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Recently, 17 departments including the State Intellectual Property Office issued opinions on accelerating the high-quality development of the intellectual property service industry. It mentions the development goals. By 2030, the level of specialization, marketization, and internationalization of the intellectual property service industry will be significantly improved, and a high-quality intellectual property service industry with rich business formats, reasonable layout, standardized behavior, high-quality services, and full-chain connectivity will be basically formed. The development pattern has become an important support for accelerating the construction of an intellectual property power and high-quality economic development.

——Industry contribution continues to increase. The high-quality and diversified supply of intellectual property services continues to expand. There are more than 2,000 institutions above designated size engaged in intellectual property services. The industry's operating income has exceeded 500 billion yuan. The number of employees in the intellectual property service industry has reached 1.5 million, and there are more than 50,000 practicing patent agents. There are more than 8,000 litigation-oriented talents, and a number of intellectual property service industry cluster development demonstration zones have been built that are integrated into industry, serve innovation, and radiate across the country.

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Opinions of 17 departments including the State Intellectual Property Office on accelerating the high-quality development of the intellectual property service industry

Intellectual Property Offices, Development and Reform Commissions, Education Departments (Commissions and Bureaus), Science and Technology Departments (Commissions and Bureaus), Industry and Information Technology Departments (Economic Information Technology Commission), and Justice Departments (Bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps ), Department of Finance (Bureau), Department of Human Resources and Social Security (Bureau), Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Agriculture and Animal Husbandry) (Bureau, Committee), Department of Commerce (Bureau, Committee), Market Supervision Bureau (Department, Committee), Bureau of Statistics, Copyright Office, forestry and grassland authorities, rural revitalization bureau, all banking and insurance regulatory bureaus, and all relevant units:

The intellectual property service industry runs through the entire operation chain of the intellectual property system and is an important support for promoting high-quality creation, efficient use, high-standard protection, and high-level management of intellectual property. In order to thoroughly implement the "Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Nation (2021-2035)" and the "14th Five-Year Plan for National Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization Plan" and accelerate the high-quality development of the intellectual property service industry, the following opinions are hereby offered.

1. Overall requirements

(1) Guiding ideology.

Adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party, base on the new development stage, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement new development concepts, build a new development pattern, and implement the deployment requirements for the construction of a unified national market. , strengthen the legal protection of intellectual property rights, support comprehensive innovation, take promoting the realization of the "two transformations" of intellectual property rights as the main line, and aim to open up the entire chain of intellectual property creation, application, protection, management, and services to satisfy innovative entities and market entities. Demand-oriented, adhere to the development direction of specialization, marketization and internationalization, optimize the development environment, cultivate service entities, expand service areas, improve service capabilities, accelerate the high-quality development of the intellectual property service industry, and accelerate the construction of an intellectual property power and the economy Provide strong support for high-quality development.

(2) Basic principles.

Adhere to market leadership and government guidance. Give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation and promote the orderly flow and efficient allocation of factor resources. Give better play to the role of the government, improve the institutional system, standardize industry order, strengthen classified guidance, build a data platform, and create a good environment for high-quality development of the industry.

Adhere to demand guidance and supply docking. Oriented to meet the market demand for high-quality economic development, stimulate the development momentum of the intellectual property service industry, drive supply-side structural reform, achieve precise docking of intellectual property service supply and comprehensive innovation demand, and better support the release of potential development vitality on the demand side.

Adhere to quality as the key and talent as the basis. Firmly establish a high-quality development orientation and create competitive advantages in intellectual property services with expertise, quality, standards and brand as the core. Treat talents as the first resource for industry development, fully mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of talents, and enhance the endogenous driving force for the high-quality development of the intellectual property service industry.

Adhere to deepening reform and innovative development. Drive innovation with reform, lead development with innovation, deepen the reform of "delegation, regulation and service", optimize industry access management, support open innovation in the industry, promote the use of new concepts and new technologies in the intellectual property service industry, and promote the development of new business formats and new models.

(3) Development goals.

By 2030, the level of specialization, marketization, and internationalization of the intellectual property service industry will be significantly improved, and a high-quality development pattern of the intellectual property service industry with rich business formats, reasonable layout, standardized behavior, high-quality services, and full-chain connectivity will be basically formed, becoming an accelerating intellectual property service industry. An important support for the construction of a strong country with property rights and high-quality economic development.

——Comprehensive optimization of the development environment. The legal and regulatory system, policy system, and supervision system of the intellectual property service industry are sound and complete, industry supervision is more powerful, violations of laws and regulations in key areas have been significantly reduced, industry satisfaction has been significantly improved, and the high-quality development environment of the industry has become more standardized and orderly.

