/>iOn May 7, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published the 2025 Intellectual Property Nation Building Promotion Plan (2025年知识产权强国建设推进计划) authored by the Office of the Inter-ministerial Joint Conference on Building a Powerful National Intellectual Property Rights. The Plan lists the key tasks of 2025 to “accelerate the construction of a powerful intellectual property country.” Some of the key tasks including revising various laws and regulations, including the Trademark Law and issuing new guidelines, such as the Guidelines on Standard-Related Patent Policy.
A translation follows. The original text is available here (Chinese only).
This plan is formulated to implement the Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country (2021-2035) (hereinafter referred to as the Outline) issued by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the National Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan (hereinafter referred to as the Plan) issued by the State Council, deepen the implementation of the strategy of building a powerful intellectual property country, accelerate the construction of a powerful intellectual property country, and clarify the key tasks for 2025.
This plan is formulated to implement the Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country (2021-2035) (hereinafter referred to as the Outline) issued by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the National Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan (hereinafter referred to as the Plan) issued by the State Council, deepen the implementation of the strategy of building a powerful intellectual property country, accelerate the construction of a powerful intellectual property country, clarify the key tasks for 2025.
I. Improve the intellectual property system
(I) Improve intellectual property laws, regulations and rules
1. Accelerate the revision of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Regulations on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Layout Designs. (The National Intellectual Property Administration and the Ministry of Justice are responsible)
2. Accelerate the revision of the Regulations on the Implementation of the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Regulations on Collective Management of Copyrights, accelerate the revision of the Trial Measures for Voluntary Registration of Works, and promote the formulation of the Regulations on the Protection of Copyright of Folk Literature and Art Works. (The Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Justice are responsible)
3. Promote the revision of the Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties of the People’s Republic of China. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, and the Ministry of Justice are responsible)
4. Study and demonstrate the Regulations on the Management of Access to Biological Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing. (The Ministry of Ecology and Environment is responsible)
5. Promote the revision of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights. (General Administration of Customs is responsible)
6. Promote the legislative process of the Regulations on the Protection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Knowledge. (State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Health Commission, National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
7. Promote the revision of the Regulations on National Defense Patents. (Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense is responsible)
8. Revise and issue the Regulations on the Protection of Trade Secrets. (State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible)
9. Promote the revision of relevant judicial interpretations of the Trademark Law and Copyright Law. (Supreme People’s Court is responsible)
(II) Reform and improve major intellectual property policies
10. Open up the entire chain of intellectual property creation, application, protection, management and service, and promote the establishment of an efficient comprehensive intellectual property management system. (National Intellectual Property Administration and relevant member units of the Joint Conference are responsible)
11. Do a good job in the preparation of the “15th Five-Year Plan” intellectual property planning. (National Intellectual Property Administration and relevant member units of the Joint Conference are responsible)
12. Promote the implementation of the “Reform Plan for the Division of Financial Powers and Expenditure Responsibilities between the Central and Local Governments in the Field of Intellectual Property”. (Ministry of Finance, National Intellectual Property Administration, Central Propaganda Department and other departments are responsible)
13. Study and summarize the results of the World Bank’s business environment assessment, and issue and implement the “Opinions on Further Optimizing the Business Environment in the Intellectual Property Field”. (The National Intellectual Property Administration, the Central Propaganda Department, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible)
14. Formulate the “Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the High-quality Development of Copyright Work”. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
15. Formulate and issue the “Guidelines on Standard-related Patent Policy”. (The State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to their respective duties)
16. Formulate high-quality policy documents to promote the rapid and coordinated protection of intellectual property rights, study and issue guiding opinions on strengthening the arbitration of intellectual property disputes, and formulate guidelines for administrative adjudication and mediation of patent disputes. (The National Intellectual Property Administration and the Ministry of Justice are responsible)
17. Study and formulate opinions on strengthening the protection of trade secrets. (The State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible)
18. Formulate and issue the “Opinions on Strengthening the Intellectual Property Protection Work of Public Security Organs”. (The Ministry of Public Security is responsible)
19. Accelerate the promotion of the “Measures for the Identification of Synthetic Content Generated by Artificial Intelligence” and the issuance of supporting mandatory national standards. (The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Public Security are responsible)
20. Issue and implement the “Implementation Plan for Major Biodiversity Conservation Projects (2025-2030)”. (Ministry of Ecology and Environment is responsible)
(III) Improve intellectual property rules in emerging and specific fields 21. Accelerate the research and construction of data intellectual property protection rules. (National Intellectual Property Administration and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology are responsible)
