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On October 9, the State Intellectual Property Office held a special press conference on "The Decade of Intellectual Property" and the State Intellectual Property Office's regular press conference in October to announce the historic achievements and achievements in the development of intellectual property since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Historic changes, and answered reporters’ questions on relevant issues. Everyone is welcome to watch.

Time: October 9, 10:00

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[Spokesperson of the State Intellectual Property Office and Director of the Intellectual Property Protection Department Zhang Zhicheng] Dear friends from the media, good morning. Welcome to the October press conference of the State Intellectual Property Office. In order to welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, today we held a special press conference on "Intellectual Property Rights in These Decades" to introduce the historic achievements and events that have occurred in the intellectual property cause under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core. historic change. Mr. Hu Wenhui, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the State Intellectual Property Office, attended today's press conference to introduce the development of the intellectual property industry in the past ten years and answer questions that you are interested in. Also present at today's press conference were Mr. Ge Shu, Director of the Department of Strategic Planning, Ms. Lei Xiaoyun, Director of the Department of Promotion of Intellectual Property Utilization, and Mr. Wang Peizhang, Director of the Department of Intellectual Property Public Services. I am the spokesperson of the State Intellectual Property Office, the host of this conference, and the Director of the Intellectual Property Protection Department Zhang Zhicheng.

Now, let’s ask Director Hu to make an introduction.

[2022-10-09 10:01]

[Deputy Director of the State Intellectual Property Office Hu Wenhui] Dear friends from the media, good morning. Thank you all for your long-term concern and support for the intellectual property cause. Today, I am very happy to work with several colleagues to give you a briefing and exchange on the development of my country's intellectual property industry in the past ten years.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has coordinated the overall strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the world's major changes unseen in a century, placed intellectual property work in a more prominent position, and made a series of major deployments to lead our country. The intellectual property cause has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes. It has successfully embarked on a path of intellectual property development with Chinese characteristics and embarked on a new journey to comprehensively build an intellectual property power.

[2022-10-09 10:02]

[Hu Wenhui]　In the past ten years, intellectual property rights have become more powerful in optimizing the business environment.General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “property rights protection, especially intellectual property protection, is an important aspect in creating a good business environment.” Over the past ten years, the intellectual property legal system has been continuously improved, protection has been continuously strengthened, and the reform of “decentralization, regulation and service” has been deepened. The Civil Code establishes important legal principles for protecting intellectual property rights in accordance with the law. The Patent Law, Trademark Law, and Copyright Law have completed a new round of revisions, establishing a punitive damages system with the highest international standards. The State Intellectual Property Office established an online litigation and mediation docking mechanism with the Supreme People's Court, jointly issued the "Opinions on Strengthening Collaborative Protection of Intellectual Property Rights" with the Supreme People's Procuratorate, jointly launched a pilot project with the Ministry of Justice to standardize the administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes, and worked with the State Administration for Market Regulation Jointly launched a special action for intellectual property protection and coordinated the promotion of strict protection, large-scale protection, quick protection, and simultaneous protection. Social satisfaction with intellectual property protection increased from 63.69 points in 2012 to 80.61 points in 2021, an increase of 17 points. Huge progress. As of September 2022, the review cycle for high-value invention patents has been reduced to 13 months, the average review cycle for invention patents has been reduced to 16.5 months, and the average review cycle for trademark registration has stabilized at 4 months, completing the State Council's "decentralization, regulation, and service" ahead of schedule The review cycle for reform deployment has reduced target tasks. Certificates for patent and trademark applications can be "received by phone", announcements and gazette information can be "queried on the palm of your hand", and the first batch of lists of intellectual property public service matters have been released in a centralized manner, providing guidance for market entities to enjoy convenient and efficient intellectual property services.

[2022-10-09 10:03]

[Hu Wenhui] In the past ten years, intellectual property rights have become more powerful in stimulating innovation and creation.General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “innovation is the first driving force for development, and protecting intellectual property rights is protecting innovation.” Over the past ten years, the quantity and quality of intellectual property creation have increased. From 2012 to 2021, the State Intellectual Property Office has authorized a total of 3.953 million invention patents, with an average annual growth rate of 13.8%, and a total of 35.563 million registered trademarks, with an average annual growth rate of 25.5%. As of September 2022, the number of valid invention patents in my country is 4.081 million, of which 3.154 million are domestic (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) invention patents, 41.523 million valid trademark registrations, and a total of 2,495 geographical indication products have been approved. As collective trademarks and certification marks, 6,992 pieces were registered, and a total of 59,000 integrated circuit layout designs were issued. My country's ranking in the latest "Global Innovation Index Report" released by the World Intellectual Property Organization has risen from 34th in 2012 to 11th in 2022. It has steadily improved for 10 consecutive years, ranking first among middle- and high-income economies. Among the world's five largest science and technology clusters, China occupies only two seats, and its scientific and technological innovation is more active.

