China Releases the Plan for Promoting the Construction of a Powerful Intellectual Property Country in 2024
On May 16, 2024, China’s Office of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Meeting for the Building of a Powerful Intellectual Property (IP) Nation (国家知识产权强国建设工作部际联席会议办公室) released the Plan for Promoting the Construction of a Powerful Intellectual Property Country in 2024 (2024年知识产权强国建设推进计划). Among other points, the 110-point Plan covers exploring the use of AI in IP examination, promoting amending IP legislation, improving patent examination, cracking down on bad faith IP filings, and a shout-out to the upcoming AIPPI meeting in Hangzhou.
A translation follows:
1. Improve the intellectual property system
(1) Improve intellectual property laws, regulations and rules
1. Promote the revision of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Implementing Regulations of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China. Complete the revision of the “Administrative Reconsideration Regulations of the China National Intellectual Property Administration”. Conduct demonstrations on the revision of the Regulations on the Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
2. Promote the revision of the “Regulations on the Implementation of the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China” and the “Regulations on the Collective Management of Copyrights”. Promote the formulation of the “Regulations on the Protection of Copyrights of Folk Literature and Artistic Works”. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
3. Promote the revision of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People’s Republic of China. Formulate and publish the Antitrust Guidelines for Standard Essential Patents. Promote the introduction of the Fair Competition Review Regulations. (The State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible)
4. Promote the revision of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of New Plant Varieties. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration are responsible)
5. Study and draft regulations on the management of access to biological genetic resources and benefit sharing. (The Ministry of Ecology and Environment is responsible)
6. Study and revise the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights. (The General Administration of Customs is responsible)
7. Promote the legislative process of the “Regulations on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine”. (The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the National Health Commission, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible)
8. Accelerate the revision of the National Defense Patent Regulations. (The Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission and the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense are responsible)
(2) Reform and improve major intellectual property policies
9. Promote the implementation of the “Reform Plan for the Division of Financial Powers and Expenditure Responsibilities between Central and Local Governments in the Field of Intellectual Property”. (The Ministry of Finance, China National Intellectual Property Administration, Central Propaganda Department and other departments are responsible)
10． Strengthen coordination between the central and local governments and establish a collaborative assessment and evaluation mechanism for trademark review. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
11. Formulate and issue the “Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Copyright Industry”. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
12． Amend the “Interim Measures for Voluntary Registration of Works”, build a unified national copyright registration information service platform, and coordinate and improve the registration and filing system. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
13． Establish and improve the declaration system for intellectual property rights generated by financially funded scientific research projects. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China are responsible)
14． Revise the “Measures for the Management of Research Results of Projects Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China”. (National Natural Science Foundation of China is responsible)
15． Update and release the “China Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2023-2030)” . (The Ministry of Ecology and Environment is responsible)
16． Accelerate the implementation of the system for substantively derived varieties and make preparations for the implementation of the system. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
(3) Improve intellectual property rules in emerging fields and specific fields
17． Deeply promote the establishment of data intellectual property protection rules. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration and the Central Propaganda Department are responsible)
18． Improve the rules for intellectual property protection in the Internet field. (The Publicity Department of the Central Committee, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
19. Continue to promote the implementation of copyright management service certification for digital works in the field of radio, television and online audio-visual fields, and further promote the large-scale deployment and application of independent digital works copyright protection standards. (The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is responsible)
20． Study and formulate guidance on further strengthening intellectual property work in the cultural and tourism fields. (The Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the State Administration for Market Regulation are responsible)
21. Carry out the collection and sorting of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge projects and the screening and evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine traditional knowledge application projects. Accelerate the formulation of the “Interim Measures for the Inclusion of the National Traditional Knowledge Protection Database of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Release of Representative Lists”. (The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine is responsible)
2. Strengthen intellectual property protection
(1) Strengthening judicial protection of intellectual property rights
22. Further deepen the reform of the appeal hearing mechanism for cases at the national level and strengthen the construction of a professional trial system. (The Supreme People’s Court is responsible)
23. Deeply promote the reform of the “three-in-one” trial mechanism for intellectual property rights and study and formulate relevant normative documents. (The Supreme People’s Court is responsible)
24. Accelerate the study of special intellectual property procedural laws that comply with the rules of intellectual property adjudication. (The Supreme People’s Court is responsible)
