Bjnews.com.cn:

An important task of the special action on patent transformation and application is to use patents to strengthen industrial chains and improve efficiency in key industries. What are your thoughts on this? Thank you. 

Shen Changyu:

Thank you for your question. I would like to invite Mr. Wang to answer. 

Wang Peizhang:

Thank you for your question. Key industries are an important part of the national economic system and face fierce competition. Focusing on using intellectual property rights to strengthen industrial chains and improve efficiency in key industries, the CNIPA thoroughly implemented the arrangements and requirements stated in the special action plan for patent transformation and application. It also recently worked with relevant departments to issue measures on promoting the use of intellectual property rights for strengthening industrial chains and improving efficiency in key industries. We will focus on four aspects to enhance the competitive advantages, scale benefits, development environment and safety level of key industries. 

First, to enhance competitiveness of key industries, we will improve the quality of intellectual property rights and foster more original and basic patents and high-value patent portfolios. We will establish and refine a work mechanism for patent navigation, implement a number of patent navigation projects for boosting key industries, and publish the results of patent navigation. We will better coordinate the layout of patents and the development of standards, encouraging enterprises to take part in the formulation of international standards. 

Second, to increase scale benefits for key industries, we will accelerate the industrialization of patents, adopt online and offline matchmaking to achieve precise matching of patent demand and supply, and accelerate the transformation of existing patents. We will fully utilize the resources of various platforms, implement patent industrialization projects in key areas, explore open innovation such as through open-source patents as well as new modes of intellectual property right utilization such as patent open licensing, and develop patent-intensive products and famous, technology-based trademarks and brands. 

Third, to optimize the ecosystem for industrial innovation and development, we will establish mechanisms for coordinated industrial development, guide and encourage leading enterprises and key industrial parks to build operation centers for intellectual property rights for various industries, offer guidance on setting up intellectual property rights related innovation coalitions for various industries, and promote cooperation and coordination in the invention, use, protection and management of intellectual property rights. We will encourage the establishment of patent pools for key industries, draft and release instructions, enhance the overall layout of patent pools, and boost coordinated industrial development. 

Fourth, in terms of ensuring industrial security, we will make coordinated efforts to promote international cooperation and competition in IP, encouraging industrial communities to participate more in global IP governance in emerging fields such as the digital economy and artificial intelligence (AI). We will improve the overseas IP information service platform, continue to release dynamic information related to overseas IP, guide enterprises to strengthen the development of IP systems and overseas layout, and continuously improve the level of IPR compliance management and risk response capacities.

Going forward, we will consolidate coordination and support, implement concrete measures, vigorously promote the efficient transformation, coordinated application, strategic layout and risk prevention and control of IPR in key sectors, and provide strong support for industrial innovation and development and the cultivation of new quality productive forces at a faster pace. Thank you.