——Industry contribution continues to increase. The high-quality and diversified supply of intellectual property services continues to expand. There are more than 2,000 institutions above designated size engaged in intellectual property services. The industry's operating income has exceeded 500 billion yuan. The number of employees in the intellectual property service industry has reached 1.5 million, and there are more than 50,000 practicing patent agents. There are more than 8,000 litigation-oriented talents, and a number of intellectual property service industry cluster development demonstration zones have been built that are integrated into industry, serve innovation, and radiate across the country.

——The service system is more complete. Different intellectual property types such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, geographical indications, new plant varieties, and integrated circuit layout designs, as well as different types of intellectual property service agencies such as agencies, legal, operations, information, and consulting, have developed in an orderly manner, forming upstream and downstream An intellectual property service system with complementary advantages, coordinated development of multiple business formats, and reasonable regional layout.

——The supporting effect is significantly enhanced. The high-end, international, branded, and standardized construction of the intellectual property service industry is accelerating, and it is deeply integrated with the development of science and technology, industry, region, and trade, and its supporting role in comprehensive innovation has become more prominent.

2. Focus on comprehensive innovation needs and stimulate high-quality development momentum

(4) Accelerate the integrated development of intellectual property service industry and industry. Guide the intellectual property service industry to focus on key areas such as advanced manufacturing, provide professional intellectual property services for the industrial chain and innovation chain, encourage the convergence of intellectual property service resources into advanced manufacturing clusters, promote the integration and innovation of patents and standards, and promote high-quality intellectual property service brands Join forces with advanced manufacturing brands to help tackle key core technologies and make breakthroughs in intellectual property layout. Promote the intellectual property service industry to be oriented towards agriculture and rural areas, establish a supply and demand docking mechanism, provide services to ensure technological research on improved agricultural, forestry and grassland varieties, promote new plant varieties to benefit farmers, support geographical indication protection projects and geographical indication agricultural product protection projects, and promote geographical indications to help rural revitalization. Encourage the integrated development of the intellectual property service industry with modern service industries such as R&D and design, financial services, inspection and testing, and innovate intellectual property service models that integrate the development of the modern service industry and the digital economy. Deepen the construction of national patent navigation service bases and promote the in-depth integration of intellectual property services into industrial innovation and development.

(5) Promote the intellectual property service industry to support coordinated regional development. Guide the scientific layout and coordinated development of the intellectual property service industry, enhance the ability to serve regional economic development, and actively integrate into regional coordinated development strategies and major regional strategies. Promote the intellectual property service industry in the eastern region to take the lead in climbing to the high end of the value chain, and improve its radiation and driving capabilities and internationalization level. Encourage the central and northeastern regions to expand the scale of the intellectual property service industry and improve service levels. Support the introduction and cultivation of high-quality intellectual property service resources in the western region and accelerate the filling of service shortcomings. Support the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Chengdu-Chongqing Twin Cities Economic Circle and other regions to create an international intellectual property service highland. Encourage cross-regional cooperation in intellectual property services and promote the gradient transfer and orderly succession of the intellectual property service industry. Promote the optimization and upgrading of intellectual property service industry clusters, focus on regional industrial advantages, and create an intellectual property service cluster brand.

(6) Guide the intellectual property service industry to support the innovative development of enterprises and institutions. Promote the precise connection between high-quality intellectual property service resources and corporate needs, update service concepts, innovate service models, and support corporate innovation and development. Promote intellectual property service agencies to strengthen high-level service supply, help large enterprises accelerate their international layout, deeply integrate into the global industrial chain and supply chain, enhance the international competitiveness of enterprises, and accelerate the construction of world-class enterprises. Encourage intellectual property service agencies to deeply explore the needs of specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises, and help enterprises carry out high-value patent layout, trademark and brand cultivation, copyright achievement transformation, and intellectual property risk prevention, etc. Promote intellectual property service agencies to deeply participate in the entire innovation process of colleges and universities, actively serve the national strategic scientific and technological strength, give full play to the collaborative innovation effect of industry, academia and research, and strive to break through key core technologies and common technologies that restrict industrial development.

