On January 7, the meeting of heads of the National Intellectual Property Office was held in Beijing, and Shen Changyu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, conveyed the important instructions of State Councilor Wang Yong on intellectual property work, conveyed the Several Opinions of the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of an Intellectual Property Power under the New Situation (hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”), and made arrangements for studying and implementing the work. Zhou Guohui, Director General of the Provincial Intellectual Property Office, attended the meeting on behalf of our province.
On January 7, the meeting of heads of the National Intellectual Property Office was held in Beijing, and Shen Changyu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, conveyed the important instructions of State Councilor Wang Yong on intellectual property work, conveyed the Several Opinions of the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of an Intellectual Property Power under the New Situation (hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”), and made arrangements for studying and implementing the work. Zhou Guohui, Director General of the Provincial Intellectual Property Office, attended the meeting on behalf of our province.
At the meeting, Shen Changyu made a work report entitled “Deepening Reform, Innovating and Development, and Striving to Create a New Situation in the Construction of an Intellectual Property Power”, which reviewed and summarized the achievements of intellectual property during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period. He pointed out that the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period is an extraordinary and remarkable five years for the development of China’s intellectual property cause. Over the past five years, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the national intellectual property system has been cohesive, energetic, pioneering and innovative, established new goals for building an intellectual property power, introduced new measures for the in-depth implementation of the national intellectual property strategy, promoted the overall intellectual property cause to a new level, and made new contributions to supporting economic and social development. Over the past five years, the status of a major intellectual property country has been increasingly consolidated, the protection of intellectual property rights has been continuously increased, the efficiency of the use of intellectual property rights has been rapidly improved, the ability of intellectual property management has been significantly enhanced, the foundation of intellectual property undertakings has become more solid, and a series of new concepts and ideas for intellectual property work have been gradually explored and formed, leading China’s intellectual property cause to move forward and flourish.
Shen Changyu emphasized that the overall goals of intellectual property work during the “13th Five-Year Plan” period are: to fully implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on intellectual property rights, make substantial progress in the construction of an intellectual property power, complete the goals and tasks of the intellectual property strategy outline on schedule, achieve decisive results in the reform of the intellectual property field, and greatly improve the ability of intellectual property creation, application, protection, management and service, laying a solid foundation for building an intellectual property power with Chinese characteristics and world standards. He pointed out that attention should be paid to grasping the “four relationships”, that is, the relationship between top-level design and grassroots exploration, the relationship between overall promotion and key breakthroughs, the relationship between promoting development internally and opening up externally, and the relationship between reform, development and stability. Efforts should be made to promote the development of intellectual property undertakings and achieve “five transformations”. First, the creation of intellectual property rights has changed from multiple to excellent and from large to strong. Second, the protection of intellectual property rights has changed from continuous strengthening to comprehensive strictness. Third, the transformation and use of intellectual property rights has changed from a single benefit to a comprehensive benefit. Fourth, intellectual property management has changed from multi-headed and decentralized to relatively centralized. Fifth, international cooperation and exchanges on intellectual property rights have changed from active participation to proactive action. Shen Changyu made arrangements for six aspects to be done in 2016: first, strengthen the overall deployment and accelerate the construction of an intellectual property power; Second, it is necessary to deepen the reform of the intellectual property field and improve the ability of intellectual property governance; Third, strict administrative protection of intellectual property rights should be tightened to ensure and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship; Fourth, promote the creation and application of intellectual property rights and promote industrial transformation and upgrading; Fifth, we should expand foreign cooperation and exchanges on intellectual property rights to promote mutual benefit and win-win results; Sixth, it is necessary to consolidate the foundation of intellectual property work and support the better development of the cause. He pointed out that 2016 is the first year of the implementation of the 13th Five-Year Plan, and it is also a key year for deepening the reform of the field of intellectual property and accelerating the construction of an intellectual property power. The whole system should conscientiously implement the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to ensure a good start in the reform and development of intellectual property undertakings in the 13th Five-Year Plan.
In the panel discussion, Zhou Guohui introduced the main achievements and characteristic highlights of Zhejiang’s in-depth implementation of intellectual property strategy in recent years. He said that Zhejiang’s intellectual property work will be closely integrated with the central work of the provincial party committee and provincial government and the implementation of the innovation-driven strategy, make full use of Zhejiang’s regional characteristic economic advantages and market advantages, focus on strengthening the use and protection of intellectual property rights, and accelerate the construction of strong provinces, cities and enterprises with strong intellectual property rights. He stressed that according to the central arrangements of the State Council such as Several Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of an Intellectual Property Power under the New Situation, through the efforts of the 13th Five-Year Plan, Zhejiang will strive to build Zhejiang into a strong province leading in intellectual property with excellent quantity and quality, large economic contribution, good protection environment, strong service system, and compatible with the development of market economy.
(Source: Intellectual Property Development Division)