25. Publish judicial interpretations of anti-monopoly civil litigation, properly hear monopoly dispute cases, and publish typical cases of anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition in the people’s courts. (The Supreme People’s Court is responsible)
26. Formulate the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Applicable Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement. (The Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate are responsible)
27． Deepen the comprehensive performance of intellectual property procuratorial duties, continue to promote professional development, improve the intellectual property procuratorial work mechanism, and fully perform the procuratorial functions of intellectual property criminal, civil, administrative, and public interest litigation. (The Supreme People’s Procuratorate is responsible)
28． Regularly carry out special work to punish malicious intellectual property litigation, strengthen supervision of intellectual property rights abuse and false litigation, and promote source governance. (The Supreme People’s Procuratorate is responsible)
29． Provide supports services for high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, launch a special campaign of “Procuratorial Protection of Enterprises”, severely punish crimes of infringement of trade secrets in accordance with the law, and continue to increase the protection of intellectual property rights in key core technologies and emerging industries. (The Supreme People’s Procuratorate is responsible)
30. Improve the system for assisting case handling by intellectual property prosecutorial professionals, and implement and promote mechanisms such as expert argumentation, technical investigators, and specially invited prosecutor assistants on a regular basis. (The Supreme People’s Procuratorate is responsible)
31. Organize and carry out the “昆仑 2024” special action to severely crack down on various types of intellectual property infringement crimes in accordance with the law, strengthen crackdowns and rectifications in key areas, and supervise the handling of a number of major and major cases. (The Ministry of Public Security is responsible)
(2) Strengthening administrative protection of intellectual property rights
32. Strengthen professional guidance on law enforcement work related to trademarks, patents and other fields. Strengthen patent administrative adjudication work. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
33． Promote the implementation of the “Opinions on Strengthening the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the New Era”, organize and carry out special law enforcement actions to “protect intellectual property rights”, and promote the pilot construction of a full chain law enforcement mechanism for intellectual property rights. (The State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible)
34. Study and formulate the Guiding Opinions on Copyright Administrative Law Enforcement and implement a plan to improve copyright law enforcement capabilities. Innovate the copyright supervision mechanism and strengthen copyright supervision of new media formats. Strengthen the supervision and guidance of copyright collective management organizations. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
35. Organize and carry out the “剑网2024” special action to combat online infringement and piracy, the Youth Copyright Protection Season Action, the special rectification to combat the spread of pirated movies in theaters, and the special action to protect the intellectual property rights of cultural and creative products. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
36. Continue to urge online platforms to fulfill their main responsibilities, improve their ability to review content involving intellectual property rights, and handle information and accounts that violate laws and regulations involving intellectual property rights in accordance with the law and contracts. (The Cyberspace Administration of China and the State Administration for Market Regulation are responsible)
37. Deeply promote the national innovative pilot work on trade secret protection. Organize and carry out the second “Enterprise Trade Secret Protection Capability Improvement Service Month” activity. (The State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible)
38. Organize and carry out market competition assessments in key areas and key industries, strengthen supervision and law enforcement on the abuse of intellectual property rights to exclude and restrict competition, and promote normalized supervision and law enforcement of antitrust in the field of intellectual property rights. (The State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible)
39. Promote the effective operation of the early resolution mechanism for drug patent disputes [patent linkage], and do a good job in administrative adjudication of cases under the early resolution mechanism for drug patent disputes in accordance with laws and regulations. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration and the National Medical Products Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
40． Continue to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in the seed industry and severely crack down on illegal activities such as counterfeiting and shoddy products, tampering and infringement. Strengthen the construction of technical support capabilities, improve the DNA molecular fingerprint database, and explore and promote the management of variety ID cards. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is responsible)
41. Focus on key areas, key links, and high-risk channels, organize and carry out special actions for customs protection of intellectual property rights, strengthen customs protection of intellectual property rights in new business types such as cross-border e-commerce and market procurement, improve the contact mechanism for intellectual property customs and enterprises, and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights of small and medium-sized enterprises. Provide personalized guidance and services. (The General Administration of Customs is responsible)
42. Continue to deepen the legalization of software. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce are responsible)
43. Deepen the comprehensive management of safety in delivery channels, severely crack down on illegal activities of delivering counterfeit and shoddy goods, and use modern information technology to improve supervision capabilities. (The State Post Bureau is responsible)
(3) Improve the collaborative protection pattern of intellectual property rights
44. Continue to incorporate intellectual property protection-related work into the 平安 (Ping An) construction assessment and evaluation system, and continuously improve assessment indicators and assessment mechanisms. (The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission is responsible)
45. Strengthen the connection between administrative law enforcement and judicial protection and cross-department and cross-regional law enforcement cooperation. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities.)