(7) Promote the intellectual property service industry to support the high-quality development of trade. Promote the intellectual property service industry to focus on smoothing the domestic and international dual cycles, expand scale, optimize structure, enhance foreign-related intellectual property service capabilities, and provide professional services for enterprise product export, overseas investment, technical cooperation, brand output, standard promotion, etc. Accelerate the construction of intellectual property service export bases and cultivate and develop intellectual property service trade. Support qualified intellectual property service institutions to establish branches or representative offices abroad, and encourage high-level foreign institutions to provide intellectual property services in China. Deepen reform pilot projects such as the establishment of permanent representative offices of foreign patent agencies in China. Support the implementation of pilot reform and opening up of the intellectual property service industry in national independent innovation demonstration zones, free trade pilot zones, national high-quality manufacturing development pilot zones, service trade innovative development pilot areas, and national service industry comprehensive pilot demonstration areas for expanding opening up.

3. Build a new service system and optimize the supply of high-quality services

(8) Improve the ability to provide high-quality services. Implement intellectual property service subject cultivation actions. Cultivate small intellectual property service agencies to develop in a refined and characteristic direction and provide customized services for innovative entities. Cultivate medium-sized intellectual property service institutions to develop in a professional and high-end direction and create influential professional service institutions. Cultivate large-scale intellectual property service institutions to develop in a comprehensive and international direction, build an internationally competitive service group, and provide full-chain intellectual property services. Carry out actions to enhance the brand value of intellectual property services, guide service agencies to strengthen brand awareness, strengthen brand publicity and promotion, and increase visibility and reputation. Support intellectual property service agencies to carry out technological innovation and product innovation, implement high-quality, full-process, and refined management, strengthen the development and utilization of new technologies in the intellectual property service industry, and enhance the level of professionalism, digitization, and intelligence of intellectual property services.

(9) Optimize intellectual property agency services. Promote intellectual property agency services to establish a competitive orientation that puts quality first, and resolutely resist illegal activities such as irregular patent applications and malicious trademark applications. Focus on high-efficiency utilization and high-level protection, optimize the quality and structure of patent agency service supply, and lay a solid foundation for enterprises’ high-value patent layout, protection of innovative achievements, and market utilization benefits. Improve the level of trademark agency services and accelerate the transformation from service trademark application and registration to brand planning, cultivation, management and other diversified services. Promote the healthy development of intellectual property agency services such as copyrights, geographical indications, new plant varieties, and integrated circuit layout designs.

(10) Deepen intellectual property legal services. Give full play to the functions of lawyers and other legal service teams, and promote the in-depth development of legal services such as intellectual property litigation agency, rights protection assistance, and mediation in a professional direction, with a view to better safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of market entities. Encourage the expansion of intellectual property legal services in business activities such as corporate mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, liquidations, investment and financing, strengthen intellectual property due diligence services, study and formulate intellectual property due diligence guidelines for venture capital, and better provide support for intellectual property innovation and entrepreneurship. With the goal of providing better services to ensure high-level opening-up needs, expand overseas intellectual property protection services, support service agencies to participate in overseas intellectual property early warning and foreign-related intellectual property rights protection assistance, promote enterprises to become more familiar with and better use international intellectual property rules, and provide Enterprises "going global" are escorted.

(11) Expand intellectual property operation services. Oriented to promote the realization of the market value of intellectual property rights, build and improve the intellectual property operation service system, and cultivate and develop intellectual property operation institutions. Accelerate the development of intellectual property licensing, transfer and other transaction brokerage services to smooth the flow of intellectual property transactions. Actively and steadily develop intellectual property finance, expand value-added services such as intellectual property investment and financing, insurance, securitization, trust, and guarantees, and promote the effective integration of technological elements and capital elements. Support the integrated development of intellectual property evaluation services and information, consulting and other services, and provide important support for various investment and financing activities and the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements. Encourage service agencies to actively participate in or lead the construction of patent pools to help innovative entities enhance their core competitive advantages.

(12) Enhance intellectual property information services. Oriented to improve the professionalization and intelligence of intellectual property services, support the construction of commercial intellectual property databases and the development of application products, enhance the ability to disseminate and utilize intellectual property information, and encourage various information service platforms to give full play to their advantages, gather strength, and improve comprehensive service efficiency and Competitiveness. Encourage market-oriented intellectual property service agencies to strengthen the in-depth development of intellectual property information resources, promote the interconnection of intellectual property information with industrial and economic information, and improve data resource integration, processing and analysis capabilities. Protect the security of intellectual property information in accordance with the law and promote the healthy development of intellectual property information services.

