Belt and Road Nations Increase Patents
A growing number of innovators have participated in technological exchanges and cooperation concerning the Belt and Road Initiative in the past decade, as the motivations strengthen for greater patent application in China, a recent report said.
Two Chinese Companies Win WIPO Awards
Two Chinese technology companies are among the winners of this year's World Intellectual Property Organization Global Awards for their creative use of IP in logistics and the cultural sector.
Social Satisfaction Rating on China's IP Protection Ticks up Again
At a recent routine press conference for the month of June, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a white book titled IPR Protection in China 2022, which exhibits further ascension of social satisfaction rating on China's IP protection to 81.25 (note: out of 100; statistics not involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and a healthy momentum of the rating generally.
China Gathers Increasingly Strong Strength for Green and Sustainable Development
Shifting to green and low-carbon has become a global trend though the challenges cannot be discounted with many countries undergoing a slowdown in green-oriented transition of energy and the global focus of green development shifting eastward. The Statistical Analysis Report on Global Green and Low-carbon Technology Patents (2023) (Report), edited and released by the Strategic Planning Department of the China National Intellectual Administration (CNIPA), shows that China has been playing an important role in leading global green and low-carbon technology innovation, and China granted 36.8% of all green and low-carbon technology invention patents in the world between 2016 and 2022.
Chinese Market has Become a Magnet for Foreign Investment
"An overwhelming 96.2% of the surveyed companies are satisfied with China's progress and achievements in IP; 82.74% recognize China's giant steps forward in establishing and improving its relevant legal system; 67.86% are willing to hire a Chinese IP firm first," These are some of the assessments and suggestions from foreign companies and their chambers of commerce in China revealed by Wang Linjie, a spokesperson for the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) at the organization's routine press conference for May on May 30.