22. Carry out the revision of the “Patent Examination Guidelines” and improve the patent examination standards for new fields and new formats. (National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
23. Explore and improve the intellectual property protection rules for new fields and new formats such as big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain. Improve the intellectual property protection rules in the Internet field. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the Supreme People’s Court, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible for their respective duties)
24. Accelerate the improvement of judicial judgment rules for intellectual property rights in new technologies, new fields, and new formats, and judgment rules for e-commerce platform competition cases, and explore judicial rules for big data competition protection. (Supreme People’s Court is responsible)
25. Support the free trade pilot zones to connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, carry out pilot projects first, and replicate and promote them to a larger scale. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Commerce, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to their respective duties)
26. Explore the copyright protection of traditional culture and traditional knowledge, and improve the copyright protection mechanism of sports events, variety shows, e-commerce platforms, and search engines. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
27. Actively explore the application of technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain in the confirmation, use, and protection of copyright in the fields of radio, television, and online audio-visual, and strengthen the development of blockchain application standards and related standards in the fields of radio, television, and online audio-visual. (The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television are responsible according to their respective duties)
28. Study and formulate guiding opinions on strengthening intellectual property work in the fields of culture and tourism. (The Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Central Propaganda Department, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible)
29. Continue to promote the construction of a database for the protection of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge and the publication of a list.
(The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine is responsible)
II. Strengthen intellectual property protection
(I) Strengthen judicial protection of intellectual property
30. Issue the “Opinions of the Supreme People’s Court on Serving and Safeguarding Scientific and Technological Innovation with High-quality Trials” and publish typical cases. (The Supreme People’s Court is responsible)
31. Improve the national level intellectual property case appeal mechanism and strengthen the construction of a professional trial system. (The Supreme People’s Court is responsible)
32. Adhere to strict protection, improve and fully implement the punitive compensation system for infringement. Strengthen the overall coordination of batch litigation and increase the crackdown on manufacturers and other sources of infringement. (The Supreme People’s Court is responsible)
33. Formulate the “Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Intellectual Property Infringement”. (The Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate are responsible)
34. Deepen the comprehensive performance of intellectual property prosecution and further promote the professionalization of intellectual property prosecution. (The Supreme People’s Procuratorate is responsible)
35. Formulate the “Management Measures for Technical Investigators of the Intellectual Property Procuratorate Office of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate” and improve the system of intellectual property prosecution professionals assisting in case handling. (The Supreme People’s Procuratorate is responsible)
36. Regularly carry out supervision of malicious intellectual property litigation and publish typical cases of intellectual property prosecution protection. (The Supreme People’s Procuratorate is responsible)
37. Organize and carry out special projects such as “Kunlun-2025” and “Anxin” to continue to crack down on intellectual property infringement crimes with high pressure. (The Ministry of Public Security is responsible)
(II) Strengthen administrative protection of intellectual property
38. Carry out the “Sword Net 2025” special action to combat online infringement and piracy, and carry out special work on youth copyright protection and cinema film copyright protection. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism are responsible for their respective duties)
39. Carry out in-depth special law enforcement actions to “protect intellectual property rights”. Promote the pilot work of full-chain law enforcement of intellectual property rights. (The State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible)
40. Organize and carry out market competition status assessments in key areas, and strengthen anti-monopoly supervision of standard essential patents, patent pools, etc. in key areas such as information and communications before, during, and after the whole chain. (The State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible)
41. Deepen the national pilot work on trade secret protection innovation and form institutional results that can be replicated and promoted. Organize and carry out the third “Enterprise Trade Secret Protection Capacity Improvement Service Month” activity. (The State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible)
42. Strengthen the construction of geographical indication review capabilities. Promote the construction of national geographical indication protection demonstration areas with high standards, and implement the geographical indication protection project in depth. (The State Intellectual Property Office is responsible)
43. Continue to clean up and rectify infringement, counterfeiting, illegal and irregular information, urge websites and platforms to fulfill their main responsibilities, and improve the ability to review content related to intellectual property rights. (The Central Propaganda Department and the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission are responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
44. Improve the early resolution mechanism for pharmaceutical patent disputes. (The National Intellectual Property Administration and the State Food and Drug Administration are responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
