual supply of intellectual property system and technology supply. role, accelerate the construction of an intellectual property power with Chinese characteristics and world-class standards, strive to make progress from the beginning, and strive to start a new journey, so as to provide strong support for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country. Thanks.

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Thank you for your question. I will answer this question. Cooperation between China and the World Intellectual Property Organization began in 1973. With the approval of Premier Zhou Enlai that year, the Chinese government delegation attended the fourth series of meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the governing bodies of the alliances it manages as observers, thus starting a half-century-long cooperation process between the two parties.

In 1980, China became a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Over the past 50 years, the two sides have established a profound friendship and good cooperative relations. In 1989, my country joined the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks, in 1994 it joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and in 2012, the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances was successfully concluded in Beijing.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, cooperation between the two parties has continued to reach new heights. In 2014, the World Intellectual Property Organization established a China office in Beijing. In 2015, the Chinese government established the China Trust Fund at the World Intellectual Property Organization. In 2017, the two parties signed the Agreement on Strengthening Intellectual Property Cooperation along the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2022, China will join the Hague Agreement on the International Registration of Industrial Designs and the Marrakesh Treaty on copyright. At present, China is an important user of the three major international registration systems of patents, trademarks and designs of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The number of PCT international patent applications submitted by Chinese applicants has ranked first in the world for four consecutive years. In the first year after joining the Hague Agreement, the number of design applications reached the second place in the world. Madrid’s number of international trademark registration applications has ranked third in the world for many consecutive years. The two parties also jointly built 101 Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISC) in China. RMB has become the international fee pricing and settlement currency related to PCT international patent applications of the World Intellectual Property Organization, and Chinese has become the working language of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, which is responsible for the administrative management of the World Intellectual Property Organization. These achievements are symbolic results of the cooperation between the two parties.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of cooperation between the two parties, this year, the Chinese government and the World Intellectual Property Organization will jointly hold a series of commemorative activities. The day after tomorrow, which is World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, we will hold the "50th Anniversary of Cooperation between China and the World Intellectual Property Organization and Publicity Week Home Event" in Beijing, and there will be a series of major arrangements. In July this year, we will also hold a photo exhibition of the history of cooperation between the two parties and related commemorative activities at the World Intellectual Property Organization’s headquarters in Geneva during the General Assembly of Member States to showcase the glorious history of the 50 years of cooperation between the two parties to the world.

Standing at the new historical starting point of the 50th anniversary of cooperation between China and the World Intellectual Property Organization, we will thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on intellectual property work, uphold the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, practice true multilateralism, and deeply participate in the world Global intellectual property governance under the framework of intellectual property organizations contributes Chinese wisdom to the multilateral system of intellectual property and better enhances human welfare. Thanks.

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Thank you for your question. This question will be answered by Director Wang of the Copyright Administration Bureau.

Thank you, Director Shen. Thanks for asking. As you all know, Article 6 of my country’s Copyright Law stipulates that the copyright protection measures for folk literature and art works shall be separately formulated by the State Council, and the World Intellectual Property Organization is also studying and formulating rules for the protection of folk literature and art (also known as “traditional cultural expressions”) in the field of intellectual property rights. international treaties. The Copyright Administration Bureau of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee adheres to the linkage between domestic legislation and international promotion of copyright protection for folk literature and art, further activates the value of copyright in the field of folk literature and art, promotes the creative transformation and innovative development of China’s excellent traditional culture, helps China’s excellent traditional culture go global, and enhances the national cultural soft strength and Chinese cultural influence. In 2021, resource-rich Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Guizhou were selected to carry out pilot (provincial-level) work on the protection and promotion of folk literature and art copyright. Based on the initial results achieved, in 2022, eight regions were selected to carry out folk literature and art copyright protection and promotion pilot projects (municipal level) in Jincheng, Shanxi, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, Huangshan, Anhui, Fuzhou, Jiangxi, Weifang, Shandong, Chaozhou, Guangdong, and Bijie, Guizhou work.

