PLA Declassifies 2,346 National Defense Patents for the First Time

2017/03/15

More than 3,000 Chinese national defense patents have been declassified with 2,346 released to the public, in order to promote civilian use. The first release of 2,346 patents by the National Defense Intellectual Property Office of the Equipment Development Department of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) was published on the PLA Weapon Equipment Acquisition Information Network. Since the implementation of the national defense patent system more than 30 years ago, this is the first time that selective patents have been declassified and released. This is China's instructive practice of "from military to civilian" and an enhancing interaction in technology information between the military and civilian under the context of in-depth development of China's civil-military integration.