　　In the past ten years, intellectual property has become more powerful in supporting economic and social development. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights is the most important part of improving the property rights protection system and the biggest incentive to improve China's economic competitiveness." Over the past ten years, the benefits of the use of intellectual property have accelerated. From 2012 to 2021, a total of 310 China Patent Gold Awards were awarded, and the new sales of the award-winning projects exceeded 2.5 trillion yuan. Among BrandFinance's top 500 most valuable brands in the world in 2022, China accounts for 84, an increase of 52 from 2012, with a total value of US$1.6 trillion. As of September 2022, there are 20,000 market entities using special signs for geographical indications, and the annual direct output value of geographical indication products exceeds 700 billion yuan. From 2012 to 2021, my country's total import and export volume of intellectual property royalties totaled 2.19 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 13.7%, of which exports grew by an average annual rate of 31.2%, exceeding the import growth rate by nearly 20 percentage points. The total amount of patent and trademark pledge financing reached 1.3 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 27.2%. Intellectual property rights strongly support the development of innovative economy, brand economy, regional characteristic economy and open economy.

[2022-10-09 10:05]

[Hu Wenhui]　In the past ten years, intellectual property services have become more open to the outside world. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “the protection of intellectual property rights is related to the country’s overall opening to the outside world.” Over the past decade, international cooperation on intellectual property has continued to deepen. We successfully promoted the establishment of an office in China by the World Intellectual Property Organization to provide Chinese users with services related to the international system at a close distance. Promote the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, the first signed in China and named after a Chinese city, to officially enter into force. It has joined the Hague Agreement on the International Registration of Industrial Designs and the Marrakesh Treaty, becoming a firm defender of international intellectual property rules. , important participants and active builders. The China-EU Geographical Indication Protection and Cooperation Agreement was successfully signed to promote the mutual recognition and mutual protection of 244 geographical indication products between China and Europe. Continue to deepen the “Belt and Road” intellectual property cooperation and BRICS intellectual property cooperation, deeply participate in the cooperation between the five offices of China, the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea, continuously strengthen intellectual property exchanges with ASEAN, Africa and Latin America, and steadily expand the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Cooperate to integrate intellectual property's contribution to poverty alleviation with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, support the building of intellectual property capacity in developing countries, and China's intellectual property "circle of friends" continues to grow.

[2022-10-09 10:08]

[Hu Wenhui]　In the past ten years, the foundation for the development of intellectual property has become more solid. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “it is necessary to establish an efficient comprehensive management system for intellectual property rights and open up the entire chain of intellectual property creation, application, protection, management, and services.” Over the past ten years, the intellectual property management system and mechanism have been accelerated, talent training has been comprehensively strengthened, and the cultural environment has continued to improve. In the institutional reform in 2018, the State Administration for Market Regulation was established and the State Intellectual Property Office was reorganized to achieve centralized and unified management of patents, trademarks, geographical indications of origin, and integrated circuit layout designs, as well as comprehensive law enforcement of patents and trademarks. Management efficiency has been greatly improved, and the coordination of intellectual property and quality management, standardization, antitrust, drug supervision and other work has been significantly enhanced. It has laid out the construction of 6 foreign patent examination collaboration centers in Jiangsu, Guangdong, Henan, Hubei, Tianjin, and Sichuan, and guided the construction of 5 local trademark examination collaboration centers in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, Jinan, and Zhengzhou. The total number of patent and trademark examiners is nearly 20,000 people. The number of intellectual property talent teams has reached more than 700,000, and the number of patent attorney qualifications has reached 60,000. The "Intellectual Property Professionals" category was added to the "Occupational Classification Code of the People's Republic of China". The intellectual property major is added to the series of economic professional titles at the national level. A new master's degree in intellectual property is included in the "Graduate Education Subject Catalog (2022)". Intellectual property brand activities such as National Intellectual Property Publicity Week, China International Patented Technology and Products Fair, and China International Design Expo are held regularly. "Chinese Patents", "Weapons of the Country", "Fate Comes to Sangzhi" and other outstanding works showing China's intellectual property development practice, and theoretical books such as "Zheng Chengsi Intellectual Property Collection" and "Intellectual Property Classics Translation Series" have been launched one after another to promote respect and protection in the whole society. Awareness of intellectual property rights has increased significantly.