46. Issue the “Implementation Plan for the Construction of Intellectual Property Protection System”, build a national intellectual property protection demonstration zone to high standards, and promote the network layout of intellectual property protection centers and rapid rights protection centers . (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
47． Study and formulate the “Opinions on Strengthening Collaborative Protection of Copyright”. (The Central Propaganda Department and the Supreme People’s Court are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
48. Issue the “Opinions on Deepening Collaborative Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Strengthening Legal Protection of Intellectual Property Rights”. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration and the Ministry of Justice are responsible)
49． Continue to promote the diversified resolution of intellectual property disputes, strengthen the construction of intellectual property dispute mediation organizations and arbitration institutions, and do a good job in docking intellectual property litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Study and draft opinions on improving the arbitration of intellectual property disputes. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Justice, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
50． Strengthen credit supervision in the field of intellectual property and promote the improvement of the list management system for serious dishonesty in the field of intellectual property. Continue to promote the collection of enterprise-related information in the field of intellectual property rights. (The Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, the People’s Bank of China, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
51. Improve the overseas intellectual property dispute response guidance work network, and continue to promote the establishment of overseas branches of overseas intellectual property dispute response guidance centers in key trading countries (regions) relying on overseas agencies. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade are responsible)
52. Guide China Intellectual Property Protection Network service companies to improve their overseas intellectual property rights protection capabilities and risk prevention and response capabilities. (The Ministry of Commerce is responsible)
53. Manage the external transfer of intellectual property rights involving national security in accordance with the law. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
3. Improve the operating mechanism of the intellectual property market
(1) Improving the quality of intellectual property creation
54. Continue to improve the quality and efficiency , expand and accelerate the scale of examinations, support the development of strategic emerging industries, and explore the application of large language model technology in examination work. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
55． Implement projects to strengthen industrial intellectual property chains and increase efficiency, improve the work system for key and core technologies supported by intellectual property, further promote patent navigation, and support the construction of patent pools in key areas. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the State Administration for Market Regulation are responsible)
56. Strengthen the statistical monitoring of core industries of the digital economy and key digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and green technology patents. Give full play to the important role of patents in supporting green technology and future industrial development, promote the opening up of new fields and new tracks, and create new quality productivity. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
57. Improve the patent and trademark copyright agency quality monitoring and credit evaluation mechanism, issue quality-oriented agency service bidding guidelines, promote the improvement of agency service quality and level, and consolidate the governance results of cracking down on irregular patent application agents and malicious trademark application agents. (The Central Propaganda Department and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
58． Build an intellectual property management system with the cultivation of high-value patents as the core. Establish a full-process management mechanism for intellectual property rights for major projects, and cultivate a number of high-value patents and patent portfolios with high levels of technological innovation and strong core competitiveness. (The Ministry of Science and Technology, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
59． Optimize the acceptance and review process for new plant variety rights, improve the online application and review system, and improve authorization efficiency. Promote the construction of a testing system for new varieties of forest and grass plants, and promote the improvement of the review committee system for new varieties of forest and grass plants. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
(2) Strengthen the comprehensive application of intellectual property rights
60. In-depth implementation of special actions for patent conversion and utilization, with the goal of patent industrialization, comprehensively sorting out and revitalizing the existing patents of universities and scientific research institutions, promoting accelerated transformation of high-value patents with enterprises. (The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Health Commission, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
61. Vigorously cultivate and develop patent-intensive industries. Carry out accounting and publication of the added value of patent-intensive industries. Carry out research on the economic contribution rate of China’s copyright industry, encourage and support local governments to carry out research on the copyright industry, and improve the statistical system of copyright indicators. (The Central Propaganda Department, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