(13) Expand intellectual property consulting services. Guided by promoting and improving the scientific management level of intellectual property rights of innovative entities and market entities, accelerate the cultivation of professional intellectual property consulting institutions, actively expand the field of intellectual property consulting services, and vigorously develop professional services such as intellectual property strategic consulting, management consulting, and practical consulting. Intellectual property consulting service agencies are encouraged to focus on industrial development needs and carry out in-depth professional services such as patent navigation, standards implementation, and standard essential patent guidance. Encourage market-oriented intellectual property service agencies to provide public welfare intellectual property consulting services to help enhance the public’s awareness of intellectual property rights.

(14) Promote the development of new business formats and new models. Oriented to better meet the personalized and diversified service needs of market entities, support intellectual property service agencies in using modern information and digital technologies such as big data, cloud computing, blockchain, and artificial intelligence to cultivate service formats, innovate service products, and expand service model, refine service division of labor, develop smart services, and form competitive advantages and new growth points in the intellectual property service industry. Focus on strategic frontier areas, build diversified application scenarios, develop full-chain intellectual property services, integrate intellectual property service functions, and provide integrated intellectual property solutions for innovative entities.

4. Deepen the reform of “decentralization, regulation and services” and optimize the high-quality development environment

(15) Optimize industry access. Improve the conditions for persons without patent agent qualification certificates to serve as shareholders of patent agencies. Promote the optimization and adjustment of national defense patent agencies. Smooth the channels for patent agency partnerships to transform into limited liability companies. Improve the practice registration system for patent agents, optimize and improve the practice conditions for patent agents, and explore the use of intellectual property management experience in enterprises, universities, and scientific research institutes as internship experience. Study and improve the practice registration conditions for trademark agencies and practitioners. Standardize the order of copyright agency.

(16) Strengthen government supervision. Promote and improve the legal and regulatory system for the supervision of the intellectual property service industry. In response to violations of laws and regulations that have a negative impact on society and seriously disrupt industry order, we will carry out in-depth special rectification actions, highlight personnel supervision, and guide the healthy and standardized development of service institutions. Innovate and enrich regulatory tools, enhance regulatory efficiency, and deepen "double randomization and one openness" supervision to form a comprehensive effect of standardizing business behavior, reducing law enforcement costs, and strengthening regulatory deterrence. Deepen credit supervision, implement credit evaluation of intellectual property services, and improve the joint credit punishment and incentive mechanism. Promote big data supervision, strengthen the monitoring of review, law enforcement, judicial and other related data, improve the service quality monitoring mechanism, and improve the accuracy and effectiveness of supervision.

(17) Improve industry self-discipline. Improve local intellectual property service industry organizations and promote the improvement of national intellectual property service comprehensive industry organizations. Improve the industry self-discipline system, strengthen industry self-discipline management, actively cooperate with government departments to implement joint supervision of irregular behaviors, and explore the ability evaluation of employees. Strengthen the role of industry organizations in policy formulation and implementation, and reflect industry demands, and promote positive interaction between government departments and service agencies. Formulate relevant business guidelines for the intellectual property service industry and formulate and promote model texts for intellectual property service contracts. Establish intellectual property volunteer service outlets to support public welfare agents and rights protection assistance.

(18) Strengthen social supervision. Improve industry reporting and complaint rules and smooth reporting and complaint channels for the public. Strengthen the disclosure of information related to the operation, quality, credit, etc. of intellectual property service agencies and practitioners to facilitate market entities and innovation entities to inquire, identify, assess risks, and make correct choices. News media and the public are encouraged to jointly carry out industry supervision and evaluation and third-party service quality surveys, give full play to the role of social supervision, and promote service agencies to fully fulfill their social responsibilities.

(19) Promote institutional autonomy. Promote intellectual property service agencies and practitioners to effectively fulfill their main responsibilities and improve their awareness of responsibility for practicing law and putting quality first. Improve the annual reporting system, guide intellectual property service agencies to conduct comprehensive self-examination and proactive rectification of business practices, and promote legal and standardized operations. Give full play to the guiding role of standard management methods, promote the implementation of service quality commitments, and guide intellectual property service agencies to improve their autonomy. Guide intellectual property service agencies and practitioners to organize and participate in various activities in a standardized manner and enhance their awareness of serving the overall situation.

5. Strengthen the support of development factors and lay a solid foundation for high-quality development

(20) Build a solid data foundation for high-quality development of the industry. In accordance with the principle of "overall planning, classified promotion, and piloting first", guide the construction of a high-quality development data base platform for the intellectual property service industry, collect and integrate data on quality, business, credit, etc., strengthen government guidance and policy linkage, and strengthen data supervision and credit Evaluate, guide and optimize the connection between service supply and demand, and support the digital transformation and high-quality development of the intellectual property service industry. Support pioneering exploration in the fields of patent navigation and standards implementation, give full play to the role of the National Patent Navigation Comprehensive Service Platform and the National Knowledge Management Standardization Technical Committee Standards Promotion and Application Comprehensive Service Platform, and improve the digital service level and service efficiency of patent navigation and standards implementation.