[2022-10-09 10:09]

[Hu Wenhui] In 2021, the Party Central Committee and the State Council issued the "Outline for Building a Strong Country on Intellectual Property (2021-2035)" and the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Application of National Intellectual Property", making major top-level designs for the future development of the intellectual property industry. , which fully reflects the great importance, cordial concern and ardent expectations of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core for intellectual property work, and marks that my country's intellectual property cause has entered a new stage of development. Standing at a new historical starting point, we will deeply understand the strategic layout of the Party Central Committee for intellectual property rights, base on the two overall situations, bear in mind the "greatest of the country", bravely shoulder the mission of the times, push intellectual property work to a new level, and advance We have continuously made new breakthroughs in building an intellectual property power, and we have taken practical actions to welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

[2022-10-09 10:11]

[Zhang Zhicheng] Thank you, Director Hu. Now you are welcome to ask questions from media friends. Before asking a question, please inform your news organization.

[2022-10-09 10:12]

[Reporter from Voice of China, China Central Radio and Television] Director Hu just introduced that in the past ten years, the intellectual property cause has made significant achievements and has effectively promoted economic and social development. What are your feelings and experiences in promoting related work? What are the experiences and practices that need to be persisted for a long time?

[2022-10-09 10:13]

[Hu Wenhui] Thank you for your question. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to intellectual property work and put forward a series of new thoughts, new concepts and new judgments, profoundly revealing the objective laws of intellectual property development and giving intellectual property a new era. The connotation provides fundamental compliance and action guidance for the development of intellectual property undertakings in the new era. We have thoroughly studied and understood, unswervingly implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping’s instructions on intellectual property work, implemented the spirit of these important instructions and discussions into the entire chain and all aspects of intellectual property work, and promoted my country’s intellectual property cause to achieve historic achievements. We realize that there are five aspects of experience and practices that require long-term persistence.

First, uphold the party’s overall leadership over the intellectual property cause, which is the fundamental guarantee for the reform and development of the intellectual property cause. The intellectual property cause is an integral part of the Party's cause, and the rapid development of the intellectual property cause lies essentially in the Party's overall leadership and cordial care. Only by always upholding and continuously strengthening the party's overall leadership, and fully implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on intellectual property work and the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, can the intellectual property cause make strides forward and continue to innovate.

[2022-10-09 10:14]

[Hu Wenhui] The second is to adhere to the people-centered development idea, which is the starting point and foothold of intellectual property work. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that the protection of intellectual property rights is related to the happiness of people's lives. The intellectual property cause under the leadership of the party must stand firm on the people's stand. It must not only stimulate the innovation vitality of the whole society and promote high-quality development through strict intellectual property protection, but also promote the balanced protection of rights to promote innovation results to benefit the people more. Efforts should be made to solve the "urgent, difficult and anxious" problems of the people in terms of intellectual property rights and enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness and security.

The third is to persist in serving the overall development of the country around the center. This is an important mission of intellectual property work and an important basis for the steady development of intellectual property undertakings. Only by establishing a firm awareness of the overall situation and using systematic thinking can we accurately identify the role of intellectual property in building a modern economic system, identify the focus of intellectual property work in serving the country's economic and social development, and give full play to intellectual property to encourage innovation internally and externally. We should promote the important role of openness and strive to bring glory to one region and to the overall situation.

[2022-10-09 10:15]

[Hu Wenhui] The fourth is to persist in reform and innovation with the times, which is the source of power for the high-quality development of the intellectual property cause. All system designs are constantly being improved and developed through reform and innovation. The intellectual property system itself must also keep pace with the times, use reform methods to solve problems, and use innovative ideas to lead development. In particular, the world today is experiencing a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation. New fields and new business formats such as big data, artificial intelligence, and genetic technology are changing with each passing day. Online shopping, smart medical care, online education, etc. are booming. Intellectual property rights work must respond in a timely manner. Issues of the times, make institutional arrangements to better meet development needs.

Fifth, insist on expanding openness and win-win cooperation, which is an inevitable requirement for in-depth participation in global intellectual property governance. The intellectual property system is the achievement of human civilization. To promote the dissemination and sharing of knowledge and make innovation achievements better benefit people of all countries, we need to adhere to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, adhere to the principles of openness, inclusiveness, balance and universal benefit, adhere to the stance of multilateralism, and strive to achieve common development and Prosperity and progress. Over the years, we have persisted in open cooperation and transformed from learners and followers of international intellectual property rules to participants and leaders. This has not only promoted China's economic and social development, but also made positive contributions to promoting global innovation and economic prosperity. Thanks.

[2022-10-09 10:17]

[Reporter from Hong Kong Economic Herald] Director Hu just mentioned that the number of core patents in our country has increased significantly in the past ten years. Currently, the number of valid invention patents in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) has reached 3.154 million. What are the characteristics of these more than 3 million valid patents?