45. Continue to strengthen the protection of seed industry intellectual property rights, and severely crack down on counterfeiting, counterfeiting, infringement and other illegal acts. Strengthen the construction of technical support capabilities, improve the DNA molecular fingerprint database, and promote the implementation of variety ID card management. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is responsible)
46. Organize and carry out special actions for customs protection of intellectual property rights, and accelerate the construction of customs smart intellectual property business scenarios. (The General Administration of Customs is responsible)
47. Continue to consolidate the results of software legalization work and carry out software legalization supervision work. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration of State Administration and other units are responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
48. Strengthen intellectual property protection in the field of intangible cultural heritage. (The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is responsible)
(III) Improve the pattern of coordinated protection of intellectual property rights
49. Strengthen the connection between administrative law enforcement and judicial protection and cross-departmental 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 for their respective duties)
50. Implement the intellectual property protection system construction project, guide the construction of intellectual property protection highlands, and optimize the layout of national intellectual property protection centers and rapid rights protection centers. (The National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
51. Promote the construction of a national pilot project for the standardization of administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes. (The National Intellectual Property Administration and the Ministry of Justice are responsible)
52. Promote the establishment of an efficient foreign-related intellectual property protection work mechanism, improve the overseas dispute response guidance work system, and set up a number of overseas intellectual property dispute response guidance sub-centers. (The National Intellectual Property Administration, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Commerce, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade are responsible)
53. Continue to promote the diversified resolution of intellectual property disputes, strengthen the construction of intellectual property dispute mediation organizations and arbitration institutions, and improve the docking mechanism between intellectual property administrative law enforcement and arbitration and mediation. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Supreme People’s Court, the Ministry of Justice, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade are responsible according to their respective duties)
54. Manage the transfer of intellectual property rights involving national security in accordance with the law, and study and formulate guidelines for the review of the transfer of patent rights in technology exports. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration are responsible according to their respective duties)
55. Improve the credit supervision system in the field of intellectual property rights in accordance with the law, and strengthen the collection and sharing of relevant credit information in the field of intellectual property rights. (The Central Propaganda Department, the National Development and Reform Commission, the People’s Bank of China, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to their respective duties)
56. Promote the political and legal organs to crack down on crimes involving intellectual property protection in accordance with the law, and investigate and deal with infringements in accordance with the law. (The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission is responsible)
III. Improve the operation mechanism of the intellectual property market
(I) Improve the quality of intellectual property creation
57. Promote the improvement of the quality of patent applications, improve the quality-oriented indicator system and evaluation system, and establish a pre-patent application evaluation system with industrialization prospect analysis as the core. (The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible according to their respective duties)
58. Continue to improve the quality and efficiency of patent and trademark examinations, optimize resource allocation, meet the examination needs of key areas, and steadily promote the application of multimodal large model technology in examination work. Deepen the reform of the trademark examination and approval mechanism, and launch a new generation of trademark examination system. (The State Intellectual Property Office is responsible)
59. Study and promote the construction of a unified national copyright registration mechanism for works, standardize the standards and processes for copyright registration and examination of works, enhance the informatization level of copyright registration of works, and continuously improve the quality of copyright registration of works. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
60. Improve the work system of intellectual property rights to support key core technology research and development, deepen the patent navigation in key areas, and strengthen the creation and layout of high-value patents. (The State Intellectual Property Office, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible)
61. Study and improve the supporting system for intellectual property management of national science and technology plan projects, and do a good job in intellectual property management of national key R&D plan projects. (The Ministry of Science and Technology and the competent departments of each project are responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
62. Optimize the acceptance and examination process of new plant variety rights, improve the online application and examination system, and improve the efficiency of authorization. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration are responsible according to their respective responsibilities)
(II) Strengthen the transformation and application of intellectual property rights
63. Deeply implement the special action of patent transformation and application. On the basis of the previous review and inventory of existing patents, strengthen data sharing among departments, strengthen the precise connection between supply and demand, continue to activate the existing stock, optimize the incremental stock, promote the strengthening and efficiency of intellectual property rights in key industries, summarize experience and practices, and form a long-term mechanism. (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 National Intellectual Property Administration, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible for their respective duties)