(21) Strengthen the construction of talent teams in the intellectual property service industry. Promote the establishment of a multi-level and classified advanced training system for intellectual property service industry talents, promote the connection between professional education in intellectual property disciplines and career development, improve the professional curriculum of intellectual property-related disciplines, and create a team with talents in science, engineering, law, economics, A team of compound, high-quality intellectual property service industry talents with professional backgrounds in management and other disciplines. The study allows graduates of intellectual property and other majors who have obtained certain credits from science and engineering courses to take the patent agent qualification examination. Guide employers to reasonably determine the wages and benefits of talents in the intellectual property service industry, and promote the introduction of preferential policies for talents in the intellectual property service industry in terms of points settlement and talent introduction.

(22) Improve industry standards and classification and evaluation systems. Government departments, industry associations, social groups, and service organizations are encouraged to actively participate in building an intellectual property service industry standard system covering basic standards, supporting standards, product standards, and quality standards. Establish a standardization pilot base for the intellectual property service industry, carry out standards implementation actions for intellectual property service agencies, and guide the improvement of intellectual property service quality. Establish grading and classification evaluation standards for the intellectual property service industry, guide industry associations and other units and organizations to carry out grading and classification evaluation of service institutions and practitioners, strengthen the quality orientation of evaluation work, strengthen credit linkage and application of evaluation results, and promote the implementation of grading and classification management.

(23) Strengthen basic research and statistical surveys. Promote the establishment of intellectual property service industry research bases in industry associations and other units, and strengthen research on the macro-policy, major issues, and new business development of the intellectual property service industry. Improve the statistical survey methods and indicator systems of the intellectual property service industry, conduct statistical surveys in different fields, and publish timely reports on the development of the intellectual property service industry. Strengthen research on the contribution of the intellectual property service industry to the national economy, technological innovation, industrial development, and international trade.

(24) Strengthen the construction of industry culture. Carry out in-depth work style building activities, guide the establishment of a professional philosophy of honesty and quality first, actively promote the spirit of craftsmanship, improve the sense of honor and social credibility of industry practitioners, and promote service institutions to consciously resist violations of laws and regulations, malicious low-price competition, unfair competition, etc. Behavior. Increase industry exchanges and expand social influence through forum discussions, typical cases, media publicity, etc., and create a good cultural atmosphere for the orderly development of the industry. Explore and build an intellectual property service professional community, improve professional communication and exchange mechanisms, and enhance the sense of professional honor.

6. Organizational guarantee

(25) Strengthen organizational leadership. Uphold and strengthen the party’s overall leadership over the development of the intellectual property service industry, study and promote the establishment of industry party organizations, give play to the political leadership role in industry development, and improve the level of industry party building. Promote intellectual property service agencies to strengthen party building and give full play to the role of grassroots party organizations as a fighting fortress and the vanguard and exemplary role of party members. Relying on the inter-ministerial joint meeting of the State Council on the implementation of the intellectual property strategy and the overall coordination mechanism for the implementation of the local intellectual property strategy, we will strengthen coordination and guidance on major issues in the development and supervision of the intellectual property service industry, coordinate the deployment of relevant tasks and measures, and implement them one by one.

(26) Strengthen policy support. Support qualified intellectual property service agencies to apply for high-tech enterprises, technologically advanced service enterprises, specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises, etc., and implement relevant fiscal and taxation support policies for small and medium-sized enterprises. Encourage local governments to increase support for the clustered development of the intellectual property service industry, and study and formulate preferential policies for intellectual property service institutions in terms of land, housing, rent, etc. Financial institutions are encouraged to develop financing and insurance products that adapt to the characteristics of the intellectual property service industry. Promote government funds in an orderly manner to drive and guide social capital investment in intellectual property operation and other service formats, and encourage various intellectual property operation funds to focus on supporting the development of intellectual property operation service formats. Establish and improve the working mechanism for intellectual property service agencies to participate in serving various types of science and technology plans and projects at all levels.

(27) Strengthen supervision and evaluation. The State Intellectual Property Office, together with relevant departments, has established a supervision mechanism for departmental coordination, central and local coordination, and regional coordination, refined the evaluation indicators for the high-quality development of the intellectual property service industry, intensified supervision and evaluation work, and promoted the detailed implementation of various tasks.

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