IP Powerhouse Building Driven by Five Key Works and 103 Measures

2017/07/05

"Promotion Plan for the Implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy and Acceleration of Building an IP Powerhouse in 2017" (hereinafter referred as Promotion Plan) was approved for practice by the Inter-Agency Council for Implementation of IP Strategy of the State Council, scheduling five key works and 103 measures.
Regarding the high-profile IP reform, the Promotion Plan seeks to ease control in IP representation services in general while strengthening necessary control and offering quality administrative service, to facilitate construction of trial and model areas abundant in IP representation services, establish IP evaluation system of innovation-driven development, and relax the requirements for patent agency qualifications.
 
Source: SIPO