Xing Huina:

Last question, please.

Jinan Times APP:

It is the strategic arrangement of the CPC Central Committee to move faster to boost greater sci-tech self-reliance and strength and become a leading country in science and technology. Intellectual property is essential for encouraging innovation. What CNIPA plans to do in order to build up our national strength in science and technology? 

Shen Changyu:

Thank you for your question. I will answer it. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, China has seen historic achievements as well as historic changes with scientific and technological endeavors. According to the Global Innovation Index (GII) released by the WIPO, China has risen from 35th in 2013 to 12th in 2023, a full 23 places, ranking top among middle-income economies, which is a huge improvement. The number of global top 100 science and technology clusters owned by China has also reached 24, rising to first in the world.

The National Sci-Tech Conference held not long ago proposed to focus on the strategic goal of building a strong country in science and technology by 2035, strengthen top-level design and overall planning and to move faster with achieving greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology. We will implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instruction that protecting intellectual property rights is equal to protecting innovation, give full play to the role of intellectual property rights in institutional supply and technological supply as well as will take active steps to contribute to the building of a leading country in science and technology. We will give priority to carrying out work in the following aspects. 

First, we will continue to develop the system of laws related to intellectual property rights. We will thoroughly implement the newly revised Patent Law and its implementation regulations, accelerate the revision and demonstration of the regulations on the protection of integrated circuit layout designs, further promote the development of rules for the protection of data intellectual property rights, and speed up efforts to establish basic systems for supporting comprehensive innovation.

Second, we will continue to enhance the credibility and efficiency of intellectual property examination, improve the examination standards for new fields and new forms of business, such as big data, artificial intelligence and genetic technologies, strengthen the allocation of examination resources targeting the global frontiers of science and technology, the development of the economy, major needs of the country as well as the health and safety of our people, so as to actively promote breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields and contribute to solving bottleneck technological problems. 

Third, we will carry out a special action on patent commercialization. Just now, we answered a reporter's relevant questions on it. In the next step, we will fully implement the patent open-license system. Mr. Wang Peizhang just now also answered this question. We will build the patent pool for key industries, take solid steps to advance the in-depth integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial advancement to contribute to the development of new quality productive forces. To deepen reforms granting researchers corresponding powers over scientific and technological advances, it is necessary to properly deal with the commonly discussed rights to use, transfer, and benefit from their scientific and technological fruits. In order to better implement reforms for the empowerment of scientific and technological achievements, we will deepen reforms to fully boost enthusiasm for all kinds of talents in scientific and technological innovation as well as the initiative of application with scientific and technological advances.

Fourth, we will continue to strengthen the whole chain of protection for intellectual property rights, build national demonstration zones for the protection of intellectual property rights with high standards, continue to improve the comprehensive protection, build a modernized protection system for intellectual property rights, and promote the construction of a fairer, more equitable, open and transparent environment for innovation.

Fifth, we will deeply engage in global governance with intellectual property rights, promote the improvement of international rules and standards with intellectual property rights, actively integrate into the global innovation network and make greater efforts to attract the concentration of global innovation factors, so as to contribute to the realization of self-reliance and strength in science and technology with opening up and cooperation.

In the next step, the CNIPA will further conscientiously study and put into practice General Secretary Xi Jinping's new thoughts and conclusions on promoting sci-tech innovation, continue to intensify our efforts to advance tasks with intellectual property rights, so as to contribute to achieving greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology and building a leading country in science and technology. Thank you.

Xing Huina:

That's all for today's briefing. Thanks to Mr. Shen and to all the other speakers. Thank you to all our friends from the media. Goodbye, everyone.

Translated and edited by Liu Caiyi, Yuan Fang, Liu Sitong, Wang Qian, Yan Bin, Zhang Junmian, Yan Xiaoqing, Li Huiru, Zhang Lulu, Zhang Tingting, Xu Kailin, Zhang Rui, Fan Junmei, David Ball, Rochelle Beiersdorfer, and Jay Birbeck. In case of any discrepancy between the English and Chinese texts, the Chinese version is deemed to prevail.