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Economic Daily: Contributing to Global Governance of Intellectual Property
Economic journal 2020-12-12
The World Intellectual Property Organization recently published the “2020 World Intellectual Property Indicators”, which shows that the number of patent applications received by the State Intellectual Property Office of China in 2019 was 1.4 million, which. ..
The World Intellectual Property Organization recently released the “2020 World Intellectual Property Indicators” showing that the number of patent applications accepted by the State Intellectual Property Office of China in 2019 was 1.4 million, ranking first place in the world and more than double that of the United States, the second largest country in patent applications. The report once again reflects China’s remarkable achievements in protecting intellectual property.
In recent years, China has introduced a series of important measures to promote the development of intellectual property, formulating the “Thirteenth National Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Use of Intellectual Property”, reorganizing the State Intellectual Property Office, exploring the establishment of intellectual property courts … China’s intellectual property business has entered an unprecedented period of great development.
It is particularly important to note that in the process of developing intellectual property rights, China attaches great importance to equal protection of the intellectual property rights of foreign investors. For example, the “Foreign Investment Law” and its implementing regulations that came into force on January 1 of this year will strengthen the protection of property rights of companies with foreign investment as key content, propose that the state increase the penalties for intellectual property infringements and will enhance the diversity of intellectual property disputes. The solution mechanism is to guarantee equal protection of the intellectual property rights of foreign investors and companies with foreign investment.
Another example, in September this year, China and the European Union formally signed the China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement, which establishes high-level protection rules for geographical indications. Geographical indications are important intellectual property rights that protect the characteristics, reputation and other characteristics of products in specific regions. As the first comprehensive and high-level bilateral agreement on geographical indications signed by China, the China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement fully demonstrates that the Chinese government A firm determination to further deepen reforms, expand openness and protect intellectual property rights.
A number of important measures undertaken by China in the field of intellectual property rights have been widely praised by the international community.
As direct beneficiaries of China’s strengthening of intellectual property protection, foreign companies in China have the most profound experience in this regard. On December 8, the British Chamber of Commerce in China published “British Business in China: Sentiment Survey 2020-2021” in Beijing. According to the report, last year, China revised a number of intellectual property laws and cooperated in the fight against intellectual property infringements. British companies believe that China continues to improve its intellectual property protection. Liu Hongqiang, vice president of intellectual property rights at Bayer (China) Co., Ltd., believes that in recent years, multinational companies have continued to increase their investment in innovation in China, which is inseparable from the continuous improvement of protection of China’s intellectual property.
Strengthening the protection of intellectual property in China is not a passive act, but an inevitable movement that focuses on domestic demand, promotes technological innovation and high-quality development, and is also a responsibility to promote the development of the world economy in a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced and win-win direction. Act of.
Starting from the national situation, strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights can be a good interactive effect with high-quality economic development. In recent years, the Chinese government has continuously increased the protection of intellectual property rights, and the awareness of intellectual property protection throughout the society has improved significantly. This has provided a strong guarantee to implement new development concepts, build a new development pattern, and promote high-quality development.
From a global perspective, no country can become an independent innovation center or exclusive innovation achievements. As an important force in global scientific and technological innovation and an important country in the creation of intellectual property, China has demonstrated a high degree of international responsibility and strives to work with other countries to strengthen scientific and technological innovation and cooperation, and actively participate in the global governance of intellectual property, in order to provide a balanced, inclusive and sustainable global intellectual property. Great contribution to development. (Jin Guanping)
Editor: White Tea