64. Vigorously cultivate and develop patent-intensive industries and copyright industries. Carry out the accounting and publication of the added value of patent-intensive industries. Conduct a survey on the contribution of copyright industries to the national economy. (The National Bureau of Statistics, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the Central Propaganda Department are responsible for their respective duties)
65. Promote the construction of key industry intellectual property innovation consortiums, key field patent pools, and intellectual property operation centers in an integrated manner, and create a model for patent industrialization to promote the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. Accelerate the high-quality development of the science and technology service industry, cultivate and expand high-level science and technology service institutions, create a national unified technology transaction service platform, accelerate the transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements, and help small and medium-sized enterprises innovate and develop. (National Intellectual Property Administration and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology are responsible)
66. Deepen the reform of intellectual property rights distribution, study and promote the pilot experience of the reform of empowering the rights of scientific and technological achievements in official positions and the reform of separate asset management, and promote the establishment of a due diligence exemption mechanism. (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Finance, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, National Intellectual Property Administration, and Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible according to their respective duties)
67. Promote the implementation of the declaration system for the formation of intellectual property rights in financially funded scientific research projects. (National Intellectual Property Administration, Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Finance, National Natural Science Foundation of China, State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission are responsible)
68. Promote the construction of a “center + node” university scientific and technological achievement transformation system with the national university regional technology transfer and transformation center as the hub and the national university science and technology park as the node, build a “full chain” public transformation platform, and strengthen the construction of intellectual property professional service teams. (Ministry of Education is responsible)
69. Deepen the implementation of the patent open licensing system and promote more scientific and technological achievements from laboratories to the industrial chain. (National Intellectual Property Administration, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible)
70. Dynamically optimize the patent ranking index system of central enterprises, and guide central enterprises to strengthen the creation, application and protection of high-value patents. Encourage central enterprises to strengthen industry-university-research cooperation, and cultivate high-value patents through innovation alliances and other means. (SASAC and the State Intellectual Property Office are responsible)
71. Vigorously implement the trademark brand strategy, and deepen the action of geographical indications to help rural revitalization. (The State Intellectual Property Office is responsible)
72. Promote the quality grading of agricultural products with geographical indications and promote quality improvement. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is responsible)
73. Continue to carry out pilot work on the protection and promotion of folk art copyrights. (The Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
74. Accelerate the implementation of the substantial derivative variety system, formulate guidelines for the determination of substantial derivative varieties and the first batch of substantial derivative variety system catalogs, and preliminarily select a batch of appraisal institutions. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration are responsible according to the division of responsibilities)
75. Continue to promote the implementation of intellectual property standards by units affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (The Chinese Academy of Sciences is responsible)
76. Promote the construction of intellectual property service export bases. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Commerce, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible for their respective duties)
(III) Promote the market-oriented operation of intellectual property
77. Actively and steadily develop intellectual property finance, give full play to the role of the national intellectual property pledge information platform, and coordinate the promotion of intellectual property pledge financing, securitization, and insurance. (The Central Propaganda Department, the National Development and Reform Commission, the People’s Bank of China, the Financial Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible for their respective duties)
78. Gradually expand the internal evaluation pilot of intellectual property pledge financing and improve the level of convenience for intellectual property pledge registration. Guide local governments to increase support for intellectual property financing guarantees. (The Central Propaganda Department, the People’s Bank of China, the Financial Regulatory Commission, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible for their respective duties)
79. Encourage insurance companies to optimize intellectual property insurance products and services and focus on developing insurance products related to international trade intellectual property protection. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Financial Regulatory Commission, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible for their respective duties)
80. Improve the supervision system for intellectual property asset securitization business, guide exchanges to innovate intellectual property asset securitization models, and encourage technology-based enterprises to carry out financing through intellectual property asset securitization. (The China Securities Regulatory Commission, the Central Propaganda Department, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible)
