Turn back the hands of time to exactly a year ago. “In this lovely season of early Summer when every living thing is full of energy”, on May 14, 2017, President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in the National Convention Centre, Beijing, comprehensively elaborated on the fruitful achievements of “Belt and Road&rdqu

Chinese customs took tough measures against intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement last year, official data showed Tuesday. Customs authorities seized more than 19,000 shipments of goods suspected of IPR infringement in 2017, involving nearly 41 million individual items, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC). Over 98 percent of the goods were involved in trademark infringement. The v

The State Council Legislation Plan for 2018 was released recently. The Plan specified that, in order to act upon new development philosophy and construct a modern economy system, four drafts of laws including the amended Patent Law would be submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for deliberation while 11 lower-hierarchy Regulations including the Patent Representation Regula

The 13th National People's Congress opened its first session on March 5 at the Great Hall of People in Beijing. Premier Li Keqiang delivered a government's work report on behalf of the State Council. As for the "proposal for the work of government" in 2018, Li noted that moving faster to make China a country of innovators. The latest global revolution in science and technology and industrial transfo

China's top court pledged on Thursday to increase efforts to tackle intellectual property rights infringements, after the central government unveiled guidelines on IPR protection. "Judicial protection of IPR must be strengthened, including handling of disputes in innovative ways," said Tao Kaiyuan, vice-president in charge of IPR case hearings for the Supreme People's Court. She made the remar

China is one of the world's most dynamic innovators in the research and application of graphene technology, contributing more than half of the global patent applications in the sector, according to a report recently unveiled by the China Innovation Alliance of the Graphene Industry. According to the Global Graphene Industry Report 2017, 58 percent of the world's graphene patent applications are from China.