Chinese market entities have increased the protection of intellectual property rights mainly in the industries of digital technology and biotechnology, trying to ensure those rights can also be granted and protected overseas, an IPR official said.
"As more Chinese enterprises go abroad to participate in international cooperation and competition, cross-border protection on IPR has become a compulsory course for these innovative companies to expand into the international market," Ge Shu, head of the strategic planning department with the China National Intellectual Property Administration, told a news conference on Tuesday.
Last year, the number of invention patents applied for by Chinese enterprises and individuals as well as granted by major countries and regions in the world reached 46,000, up 14.1 percent year-on-year and also 2.4 times as many as that in 2016, according to Ge.