62． Accelerate the formulation of national standards for the identification of patent-intensive products. (The State Administration for Market Regulation and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
63. Deeply implement the “100 Schools and 1,000 Projects” high-value patent cultivation and transformation action, improve the full-process management mechanism for intellectual property rights in universities, and guide universities to establish pre-patent application evaluation and job-related scientific and technological achievement disclosure systems. (The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
64． Carry out in-depth pilot projects to reform the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements and to grant ownership or long-term use rights to scientific and technological achievements to scientific researchers. Promote the implementation of the annual reporting system for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. (The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
65. Continue to improve the information exchange mechanism for scientific and technological achievements, build and improve the national science and technology plan achievement database, and promote the open sharing of non-confidential scientific and technological achievements information supported by fiscal funds. Promote the construction of a national unified and interconnected technology trading market. (The Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
66. Implement the patent industrialization plan to promote the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, meet the patent industrialization needs of key enterprises, accurately match special policies and service resources, and help enterprises develop and grow rapidly. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the People’s Bank of China, the State Administration of Financial Supervision, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission are responsible)
67. Support central enterprises to build industrial intellectual property operation centers and drive the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain to jointly carry out patent transformation and application. Continue to optimize the central enterprise patent evaluation system and strengthen the orientation of transformation and application. (The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible)
68． Fully implement the patent open licensing system and guide universities, scientific research institutions, and enterprises to actively participate. Improve the patent transfer registration working mechanism. Encourage exploration of patent open source. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible)
69. In-depth implementation of actions to enhance trademark and brand value and actions to support rural revitalization with geographical indications. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs are responsible)
70. Do a good job in pilot work to improve the clinical research and achievement transformation capabilities of high-level hospitals. (The National Health Commission is responsible)
71． Steadily promote the implementation of intellectual property standards in units affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Chinese Academy of Sciences is responsible)
72. Promote the joint construction of advanced technological achievements transformation centers with local governments. (The State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense is responsible)
73. Promote the construction of intellectual property service industry clusters and intellectual property service export bases, support free trade pilot zones in aligning with international high-standard economic and trade rules, and promote institutional innovation achievements. (The Ministry of Commerce and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
(3) Promote market-oriented operation of intellectual property rights
74. Promote the interconnection, openness and sharing of the national intellectual property operation service platform system. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
75. Explore the construction of a comprehensive experimental zone for intellectual property financial ecology. Strengthen the innovation of intellectual property pledge financing services, guide banks to explore internal evaluation models for mortgaging IP, and guide the development of financing guarantee products suitable for intellectual property rights. Guide the trust industry to actively develop intellectual property trust business on the premise of legal compliance. Guide the optimization of intellectual property insurance products and services. (The Central Propaganda Department, the People’s Bank of China, the State Administration of Financial Supervision, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
76. Innovate the intellectual property securitization model, improve the business supervision system, and encourage technology-based enterprises to carry out financing through the intellectual property securitization model. Strengthen daily supervision of intellectual property information disclosure by listed companies. (The China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Central Propaganda Department, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible)
77. Carry out copyright demonstration and creation work. Guide the professional and standardized construction of the national copyright trading center (trade base) and expand the business and scale of the national copyright innovation and development base. Promote the establishment of local copyright exhibition authorization trading systems. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
4. Improve the level of intellectual property public services
(1) Strengthening the supply of public services for intellectual property rights
78. Deepen the implementation of the IP public service universal benefit project, coordinate the construction and orderly development of the IP public service system, and formulate guidelines for the classification and grading of public services. Start the construction of the second batch of IP public service standardization cities. (National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