[2022-10-09 10:19]

[Director of the Strategic Planning Department of the State Intellectual Property Office Ge Shu] Thank you for your question. Intellectual property is a strategic resource for national development and a core element of international competitiveness. Director Hu mentioned in his announcement just now that as of September this year, the number of valid invention patents in my country (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) reached 3.154 million. In fact, in July this year, the number of valid invention patents in my country (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) exceeded 3 million. This is a fruitful result of my country's strengthening of the protection and application of intellectual property rights and solidly promoting the construction of an intellectual property power. The breakthrough in the number of valid domestic invention patents has further consolidated my country's international status as an innovation power. Specifically:

First, the quantity and quality of effective invention patents have improved. As the pace of building an innovative country accelerates, the enthusiasm for innovation and creation of my country's innovative subjects is rising. The effective number of domestic (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) invention patents reached the first and second 1 million pieces in June 2016 and July 2020 respectively. , it took only 2 years to exceed 3 million pieces by July this year. The creation and reserve of high-value invention patents have been continuously strengthened. The proportion of valid invention patents in strategic emerging industries accounts for more than 30% of the domestic total; the number of valid invention patents with a duration of more than 10 years has reached 395,000, accounting for 13.0%, which is higher than " By the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan, it will increase by 1.6 percentage points.

[2022-10-09 10:20]

[Geshu] Second, the dominant position of enterprises in innovation is further consolidated. As of July 2022, the number of domestic companies with valid invention patents has reached 326,000, with 2.086 million valid invention patents, accounting for 68.5% of the domestic total. Compared with the first 1 million pieces and the second 1 million pieces, Increases of 5.1 percentage points and 1.1 percentage points respectively. At present, the number of enterprises with valid invention patents in my country is mainly concentrated in leading enterprises and high-tech enterprises. As of July 2022, there are 156,000 high-tech enterprises in my country with 1.339 million valid invention patents, accounting for 64.2% of the valid invention patents of domestic enterprises.

Third, the proportion of patents in the field of digital technology has increased rapidly. According to statistics on the 35 technical fields classified by the World Intellectual Property Organization, as of July 2022, the top three fields with the most effective number of invention patents are the computer technology field (284,000 pieces, accounting for 9.3%), and the measurement field ( (235,000 pieces, accounting for 7.7%) and the digital communications field (210,000 pieces, accounting for 6.9%). Among them, the effective number of invention patents in the field of computer technology increased five times compared with the first 1 million pieces, and its proportion increased by 4.7 percentage points, and its ranking rose from fifth to first.

In the next step, the State Intellectual Property Office will further implement the patent quality improvement project, improve the quality and efficiency of intellectual property review, increase the intensity of intellectual property protection, fully stimulate the innovation vitality of the whole society, and contribute to the high-quality development of the economy and society. Thanks.

[2022-10-09 10:22]

[Guangming Daily Reporter] Last year, the "Outline for Building a Powerful Country on Intellectual Property (2021-2035)" and the "National Plan for the Protection and Application of Intellectual Property during the 14th Five-Year Plan" were issued one after another, starting a new journey towards building a powerful country on IP. On the basis of summarizing ten years of experience, and at the new historical starting point with the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, what are the specific considerations for accelerating the construction of an intellectual property power?

[2022-10-09 10:24]

[Hu Wenhui] Thank you for your question. The "Outline for Building a Powerful Country on Intellectual Property (2021-2035)" and the "National Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan" are major top-level designs made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council for the future development of intellectual property. They mark the The career has entered a new stage of development. At a new historical starting point, the State Intellectual Property Office will deeply understand the strategic layout of the Party Central Committee for intellectual property undertakings, base on the two overall situations, bear in mind the "greatest of the country", bravely shoulder the mission of the times, and accelerate the construction of an intellectual property power.

First, grasp the grand goal of building an intellectual property power. Building an intellectual property power is an inevitable requirement to start a new journey of comprehensively building a socialist country, promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, promote the construction of a new development pattern, and achieve high-quality development. In accordance with the overall goal of building a strong intellectual property country, we will adhere to international and domestic coordination, macro and micro integration, and take into account both the long and short term, and promote the construction of a strong intellectual property country in two steps. The first step is to focus on the next five years and use the implementation of the "Outline" and "Plan" as the starting point to ensure that by 2025, significant results will be achieved in building an intellectual property power. On this basis, after another ten years of hard work, by 2035, my country’s comprehensive intellectual property strength will be promoted to the forefront of the world, and China will basically become a world-class intellectual property power with Chinese characteristics.

The second is to implement the key tasks of building a strong country with intellectual property rights. Building an intellectual property power is a systematic project. We will fully implement the 18 key tasks in six aspects specified in the "Outline", effectively grasp the 14 key tasks and 15 special projects in 5 aspects deployed in the "Plan", adhere to the combination of strategy and practicality, and strive to Achieve one blueprint to be drawn to the end and two papers to be answered together.