Each pilot area gives full play to the unique advantages of local folk literature and art resources, actively carries out folk literature and art copyright census and registration work, builds a big data service platform, builds folk literature and art copyright service workstations, strictly supervises and manages, and does a good job in publicity and promotion of folk literature and art copyright protection. For example, Guizhou has established the National Ethnic Folk Culture Copyright Trade Base (Southwest) to give full play to ethnic folk characteristics and promote the flow of folk literature and art copyright resources and the high-quality development of the copyright industry; Weifang, Shandong Province has established the first folk literature and art copyright workstation to provide support for the city's folk literature and art enterprises , units and workers provide services such as copyright registration, copyright transactions, rights protection consultation, exchange and cooperation, guide them to establish and improve the folk literature and art copyright work management mechanism, and design and produce a short public welfare video of "Copyright Protects the Inheritance and Development of Folk Literature and Art" to inform everyone The voice of Weifang conveys culture; Anhui Huangshan holds a folk literature and art copyright protection and promotion forum; Heilongjiang Jiamusi will hold a folk literature and art copyright protection forum during the Sino-Russian cultural exchange season.

In the next step, the Copyright Administration Bureau of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee will guide the pilot areas to continuously improve the awareness of copyright protection of folk literature and art, actively explore and innovate copyright work formats, models, and mechanisms in the field of folk literature and art, and strengthen the creation, use, protection, management, and services of folk literature and art copyright. Provide practical support and basis for domestic legislation on folk literature and art copyright and the formulation of international treaties, contribute new ideas and open up new patterns in promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture; further promote international dialogue and exchanges on folk literature and art copyright, and help China's excellent traditional culture Culture goes global to enhance the country’s cultural soft power and Chinese cultural influence.

Thanks.

Questions from a reporter from China Central Radio and Television Station’s Voice of China (photo by Liu Jian)

Thank you for your question. Trademarks and brands are a comprehensive reflection of the competitiveness of enterprises, regions and even countries, and are important resources for participating in global competition. In recent years, the State Intellectual Property Office has focused on the entire process and chain of trademark and brand protection to create a good environment for trademark and brand development in an all-round way.

The first is to strengthen policy guidance. Formulate the "Thousands of Enterprises and Hundreds of Cities" Trademark and Brand Value Enhancement Action Plan, deploy and carry out three special actions to enhance corporate trademark and brand value, create trademark and brand advantage areas, and trademark and brand construction service guidance, and accelerate the establishment and improvement of a trademark and brand cultivation and evaluation system. Efforts will be made to increase the market value of “Thousands of Enterprises with Thousands of Standards” and “Hundreds of Enterprises in One Hundred Cities”.

The second is to strengthen source protection. Comprehensively deepen the reform of trademark registration, and the average review period for trademark registration will be stable within 4 months. Strictly crack down on malicious trademark registrations, especially those involving famous brands and free riding. In the past year, a total of 372,000 malicious trademark registrations were cracked down on.

The third is to improve service levels. Madrid's international trademark registration business has been fully electronic, and some Chinese characteristic commodity items have been added to the World Intellectual Property Organization's Nice Classified Goods Database, which greatly facilitates the overseas layout of Chinese applicants' trademarks. The number of international trademark registration applications in Madrid has ranked third in the world for many consecutive years.

The fourth is to increase publicity and promotion. Continue to promote Chinese trademarks and brands through event platforms such as China Brand Day, China International Import Expo, and China International Trademark and Brand Festival. Organize the selection, sharing and promotion of more than 100 excellent trademark and brand building cases across the country to enhance the overall development level of trademark brands.

The fifth is to carry out comprehensive evaluation. Guide the compilation of the China Trademark and Brand Development Index and conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the development level of trademarks and brands across the country. Relevant studies show that the development of trademarks and brands in my country is showing a steady growth trend. Provinces with strong economies have outstanding trademark and brand development advantages. Northeastern and central and western provinces have made significant progress in brand potential development and service environment optimization.

