The second batch of windows for accepting trademark registration applications set up by SAIC became fully operational on 1 March. Allowing applicants to handle trademark matters locally will facilitate mass entrepreneurship and innovation. After a set of interim rules on authorising local administrations for industry and commerce and market regulatory departments to accept trademark registration applications took effect on 1 September 2016, the Trademark Office set up 15 windows for accepting trademark registration applications based on the principle of facilitation and taking into account factors such as regional distribution and the volume of applications to be handled. Together with the 41 approved this time, there are now 56 windows for accepting trademark registration applications across the country.