Beijing, April 26 (Reporter She Ying) At the press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the 26th, Gan Lin, Director of the Office of the National Leading Group for Combating Infringement and Counterfeiting Work and Deputy Director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, introduced the “China Intellectual Property Rights” Protection and Business Environment New Progress Report (2021)”.
The “Report” presents new achievements in the protection of intellectual property rights in 2021. In terms of overall planning, the Chinese government has issued a series of important plans and arrangements, pointing out the development path of intellectual property with Chinese characteristics. In terms of the construction of the rule of law, laws and regulations such as the Seed Law and the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices have been formulated and revised, and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions, the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics Production and Operation, and a series of judicial interpretations have been issued. In terms of key rectification, special actions such as “Jianwang” and “Iron Fist” were carried out to strengthen the governance of key areas, key products and key links, effectively curbing the momentum of infringement and counterfeiting. In terms of judicial protection, the “Kunlun” campaign has been carried out in an in-depth manner, and judicial reform and innovation has been promoted in an orderly manner. In terms of governance methods, we actively promoted credit supervision, strengthened smart supervision, implemented coordinated supervision, and steadily improved supervision efficiency.
The “Report” shows new progress in optimizing the business environment in 2021. First, the policy guidance on foreign investment has been strengthened, a platform for economic and trade cooperation has been established, and the business environment at the port has been optimized. The convenience of investment and trade has further improved. The second is to gradually expand the scope of industry access, significantly reduce foreign investment access restrictions, and orderly reduce product access thresholds to further expand the openness of market access. Third, the anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition work has been solidly advanced, the clearing of hidden barriers has achieved remarkable results, and the fairness of market competition has been further enhanced. The fourth is to improve the level of commercial services, optimize the mode of supervision and law enforcement, implement various tax and fee concessions, implement effective assistance measures, and further improve the satisfaction of government services.
The protection of intellectual property rights in China has always attracted attention at home and abroad, especially by foreign-funded enterprises investing in China. Gan Lin said that the Chinese government has always treated the intellectual property rights of Chinese-funded or foreign-funded enterprises equally and protected them equally.
In 2017, the Office of the National Leading Group for Combating Infringement and Counterfeiting, the Ministry of Public Security and the State Intellectual Property Office jointly issued the Action Plan for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of Foreign-Invested Enterprises, focusing on cracking down on illegal and criminal acts of infringing on the intellectual property rights of foreign-invested enterprises across the country. The Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect in 2020, made unified regulations on the promotion, protection and management of foreign investment, providing a strong legal guarantee for strengthening the intellectual property protection of foreign-invested enterprises. In 2021, the “Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country (2021-2035)” and the “14th Five-Year Plan for National Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization” will be issued, and the top-level design will be deployed to promote the intellectual property protection of foreign-invested enterprises.
The positive measures taken by the Chinese government have created a favorable development environment for foreign-invested enterprises in China. According to statistics, in 2021, foreign applicants will obtain 110,000 invention patent authorizations in China, a year-on-year increase of 23%; trademark registrations will reach 194,000, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%. Among them, the number of invention patents and trademark registrations of US applicants in China increased by 32.1% and 17.3% respectively. According to the “2021 China Business Environment Survey Report” released by the US-China Business Council, 95% of the surveyed companies continue to maintain profitability in China, and 74% of the surveyed companies regard China as the most important country or top five in their global strategies one of the key countries.
The unremitting efforts of the Chinese government to protect intellectual property rights and combat infringement and counterfeiting have played a positive role in building an innovative country, promoting high-quality development, promoting world scientific and technological progress, and helping the recovery of the global economy, and have won recognition and praise from the international community. According to the 2021 Global Innovation Index Report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China ranks 12th, up 2 places from 2020. The “Business Confidence Survey 2021″ released by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China shows that more than half of the companies surveyed believe that China’s intellectual property enforcement is “good enough” and “very good”, which is the first time in previous surveys.
Gan Lin said that in the next step, my country will focus on further exerting the decisive role of the market in the allocation of resources, better play the role of the government, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, and create a fairer, more transparent and more predictable business operation for foreign-funded enterprises. business environment. “We firmly believe that China will become a hot spot for foreign investment for a long time, and foreign enterprises will definitely have more and better sense of gain in China.” Gan Lin said.
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责编：张慕琛 ]