Sixth, cultivate industrial clusters. Cooperate with local governments to create and promote regional brands, and so far 284 collective certification trademarks for regional brands at or above the county level have been registered. These regional brands approved and registered in accordance with the law have distinctive characteristics, strong competitiveness and good market reputation, and have played a significant role in supporting the development of characteristic economies.

In the next step, we will continue to implement the trademark and brand strategy in depth, provide better service supply for the construction and development of trademark brands, and strive to enhance the influence of Chinese trademark brands. Thanks.

Questions from a reporter from Hong Kong Bauhinia Magazine (photo by Liu Jian)

In the ten years of the new era, my country's independent innovation achievements have continued to emerge, and scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance have accelerated. my country ranks 11th in the "Global Innovation Index Report 2022" released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, improving steadily for 10 consecutive years and ranking first among middle-income economies. Scientific and technological innovation has opened up new fields and new tracks for my country's economic development, greatly improving the quality and efficiency of development. The State Intellectual Property Office has thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on intellectual property work, and has always regarded serving scientific and technological innovation as an important task, providing support from multiple aspects such as review and authorization, legal protection, achievement transformation, and service guarantee.

The first is to promote the creation of intellectual property rights. Implement patent quality improvement projects, increase patent review support for key industries, and support the efficient obtaining of patents for major scientific research project results. In response to the patent layout needs of key core technologies of innovative entities, services such as priority review, centralized review, and delayed review are provided to improve the quality and efficiency of patent layout. Focusing on technical fields such as chips, new energy, biomedicine, and seed industries, intellectual property specialists are selected for central enterprises, universities, and scientific research institutions to serve the entire process of scientific and technological innovation at close range.

The second is to strengthen intellectual property protection. Strengthen the construction and layout of national intellectual property protection centers, and provide "one-stop" intellectual property administrative protection services integrating rapid pre-examination, rapid confirmation of rights, and rapid rights protection for provincial and municipal advantageous industries. Continue to strengthen the construction of overseas intellectual property dispute response guidance mechanisms, establish overseas intellectual property dispute response guidance centers and local sub-centers across the country, and actively carry out overseas intellectual property risk monitoring and early warning to help enterprises prevent overseas intellectual property risks and respond to overseas intellectual property disputes.

The third is to deepen patent navigation decision-making support. Cultivate 26 patent navigation engineering support service institutions, layout and build 104 industrial patent navigation service bases, organize and carry out in-depth patent mining and analysis around key areas and cutting-edge technologies, study and judge industry chain risks, and build 13 national key industrial patents such as chips and rare earths The information service platform provides direction guidance for technological innovation to find technological breakthroughs and optimize technological research and development plans.

The fourth is to promote the transformation and application of intellectual property rights. Build intellectual property operation centers for key industries such as new energy and 5G, and guide social funds to participate in scientific and technological innovation in key core technology fields. Support relevant scientific research institutes to establish intellectual property operation agencies, and organize member companies to create a "patent pool" for collective development. Encourage the development of intellectual property pledge financing and insurance business in key areas, effectively expand financing channels for innovative entities, and solve financing problems.

At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are accelerating. In the fierce international competition, we will focus on high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance, further improve patent examination policies oriented to national needs and user satisfaction, improve examination quality and efficiency, and make Obtaining rights is more convenient and rights are more stable. At the same time, we will solidly carry out intellectual property rights promotion to "strengthen the chain" and "protect the chain", promote the deep integration of the patent chain with the industrial chain, innovation chain, capital chain, and talent chain, and promote intellectual property rights throughout scientific research and development, technology transfer, commercial transformation, and benefit distribution. The entire chain promotes and improves the resilience and security of the industrial chain and supply chain. Thanks.

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I would like to ask Director Wang from the Copyright Administration Bureau to answer this question.