81. Promote the benefit of new varieties of forest and grassland plants to farmers and pledge financing of variety rights. (National Forestry and Grassland Administration, People’s Bank of China)
IV. Improve the efficiency of intellectual property services
(I) Strengthen the supply of intellectual property public services
82. Deeply implement the intellectual property public service benefit project, and solidly promote the pilot of intellectual property public service standardization. Establish and improve the “good and bad review” system for intellectual property government services. (National Intellectual Property Administration)
83. Promote the establishment of an intellectual property public service work mechanism to support the key core technology research in key areas. (National Intellectual Property Administration)
84. Study and formulate the “Guidelines for the Analysis and Utilization of Intellectual Property Information”. (National Intellectual Property Administration)
85. Launch the national intellectual property protection information platform, explore the construction of a national integrated intellectual property digital public service platform, support the construction of an independent and controllable intellectual property database, and expand the open sharing of basic data. (National Intellectual Property Administration)
86. Promote the connection and application of intellectual property-related public service platforms with the national network identity authentication public service platform to strengthen user information security. (National Intellectual Property Administration, Ministry of Public Security)
87. Optimize the service application scenarios of grassroots organizations of the patent information resource system and empower grassroots intellectual property services. (China Association for Science and Technology is responsible)
(II) Promote the development of intellectual property services
88. Comprehensively strengthen the supervision of the intellectual property agency industry, strengthen the comprehensive governance of the industry, and improve the professional capabilities and level of intellectual property service institutions. (National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
89. Accelerate the formation of a standard system for the intellectual property service industry, promote the construction of intellectual property service industry clusters, and establish a regional cooperation and assistance mechanism for the intellectual property service industry. (National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
90. Promote the use of the “Patent and Trademark Agency Service Government Procurement Demand Standard (Trial)”. (Ministry of Finance and National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible)
91. Strengthen and improve the supervision of copyright collective management organizations, guide copyright collective management organizations to expand their business, and encourage copyright collective management organizations to cooperate with relevant industry associations. Promote the standardization of certification work by overseas copyright certification agencies. (Central Propaganda Department is responsible)
V. Create a good intellectual property humanistic and social environment
(I) Vigorously advocate intellectual property cultural concepts
92. Organize and hold large-scale activities such as World Intellectual Property Day, National Intellectual Property Promotion Week, China International Copyright Expo, International Copyright Forum, and China Brand Day. We will do a good job in building a strong country in intellectual property rights and publicize the achievements of intellectual property development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. We will strengthen external publicity of intellectual property rights through platforms such as the China International Import Expo and the China International Fair for Trade in Services, and tell the story of Chinese intellectual property rights well. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade are responsible for their respective duties)
93. Organize activities related to the 40th anniversary of the implementation of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China. (The National Intellectual Property Administration is responsible)
94. Promote the implementation of the “whoever enforces the law shall popularize the law” responsibility system in all regions and relevant departments, and strengthen the publicity of intellectual property law. Strengthen the use of new media and new technologies, and actively carry out popularization of law through cases in China’s popularization of law “one network, two microblogs, and one terminal”. (The Ministry of Justice is responsible)
95. Make full use of important time nodes such as the National Science Popularization Month, the National Science and Technology Activity Week, and the National Intellectual Property Promotion Week to carry out intellectual property science popularization activities. Relying on the China Science Popularization Information Platform, strengthen the all-media dissemination of intellectual property science popularization resources. (The Ministry of Science and Technology and the China Association for Science and Technology are responsible)
96. Carry out a series of publicity activities on customs protection of intellectual property rights, and release the status of intellectual property protection in China’s customs in 2024. Optimize the functional layout of the customs intellectual property protection exhibition center, and create an “Internet +” intellectual property customs protection publicity position. (The General Administration of Customs is responsible)
(II) Lay a solid foundation for the development of intellectual property rights
97. Increase the training of intellectual property administrative personnel and build a high-quality professional cadre talent team. (The Central Propaganda Department and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to their respective duties)
98. Deepen the implementation of the professional and technical personnel knowledge update project, and increase the training of high-level professional and technical personnel in the field of intellectual property rights. Improve the intellectual property talent evaluation system and the professional title evaluation method for intellectual property professionals. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to their respective duties)
99. Vigorously cultivate international talents such as foreign-related intellectual property lawyers. (The Ministry of Justice and the National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible according to their respective duties)