79． Accelerate the construction of a national intellectual property protection information platform. Continue to increase the supply of intellectual property data and build a number of special patent databases focusing on new fields and new business formats. Further support the construction of independent and controllable intellectual property databases. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
80. Accelerate the construction of China’s copyright protection big data service platform and promote the application of “blockchain + copyright”. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
81. Strengthen the analysis and application of intellectual property data, explore the use of big data technology mining, form a comprehensive evaluation system for scientific and technological innovation enterprises with intellectual property as the core indicator, and accurately support the development of scientific and technological innovation enterprises. (The National Development and Reform Commission and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible)
82. Promote the construction of public information service platforms for intellectual property rights in the fields of culture and tourism. Carry out copyright collection and donation of digital works in the field of culture and tourism. (The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is responsible)
83. Enrich intellectual property public service application scenarios, make good use of the patent information resource system, carry out “Science and Technology Innovation China” intellectual property related activities, and empower grassroots applications. (China Association for Science and Technology is responsible)
(2) Improving the efficiency of intellectual property public services
84． Do a good job in the intellectual property related work of the World Bank’s global business environment assessment. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration and the Central Propaganda Department are responsible)
85. Introduce more intellectual property financial service products to the national intellectual property pledge information platform to expand the platform’s service capabilities. (The Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, the State Administration of Financial Supervision, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
86. Build a database of trait descriptions of authorized varieties and incorporate the database into the trial run of the “Protection and Management System for New Forest and Grass Plant Varieties”. (The State Forestry and Grassland Administration is responsible)
5. Create a good humane and social environment for intellectual property rights
(1) Vigorously promote the cultural concept of intellectual property
87. Organize and hold large-scale events such as World Intellectual Property Day, World Book and Copyright Day, National Intellectual Property Publicity Week, and International Copyright Forum. Strengthen the promotion of intellectual property rights through platforms such as the China International Import Expo, Canton Fair, China Service Trade Fair, Boao Forum for Asia, and Chain Expo. Continue to improve the pattern of intellectual property publicity work, strengthen the interpretation of intellectual property policies and public opinion guidance, build new media platforms, and solidly tell the story of China’s intellectual property rights. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
88. Promote relevant departments to include the publicity of the rule of law on intellectual property rights as legal popularization responsibilities, and make full use of China’s “one network, two micro and one terminal” for legal popularization and the national legal popularization new media matrix to carry out legal publicity. (The Ministry of Justice is responsible)
89. Make full use of important celebrations such as National Science Popularization Day and National Intellectual Property Publicity Week to carry out intellectual property science popularization activities, and rely on the China Information Platform for Science Popularization to strengthen the all-media dissemination of intellectual property science popularization resources. (The Ministry of Science and Technology and China Association for Science and Technology are responsible)
90. Carry out a series of publicity activities for customs protection of intellectual property rights and release the status and typical cases of intellectual property protection by China Customs in 2023. Give full play to the role of the customs intellectual property protection exhibition center, optimize the functional layout, and establish a “cloud exhibition hall” for customs protection of intellectual property rights. (The General Administration of Customs is responsible)
(2) Laying a solid foundation for the development of intellectual property undertakings
91. Promote the construction of strong provinces, cities and enterprises through intellectual property rights with high standards. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
92. Deeply implement the knowledge update project for professional and technical personnel, and increase the intensity of training for high-level professional and technical personnel in the field of intellectual property. Improve the intellectual property talent evaluation system and strengthen the construction of a team of professional intellectual property lawyers. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
93. Through new authorization review, independent review, dynamic adjustment, etc., the number of intellectual property-related degree authorization authorities will be added to promote the construction of intellectual property-related disciplines and majors. Promote the construction of a number of national online quality courses and national planned teaching materials for intellectual property-related vocational education. (The Ministry of Education is responsible)