Thank you, Director Shen. Thank you for your question. On March 18, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the school’s ideological and political theory course teachers’ symposium that “the adolescent stage is the ‘jointing and booting period’ of life” and “needs careful guidance and cultivation”. Protecting the physical and mental health of young people is the common responsibility of the entire society. From February to October 2022, the Copyright Administration Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department will work with the Printing and Distribution Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, the National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Affairs Office, the Food and Drug Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Teaching Materials Bureau of the Ministry of Education, and the Cultural Market Comprehensive Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism The Supervision Bureau jointly launched the Youth Copyright Protection Season Action, focusing on rectifying the infringement and piracy issues that have strongly harmed the rights and interests of teenagers reported by rights holders and parents, striving to standardize the copyright order of publications sold on e-commerce platforms, and focusing on cracking down on piracy, illegal sales, and online dissemination. Illegal and criminal acts such as infringing and piracy of teaching materials and teaching aids, best-selling children's picture books.

First, focus on key areas and carefully deploy special actions. Youth copyright protection season actions are carefully organized and deployed in various places. Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi and other places have included special actions in annual key tasks, and Yunnan has included special actions in the protection of minors to promote. At the same time, publicity and education should be strengthened, intellectual property protection should be included in the "first lesson of school", and educational guidance on copyright protection for young people should be strengthened.

The second is to strengthen inspections and investigation and vigorously strengthen active supervision. On the one hand, copyright, public security, education, culture and tourism, press and publication, cultural law enforcement and other departments have formed a special action inspection team to strengthen inspections of the local publication market, printing companies, bookstores around campus, newsstands, and stationery stores during the winter, summer, and school seasons. , typing and copy shops and other key places, as well as source companies such as copy companies around the campus. On the other hand, we will strengthen online supervision, conduct online inspections of relevant websites, e-commerce platforms, WeChat public accounts, etc., discover clues in a timely manner, and make every effort to expand the sources of cases.

The third is to investigate and deal with major and important cases and strengthen platform responsibility. A number of major and important cases have been investigated and handled strictly and quickly in various places in accordance with the law, and those suspected of constituting crimes are promptly transferred to the public security organs for investigation of criminal responsibility in accordance with the law. At the same time, multiple departments were organized to jointly interview some online e-commerce platforms, instructing them to strictly implement their main responsibilities, strengthen the disposal and management of stores that repeatedly infringe, establish and improve green channels for rights holders to organize rights protection, and joint punishment mechanisms for problematic online stores, and further optimize the "Notice" —Delete” disposal process and infringement quick processing mechanism.

During the special operation, copyright law enforcement departments at all levels dispatched 369,000 law enforcement officers to inspect more than 230,000 publications markets, printing companies and bookstores, newsstands, stationery stores, typing and copy shops and other places around campus to investigate infringement and piracy. There were 601 cases regarding teaching materials, teaching aids and children's books, 75 major cases were transferred to judicial organs, and 2,158 illegal online bookstores were cancelled.

This year, we will continue to carry out the Youth Copyright Protection Season action to further protect the physical and mental health of young people.

Thanks.

Economic Daily reporter asked a question (photo by Liu Jian)

Thank you for your question. Intellectual property rights are not only important technological supplies, but also important institutional supplies. Whether a region has strong innovation capabilities or not, intellectual property is an important factor; whether the business environment is good or not, intellectual property is a key indicator.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's intellectual property legal construction has achieved fruitful results. On the one hand, we have established an intellectual property legal system that is in line with internationally accepted rules and has a relatively complete range of categories. The Civil Code has established important legal principles for the protection of intellectual property rights in accordance with the law. The patent law, trademark law, and copyright law have been revised successively, establishing high international standards. system of punitive damages for infringement. At the same time, it has joined almost all major international intellectual property treaties, and last year the Hague Agreement and the Marrakesh Treaty also officially entered into force in China. On the other hand, through institutional reform, we have achieved centralized and unified management of patents, trademarks, geographical indications, and integrated circuit layout designs, and the integrity, systematization, and collaboration of intellectual property work have been significantly enhanced.

Next, we will thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on intellectual property work, and coordinate efforts in accordance with the deployment requirements of “strengthening the legal protection of intellectual property rights and forming a basic system to support comprehensive innovation” emphasized in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Promote the formulation and revision of various intellectual property laws, regulations and institutional rules.