[2022-10-09 10:25]

[Hu Wenhui] The third is to properly handle the major relationships in the five aspects of building a strong country. We will follow the path of intellectual property development with Chinese characteristics and properly handle the relationship between Chinese characteristics and world standards. We must not only be based on China's reality and conform to China's national conditions, but also establish a global perspective and be among the best in the world. We should properly handle the relationship between quantity and quality, regard high quality as the lifeline and main theme of career development, pursue "rational prosperity", and accelerate the realization of "two transformations" in intellectual property work. We must properly handle the relationship between stimulating innovation and safeguarding public interests, adhere to the supremacy of people's interests, and promote fair and reasonable protection of intellectual property rights. We must properly handle the relationship between market-driven and government-driven, and not only give full play to government functions, strengthen planning guidance, industry supervision, and environment creation, but also follow market laws and stimulate the vitality of market entities. We should properly handle the relationship between domestic protection and international protection, not only protect the intellectual property rights of foreign-funded enterprises in China in accordance with the law, but also promote foreign governments to strengthen the protection of Chinese intellectual property rights and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese and foreign enterprises.

The fourth is to provide human resources guarantee for the construction of a strong country with intellectual property rights. On the one hand, we strive to improve the political judgment, political understanding, and political execution of intellectual property talents. They are good at thinking about issues from the overall situation of the party and the country. They often benchmark and compare with the spirit of the Party Central Committee, and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee. On the other hand, efforts are made to improve business capabilities. Based on the characteristics of the intellectual property profession, we strive to improve professional quality and master professional methods, especially strengthen research on major theoretical and practical issues in the field of intellectual property, actively solve various problems in reform and development, and bravely In the "no man's land" of intellectual property rights, we must also grasp the new situation of international competition in intellectual property rights, strengthen the spirit of struggle, improve fighting skills, and effectively safeguard national interests. Thanks.

[2022-10-09 10:28]

[Reporter from China Market Supervision News] Innovation is the first driving force for development, and protecting intellectual property rights is protecting innovation. Please tell me, what major progress and achievements has my country made in the protection of intellectual property rights in the past ten years?

[2022-10-09 10:31]

[Zhang Zhicheng] Thank you for your question. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized the need to strengthen intellectual property protection. The Party Central Committee and the State Council have placed intellectual property protection in a more prominent position and made a series of major arrangements. All departments and localities adhere to the path of intellectual property development with Chinese characteristics, and intellectual property protection work has achieved all-round progress and outstanding results.

First, the top-level design of intellectual property protection work has been strengthened in all aspects. In September 2021, the Party Central Committee and the State Council issued the "Outline for Building a Powerful Country on Intellectual Property Rights (2021-2035)", making comprehensive arrangements for building a powerful country on intellectual property rights. The promulgation of a series of important documents such as "Several Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of an Intellectual Property Power under the New Situation", "Opinions on Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection", "National Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan" and other important documents have laid a solid foundation for the protection of intellectual property rights. The mission statement was determined, the road map was drawn, and the timetable was listed. All 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country have formulated and issued corresponding supporting policies, and the overall field of intellectual property protection has formed a working pattern of central and local linkage, departmental cooperation, and national coordination.

Second, the level of legalization of intellectual property protection has reached a new level. The promulgation of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China provides basic legal protection for the protection of intellectual property rights. Based on practice and advancing with the times, the newly revised Patent Law, Trademark Law, and Copyright Law have expanded the scope of protection, improved the level of protection, and increased the intensity of protection to effectively respond to the rapidly changing needs for intellectual property protection. Implement the new central authority for intellectual property protection, formulate and implement the Administrative Adjudication Measures for Major Patent Infringement Disputes and the Administrative Adjudication Measures for the Early Resolution Mechanism of Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes. Shanxi, Liaoning, Shanghai, Shandong, Hubei and other places have boldly innovated and formulated regulations on intellectual property protection, and promoted the improvement of regional intellectual property protection levels through local intellectual property legislation.

[2022-10-09 10:32]

[Zhang Zhicheng] Third, new breakthroughs have been achieved in the protection of the entire chain of intellectual property rights. The annual administrative protection work plan for intellectual property rights was issued, focusing on deploying administrative protection work in key areas, key links and areas prone to infringement. Multiple departments jointly carried out special actions such as intellectual property protection for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and struck hard to ensure that rectification was in place. Publish a series of standards, norms, and guidelines to continue to strengthen law enforcement guidance and improve the quality of case handling. Focus on high-quality development, crack down on irregular patent applications and malicious trademark registrations on a regular basis, and strictly standardize the management order of patents and trademarks. Various departments collaborate closely. The Intellectual Property Office, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Copyright Administration jointly formulated multiple policy documents to strengthen collaboration and strengthen intellectual property protection, and continuously improve judicial and criminal matters. , administrative linkage protection working mechanism, and the "strict, large, fast and consistent" working pattern of intellectual property protection has initially taken shape.