94． Accelerate the construction of unique intellectual property think tanks and strengthen research on major theoretical and practical issues. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Education, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible according to the division of responsibilities) 6. In-depth participation in global intellectual property governance
95. Actively promote the adjustment of the cooperation mechanism among the five intellectual property offices of China, the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
96． Actively participate in discussions on relevant issues under multilateral platforms such as the WTO and APEC, deepen bilateral exchanges and cooperation on intellectual property rights in the economic and trade fields with trading partners such as the EU, Japan, Russia, and Switzerland, and continue to promote the implementation and implementation of the China-EU Agreement on the Protection and Cooperation of Geographical Indications. Negotiate intellectual property issues in free trade agreements. (The Ministry of Commerce, the Central Propaganda Department, and the China National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible)
97． Deepen international cooperation on intellectual property rights along the Belt and Road Initiative, successfully host the third high-level conference on intellectual property rights along the Belt and Road Initiative, and plan to carry out more practical cooperation projects. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Commerce are responsible)
98. Conduct substantive consultations on international treaties such as the Treaty for the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions and the Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations. We will ensure the implementation of key international copyright treaties such as the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances and the Marrakech Treaty. (The Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism are responsible)
99． Promote the internationalization of technology brands and technical standards for copyright protection of digital works in the fields of radio, television and online audio-visuals, and strengthen the overseas promotion and application of copyright protection technologies for digital works in the fields of radio, television and online audio-visuals. (The Central Propaganda Department and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
100. Relying on multilateral and bilateral law enforcement cooperation mechanisms, we will strengthen communication and cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies around key transnational infringement and counterfeiting crimes. Give full play to the role of Interpol as the main channel and actively participate in joint law enforcement operations carried out by its organizations. (The Ministry of Public Security is responsible)
101. Implement the existing bilateral customs cooperation mechanism plan and convene an intellectual property protection working group meeting. Actively participate in international intellectual property affairs under multilateral frameworks such as the World Customs Organization. (The General Administration of Customs is responsible)
102. In combination with the development plans and actual needs of developing countries, cooperation in human resources development in the field of intellectual property rights will be carried out. (The China National Intellectual Property Administration and the China International Development Cooperation Agency are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
103. Strengthen the construction of overseas information service platforms for intellectual property rights, timely release early warning information, provide services to enterprises in key areas and key links, and provide risk investigation and rights protection guidance. Actively guide Chinese companies to respond to the US “337 investigation”. (The Ministry of Commerce, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
104. Make preparations for the 2024 International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Hangzhou World Intellectual Property Conference, prepare for the 2024 Global Business and Law Conference, the International Business and Intellectual Property Forum and other special intellectual property forums, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation with non-governmental international intellectual property organizations. (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade is responsible)
7. Strengthen organizational guarantees
105. Carry out annual monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the “Outline” and “Plan”, strengthen statistical monitoring of indicator data, and carry out supervision and inspection of the implementation of work tasks. (The joint meeting office and joint meeting member units are responsible)
106. Collect and promote the third batch of typical cases in building a strong country with intellectual property rights. (The Joint Conference Office is responsible)
107. Give full play to the role of the Expert Advisory Committee on Building a Strong Intellectual Property Nation and the National Intellectual Property Strategy Implementation Research Base, and strengthen policy consultation and research support. (The Joint Conference Office is responsible)
108. Implement relevant preferential tax policies, continuously optimize management and service measures, and continue to create a good tax environment for the construction of an intellectual property power. (The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
109. In accordance with relevant national regulations, commend and reward advanced collectives and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to building a strong country with intellectual property rights. (The Joint Conference Office is responsible)
110． Prepare an annual development report on the construction of a strong intellectual property country. (The Joint Meeting Office is responsible) Among the above-mentioned division of tasks, if multiple departments are responsible for it, the department listed first is the leading department, and the others are participating departments.
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