First, accelerate the completion of the revision of the Implementing Rules of the Patent Law, promote the implementation of new revisions such as patent open licensing, utility model obvious inventive step review, and design obvious difference review, actively promote the reform of the utility model system, and do a good job in review management after my country joins the Hague Agreement. , fully integrated into the global design system. The second is to speed up a new round of arguments for amending the Trademark Law and focus on solving deep-seated contradictions and problems such as malicious registration and large-scale hoarding in the field of trademarks. The third is to amend and improve the regulations on the protection of layout designs of integrated circuits to adapt to the needs of the development of large-scale integrated circuits, help the chip industry become bigger and stronger, and serve the better development of the digital economy. The fourth is to speed up special legislation on geographical indications, coordinate the two models of special protection of geographical indications and trademark protection, formulate an implementation plan for the unified recognition of geographical indications, realize unified entrance and unified export of geographical indications, and better utilize geographical indications in promoting the development of characteristic industries and rural areas. revitalization and cultural heritage. The fifth is to strengthen research on intellectual property rules for new fields and new business formats such as big data, artificial intelligence, and genetic technology to help innovative development in related fields. At the same time, we actively participate in the formulation of international rules on intellectual property rights, better align with high-standard international economic and trade rules, and promote high-level opening up to the outside world. Thanks.

China Intellectual Property News reporter asked questions (Photo by Liu Jian)

Thank you for your question. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping. Over the past ten years, China has continued to expand its opening up to the outside world and shared development results with countries co-building the "Belt and Road". The number of patent applications from countries co-building the "Belt and Road" has steadily increased, and multilateral and bilateral exchanges and cooperation have steadily advanced.

In the past ten years, a total of 115 countries co-building the "Belt and Road" have applied for patents in China, with a total of 253,000 patent applications, an average annual growth of 5.6%. China's patent applications in countries co-building the "Belt and Road" are also growing simultaneously. Data show that in 2022, the number of patent applications published by Chinese companies in the countries co-building the "Belt and Road" will reach 12,000, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%. Among them, the number of applications disclosed in the three technical fields of motors, electrical devices, electric energy, pharmaceuticals, materials, and metallurgy increased the fastest year-on-year, with an increase of more than 70%. The continued activity of patent applications demonstrates the vitality of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Over the past ten years, the State Intellectual Property Office has in-depth promoted cooperation with jointly established national intellectual property management institutions. In 2016 and 2018, in conjunction with the World Intellectual Property Organization and the National Copyright Administration and other departments, we held two high-level conferences on “Belt and Road” intellectual property, and General Secretary Xi Jinping sent a letter of congratulations. Guided by the spirit of the General Secretary’s important instructions, we have solidly promoted a series of cooperation projects with co-building countries such as legal policy exchanges, master’s degree education, intellectual property awareness enhancement, and the dispatch of intellectual property experts in accordance with relevant cooperation frameworks, and have achieved great results. Important results.

Over the past ten years, more and more “China solutions” for intellectual property rights have received support and response from countries co-building the “Belt and Road”. Up to now, the State Intellectual Property Office has signed cooperation agreements with 56 jointly established national intellectual property management agencies. Invention patents authorized by China can be registered and validated directly in Cambodia, and Laos recognizes the review results of Chinese invention patents. The State Intellectual Property Office has also increased its intellectual property informatization cooperation with countries co-building the “Belt and Road”, providing “Cloud Patent Examination” system accounts to nearly 30 countries to promote intellectual property information exchange and business sharing between countries.

In the next step, we will further study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, deepen intellectual property exchanges with countries co-building the “Belt and Road”, jointly build a road of innovation, better benefit people of all countries, and create an intellectual property practice for co-building the “Belt and Road” sample. Thanks.

That concludes today’s press conference. I would like to thank Director Shen and several publishers, as well as all friends from the media. Goodbye everyone!

(Source: Guoxin.com)