100. Promote the construction of intellectual property professional degrees and related disciplines in colleges and universities, do a good job in the construction of the co-construction of intellectual property colleges, and strengthen the collaborative training of intellectual property talents. (The Ministry of Education, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the Central Propaganda Department are responsible according to their respective duties)
101. Strengthen the construction of technical managers, expand the scale of training, improve the quality of training, and promote the transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology)
102. Promote the construction of intellectual property think tanks and strengthen research on major theoretical and practical issues. (Central Propaganda Department, Supreme People’s Court, Ministry of Education, National Intellectual Property Administration, Chinese Academy of Sciences are responsible according to their respective duties)
VI. Deeply participate in global intellectual property governance
103. Carry out consultations in various fields under the framework of the World Intellectual Property Organization, promote the formulation of international rules for intellectual property in new fields and new formats, and promote the inclusion of Chinese language consultations in the Madrid system. (National Intellectual Property Administration, Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice)
104. Organize the 2025 series of cooperation directors’ meetings of the five intellectual property offices of China, the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea, and jointly hold related activities for the 40th anniversary of cooperation between the China-EU Intellectual Property Offices. (National Intellectual Property Administration)
105. 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 with trading partners such as the EU, Japan, Russia, and Switzerland in the economic and trade fields, and actively promote negotiations on intellectual property rights issues in free trade agreements and the entry into force of the second batch of product lists of the China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement. (Ministry of Commerce, Central Propaganda Department, and National Intellectual Property Administration are responsible)
106. Promote the deepening and implementation of the “Belt and Road” intellectual property cooperation, and implement the results of the third “Belt and Road” intellectual property high-level meeting. Hold the 2025 China-ASEAN Intellectual Property Office Directors’ Meeting, promote the improvement of the BRICS intellectual property cooperation mechanism, and support the holding of the second China-Central Asia Intellectual Property Office Directors’ Meeting. (National Intellectual Property Administration, Central Propaganda Department, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs are responsible)
107. Promote substantive consultations on international treaties such as the Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations and the Treaty on the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions. Do a good job in the implementation of key international copyright treaties such as the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances and the Marrakesh Treaty. (Central Propaganda Department and State Administration of Radio, Film and Television are responsible according to their respective duties)
108. Seriously implement the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, deepen multilateral and bilateral technical exchanges and cooperation, and participate in the formulation of relevant international standards. (The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration are responsible for their respective duties)
109. Relying on the multilateral and bilateral law enforcement cooperation mechanism, strengthen communication and cooperation with foreign law enforcement departments around key transnational infringement and counterfeiting criminal cases. Give full play to the main channel role of Interpol and actively participate in joint law enforcement actions organized by it. (The Ministry of Public Security is responsible)
110. Actively participate in international intellectual property affairs under multilateral frameworks such as the World Customs Organization, and promote the establishment of multilateral and regional cooperation mechanisms. (The General Administration of Customs is responsible)
111. Strengthen the construction of overseas intellectual property information service platforms, release early warning information in a timely manner, provide services to enterprises in key areas and key links, and do a good job in risk investigation and rights protection guidance. (The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade are responsible for their respective duties)
112. Carry out the establishment of training projects in the field of intellectual property and promote human resources development cooperation in the field of intellectual property. (The Central Propaganda Department, the National Intellectual Property Administration, and the National International Development Cooperation Agency are responsible for their respective duties)
113. Prepare for the 2025 Global Business Rule of Law Conference and strengthen exchanges and cooperation with non-governmental international intellectual property organizations. (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade is responsible)
VII. Strengthen organizational guarantees
114. Carry out a five-year summary and evaluation of the Outline and the Plan, strengthen statistical monitoring of indicator data, and supervise and inspect the implementation of work tasks. (Joint Conference Office and member units of the Joint Conference are responsible)
115. Collect and promote the fourth batch of typical cases for the construction of a strong intellectual property country. (Joint Conference Office is responsible)
116. Give full play to the role of the Expert Advisory Committee for the Construction of a Strong Intellectual Property Country and the National Intellectual Property Strategy Implementation Research Base, and strengthen policy consultation and research support. (Joint Conference Office is responsible)
117. Implement tax and fee support policies to support scientific and technological innovation and encourage enterprises to increase their own investment in scientific and technological innovation. (The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation are responsible according to their respective duties)
118. Prepare and publish the annual development report on the construction of a strong intellectual property country. (Joint Conference Office is responsible)
In the above-mentioned division of labor, if multiple departments are responsible, the department listed first is the leading department, and the others are participating departments.