Fourth, new progress has been made in the reform of protection work systems and mechanisms. Steadyly promote the construction of a rapid collaborative protection system for intellectual property rights that integrates rapid review, rapid rights confirmation, and rapid rights protection, and build 96 protection centers and rapid rights protection centers in 27 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). The “National One Network” for intellectual property rights protection assistance continues to improve, with the total number of rights protection assistance agencies reaching more than 1,300. Strengthen the diversified resolution of intellectual property disputes and promote the establishment of more than 1,000 intellectual property dispute mediation organizations across the country. Deepen the pilot program of credit-based hierarchical and classified supervision and strengthen the construction of an intellectual property credit system. Promote the establishment and improvement of the technical investigator system and the identification work system for intellectual property infringement disputes, and provide intellectual and technical support for judicial and administrative protection. Build 74 national geographical indication product protection demonstration zones. The direct output value of my country's geographical indication products exceeded 600 billion yuan and 700 billion yuan respectively in 2020 and 2021, and reached 703.376 billion yuan in 2021.

Fifth, international cooperation in intellectual property protection has been newly strengthened. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) has come into effect, and international cooperation in intellectual property protection in the Asia-Pacific region has been further strengthened. The China-EU Geographical Indications Protection and Cooperation Agreement has officially come into effect, and 244 China-EU geographical indications have achieved mutual recognition and mutual protection. Cooperate with the World Intellectual Property Organization to build a technology and innovation support center and introduce its arbitration and mediation services. The number of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) partners has reached 30, facilitating the overseas patent layout of Chinese enterprises. Strengthen the construction of overseas intellectual property dispute response guidance mechanisms, optimize overseas intellectual property information services, and initially establish a foreign-related intellectual property risk early warning and emergency response mechanism to provide guidance for enterprises to safeguard overseas rights.

Through the above measures, my country's social satisfaction score for intellectual property protection has improved year by year, reaching 80.61 points last year, and the overall situation is in good shape. In the next step, the State Intellectual Property Office will continue to implement in-depth the "Outline for Building a Powerful Country on Intellectual Property (2021-2035)", the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Application of National Intellectual Property" and the "About Strengthening Intellectual Property Rights" on the basis of existing work. Opinions on Intellectual Property Protection" to promote the level of intellectual property protection to a new level during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and provide strong support for implementing new development concepts, building a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality development in terms of strengthening intellectual property protection. . Thanks.

[2022-10-09 10:35]

[CGTN Reporter] Director Hu just mentioned that in the 2022 Global Innovation Index report just released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China's ranking has improved again, ranking 11th. How do you evaluate this achievement?

[2022-10-09 10:39]

[Hu Wenhui] Thank you for your question. In the 2022 Global Innovation Index report just released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China's ranking rose to 11th, one place higher than last year, ranking first among middle- and high-income economies. This is the 10th consecutive year since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that our country's ranking has steadily risen, and has risen a total of 23 places. It demonstrates the significant progress in my country's comprehensive intellectual property strength and scientific and technological innovation capabilities, and also confirms our country's implementation of new development concepts. Great achievements have been made in implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and strengthening intellectual property protection. The World Intellectual Property Organization said that China's achievements show the effect of a country taking innovation as an engine of growth and paying a lot of attention to it. China has built an innovation ecosystem in a very comprehensive way, which is an important factor in China's success.

[2022-10-09 10:40]

[Hu Wenhui] The "Global Innovation Index Report" has a total of 81 subdivided indicators in 7 categories. Our country ranks first in the world in nine indicators such as domestic market size, local patent applications, and labor output growth; it ranks among the best in domestic industry diversification, industrial cluster development and other indicators. In particular, my country holds two of the world's five leading science and technology clusters. Chairman, this means that China's innovation and development have shown a good positive relationship, and innovation has accelerated and grown into a powerful engine to promote high-quality development.

Over the past ten years, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have attached great importance to scientific and technological innovation, strictly protected intellectual property rights, and have embarked on a path of intellectual property development with Chinese characteristics. The total social R&D investment has increased from 1.03 trillion yuan in 2012 to 2.79 trillion yuan in 2021. The number of invention patents per 10,000 people in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) has increased from 3.2 to 19.1, and social satisfaction with intellectual property protection has increased from 3.2 to 19.1. The score increased from 63.69 to 80.61. In the next step, we will continue to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, further stimulate the innovation and creativity of the whole society, and strive to promote my country to achieve innovative breakthroughs in more fields. Thanks.

[2022-10-09 10:42]

[Economic Daily Reporter] The transformation and application of intellectual property rights is a systematic project that is closely related to science and technology, industry, finance, finance, trade and other aspects. I would like to ask, what work has the State Intellectual Property Office carried out in promoting the transformation of intellectual property rights in the past ten years, and what results have it achieved?

[2022-10-09 10:44]

[Director of the Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion Department of the State Intellectual Property Office Lei Xiaoyun] Thank you for your question. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, focusing on the main battlefield of the service economy, continuously strengthening system construction, strengthening policy guidance, promoting project demonstrations, optimizing service supply, and accelerating the transformation of intellectual property rights into real productivity.

In terms of smooth circulation, we must follow the laws of the intellectual property system and the market, continue to deepen the reform of the distribution of intellectual property rights, promote the creation of an open licensing system for patents, and stimulate the endogenous power of intellectual property transformation. Focus on building an intellectual property operation system, support the construction of 33 intellectual property operation platforms (centres), cooperate with the Ministry of Finance to carry out the construction of intellectual property operation service systems in 37 key cities, support 16 provinces in implementing special patent conversion plans, and continuously improve the intellectual property market operational mechanism. Promote and improve the intellectual property evaluation system, formulate national standards for patent evaluation, and promote the formation of an intellectual property transaction price discovery mechanism. In 2021, the number of patent transfer licenses nationwide was 422,000, 4.8 times that of 2012. Among them, strategic emerging industries such as new energy vehicles, digital creativity, and high-end equipment manufacturing are particularly active. The number of patent transfer licenses is 10.1 times, 9.7 times, and 6.5 times that of ten years ago. Over the past ten years, the average number of patent transfer licenses in universities and colleges has increased by 20.5%. The "source of running water" for the transformation of high-value patents has been effectively activated, and the power and vitality that promotes innovative development has been accelerated.

In terms of financial empowerment, we have worked closely with the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Copyright Administration and other departments to jointly issue policy documents on strengthening intellectual property pledge financing, carry out in-depth special actions to "enter the park to benefit enterprises", and build an intellectual property pledge information platform. Optimize pledge registration services and steadily promote the improvement and expansion of intellectual property pledge financing. Deepen strategic cooperation with large state-owned financial institutions such as Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and PICC Property and Casualty Insurance Company, and steadily promote innovation in financial service models. The Ministry of Finance jointly supported the establishment of 20 intellectual property operating funds, and worked with the China Securities Regulatory Commission to guide the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges to successfully issue 67 intellectual property securitization products. In the past ten years, the scale of patent and trademark pledge financing has reached 1.3 trillion yuan, of which the amount of pledge financing in 2021 will reach 309.8 billion yuan, 8.7 times that of 2012, and the number of service companies is 10.6 times that of ten years ago; the cumulative amount of intellectual property insurance has exceeded 25,000 companies have provided risk protection of more than 100 billion yuan, and the breadth and depth of intellectual property financial services for the real economy have been significantly expanded.

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[Lei Xiaoyun] In terms of transformation results, we will work with the National Bureau of Statistics to establish a statistical accounting and release mechanism for patent-intensive industries. Actively explore effective ways to promote the development of patent-intensive industries, support the construction of a national patent-intensive product registration and certification pilot platform, and improve the support and contribution of patents to products and industries. Vigorously cultivate intellectual property advantage demonstration enterprises, build a patent navigation service support system, formulate and implement national standards for intellectual property management for enterprises, universities, and scientific research organizations, and promote the improvement of innovation entities' intellectual property transformation capabilities and application efficiency. Deeply implement the trademark and brand strategy, promote the construction of 2,100 trademark and brand guidance stations across the country, implement the geographical indication use promotion project for three consecutive years, continue to carry out geographical indications to help rural revitalization actions, and effectively promote the development of brand economy and characteristic economy. In the past ten years, a total of 310 China Patent Gold Awards have been awarded, and the new sales of the award-winning projects have exceeded 2.5 trillion, and the new profits have exceeded 340 billion. Director Hu also introduced this data when it was released just now. At the same time, we have also cultivated 5,729 national intellectual property advantage demonstration enterprises, producing 37.4% of the country's industrial added value. The industrialization rate of invention patents has reached 61.3%, and patented products have contributed more than 80% of operating income. In 2020, the added value of patent-intensive industries across the country reached 12.13 trillion yuan, and its contribution to GDP growth reached 24.6%. The momentum of intellectual property rights in promoting high-quality economic development is even more powerful. Thanks.

[2022-10-09 10:50]

[Reporter from China Intellectual Property News] The “decentralization, regulation and service” reform is an important measure to promote the transformation of government functions. Please introduce what work has been carried out in the reform of “decentralization, regulation and service” in the field of intellectual property rights in recent years? What results have been achieved?

[2022-10-09 10:53]

[Director of the Intellectual Property Public Service Department of the State Intellectual Property Office Wang Peizhang] Thank you for your question. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the State Intellectual Property Office has conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, deeply promoted the "decentralization, regulation and service" reform in the field of intellectual property, continuously stimulated the innovation vitality of market entities, and promoted the continuous optimization of the innovation environment and business environment. We have mainly carried out three aspects of work:

First, we will deepen the streamlining of administration and decentralization of power. As the number of patent and trademark applications increases year by year, we have established diversified review mechanisms such as priority review and rapid review, improved the review process, strengthened quality management, and strengthened intelligent support to continuously achieve breakthroughs in reducing the review cycle. Just now, Director Hu also introduced that we have completed the review cycle reduction target of the State Council’s “decentralization, regulation and service” reform deployment ahead of schedule. The invention patent review cycle has been reduced to 16.5 months, and the average trademark registration review cycle has been reduced to 4 months. my country's patent and trademark review efficiency has ranked among the best in the world under the same review system. Through online verification, notification of commitments, etc., many certification materials for electronic user registration, pledge registration and other links have been cancelled. In the past ten years, the total number of certification materials has been reduced by approximately 29 million. We have stepped up efforts to reduce fees and taxes to effectively reduce the cost of innovation and entrepreneurship. Over the past ten years, patent and trademark fees have been reduced or reduced by a total of 126.28 billion yuan.

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[Wang Peizhang] The second is innovative and fair supervision. Establish and improve a new credit-based supervisory mechanism in the field of intellectual property, and carry out untrustworthy punishment for illegal and illegal agency behavior in accordance with laws and regulations. Optimize patent funding and reward policies and assessment and evaluation mechanisms, and completely cancel funding and rewards for patent and trademark application stages. Resolutely crack down on irregular patent applications and malicious trademark registrations, and effectively maintain good market order. We have strengthened the protection of intellectual property rights in the platform economy and launched a pilot program for sharing patent evaluation reports on e-commerce platforms. A total of about 80,000 verification and evaluation reports have been shared, and more than 1,400 rights filing disputes and disputes have been resolved to promote platforms to better fulfill their main responsibilities.

The third is to optimize service levels. The entire process of patent and trademark registration applications has been implemented online, and the electronic application rates for patents and trademarks have increased by 17.2 and 39.3 percentage points respectively compared with 2012, reaching 99.1% and 99.5%. The "one-stop" intellectual property business acceptance window covers all provinces, the number of patent agencies has increased to 34 in the past ten years, and the number of local trademark acceptance windows has increased to 309 since its establishment in 2016. Intellectual property public service matters at the national level have been published and managed from the same source, and service standardization and parity have been significantly improved. Various public service agencies have provided services to small and medium-sized enterprises more than 1.2 million times focusing on patent analysis and early warning, trademark and brand application, etc., accelerating and empowering innovation and entrepreneurship activities. Remote trials and circuit trials of patents and trademarks will be carried out on a larger scale to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of parties during the epidemic. Patent re-examination invalidation and trademark opposition review and decision documents have been disclosed in full increments. In the past ten years, a total of 176,000 patent re-examination invalidation decisions and 1.53 million trademark documents have been disclosed. Continue to strengthen the supply of intellectual property data resources, and the number of open types of basic data on patents, trademarks, and integrated circuit layout designs has increased to 44 types, basically achieving "openness where it should be".

In addition, intellectual property management departments in various regions have made bold explorations in deepening the reform of “decentralization, regulation and service” in the field of intellectual property in accordance with local conditions. We have actively promoted the "one-stop service" for online intellectual property business and "one place at most" offline, improved and improved public service outlets for intellectual property, and innovated new models for agency supervision of intellectual property. We have accumulated a lot of useful experience. The State Intellectual Property Office also actively supports local governments in piloting trials, accelerating the formation of more replicable and popular experience and practices, constantly adapting to the new requirements and new expectations of innovative and entrepreneurial entities, and continuing to enhance the sense of gain and happiness of enterprises and the public. Thanks.

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[Zhang Zhicheng] Due to time constraints, today’s press conference ends here. Thank you again for your long-term concern and support for the development of intellectual property. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is about to be successfully held. Our bureau is ready to adopt various forms to deeply study, publicize and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and encourage cadres and workers throughout the system to forge ahead on a new journey and make achievements in a new era. Please also continue to pay attention to our follow-up activities. goodbye.

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