Blooming the Light of Chinese Intellectual Property on the International Stage
2024-09-13
China has established stable cooperative relationships with more than 80 countries and regions around the world, and is currently implementing over 200 intellectual property cooperation agreements, building a new pattern of international intellectual property cooperation with multilateral, peripheral, small multilateral, and bilateral "four sided linkage and coordinated promotion". From September 11th to 13th, China's intellectual property industry once again ushered in a shining moment. With the convening of the Third "the Belt and Road" High level Conference on Intellectual Property Rights during this period, the world has paid a warm attention to the development of China's intellectual property cause, its intellectual property cooperation with the "the Belt and Road" countries and regions, and even China's achievements in actively participating in international intellectual property cooperation. The reporter recently learned from the China National Intellectual Property Administration that China is deepening and expanding the layout of international cooperation and constantly improving the global intellectual property partnership network. "We have established stable cooperative relations with more than 80 countries and regions around the world, and more than 200 intellectual property cooperation agreements are being implemented, building a new pattern of international intellectual property cooperation featuring multilateral, peripheral, small multilateral and bilateral" four sided linkage and coordinated promotion "," said Sheng Li, deputy director of the International Cooperation Department of the China National Intellectual Property Administration. China's strength, let the world see the end of August, good news spreads again. During the 2024 Singapore Intellectual Property Week event hosted by the Singapore Intellectual Property Office, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released the "2024 Global Innovation Index (GII) Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"). The report shows that China has ranked first in the world in terms of the number of global top 100 technology innovation clusters for the second consecutive year. The value of this ranking is self-evident. As Deng Hongsen, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, said, "Technology clusters are the foundation of a strong national innovation ecosystem." It is understood that the Global Innovation Index (GII) measures the latest trends in global innovation, and technology clusters are one of the broader elements of GII. The GII technology cluster adopts a bottom-up approach to identify the gathering places of world leading technology activities on a global scale. The technology cluster is determined by analyzing patent application activities and published scientific papers, sorting out the geographical regions where inventors and scientific paper authors are most concentrated around the world. When compiling the top 100 GII technology clusters, two innovation indicators were used. The first indicator focuses on the location of inventors listed in publicly available patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The second indicator considers authors listed in published scientific papers. The report shows that among the top ten technology clusters, seven are located in Asia and three are located in the United States. Tokyo Yokohama (Japan) is the world's largest technology cluster, followed by Shenzhen Hong Kong Guangzhou (China and Hong Kong, China). Beijing (China) has risen one place from last year, ranking third. For the second consecutive year, China has entered the top 100 with the highest number of clusters (26). The United States closely follows with 20 clusters. This undoubtedly provides strong evidence for the domestic statistics of China's innovation capability. Previously, according to the statistics of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, China is constantly emerging more high-value intellectual property rights. As of June this year, the effective number of invention patents in China has reached 4.425 million, and the proportion of invention patents owned by enterprises has increased to 72.8%. Enterprise innovation has become more active. The number of high-value invention patents per 10000 population has reached 12.9, achieving the expected goal of the national "14th Five Year Plan" ahead of schedule. The number of effective registered trademarks in China has reached a new high of 45.909 million. Shen Changyu, Director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, said that since the new era, the CPC Central Committee has placed intellectual property work in a more prominent position, comprehensively strengthened the top-level design of intellectual property work, deepened various reforms in the field of intellectual property, led the cause of intellectual property to achieve a series of breakthroughs, formed a series of landmark achievements, embarked on a path of intellectual property development with Chinese characteristics, and provided strong support for promoting high-quality development. Take proactive actions, demonstrate sincerity in cooperation, strengthen oneself internally, and promote cooperation externally. Intellectual property is a standard feature of international trade and a major component of institutional openness. "The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to international exchanges and cooperation in intellectual property. In the past year alone, party and state leaders have witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements between the China National Intellectual Property Administration and relevant national intellectual property institutions for many times, and many intellectual property cooperation documents have been included in the results of leaders' visits." Sheng Li said. According to Sheng Li, China is deeply involved in global intellectual property governance. Practice true multilateralism, deeply participate in the negotiations and consultations of the World Intellectual Property Organization's member state conferences and professional committees, and promote the improvement of international intellectual property rules. In May of this year, China successfully promoted the World Intellectual Property Organization to conclude the Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Related Traditional Knowledge, ending the 25 year negotiation history of the treaty and achieving a historic breakthrough. China participates in the intellectual property chapter negotiations of the China Peru, China Honduras, and China El Salvador free trade agreements, fully implementing the intellectual property provisions of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). And conduct research on intellectual property issues related to joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA). China is also deeply promoting intellectual property cooperation mechanisms among China, the United States, Europe, Japan, and South Korea, BRICS countries, China, Japan, and South Korea, China Europe, China ASEAN, and China Central Asia. Promote the optimization and adjustment of the cooperation mechanism among the five intellectual property bureaus of China, the United States, Europe, Japan, and South Korea, and continue to achieve practical results in cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence and green technology. Lead the development of intellectual property cooperation among BRICS countries after expansion, and further improve the cooperation mechanism. Continuously deepening cooperation among China, Japan, and South Korea, the Joint Statement on the Ten Year Vision for Intellectual Property Cooperation among China, Japan, and South Korea was released at the 9th China Japan Korea Leaders' Meeting. Realize mutual recognition and protection of 246 geographical indication products between China and Europe, complete the public announcement of the second batch of 350 product lists, and strengthen the economic and trade relations between China and Europe. The China National Intellectual Property Administration has also actively promoted the global service system of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Our country's applicants for PCT international patents, Hague system international design registrations, and Madrid international trademark registrations have consistently ranked among the top in the world. The number of partners for China's Patent Examination Highway (PPH) has increased to 33, covering 84 countries, providing strong support for Chinese enterprises' overseas intellectual property layout. We adhere to equal treatment and protection of intellectual property rights for domestic and foreign enterprises, establish a regular communication mechanism for foreign-funded enterprises, timely listen to opinions and demands, help solve problems, attract more foreign-funded enterprises to invest and develop in China, and share the dividends of China's development and the super large market Sheng Li said. According to the previous statistics of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, as of June this year, the number of effective invention patents and effective registered trademarks of foreign countries in China had reached 919000 and 2135000 respectively, maintaining a steady growth. Remarkable achievements have been made. The international cooperation on intellectual property of the "the Belt and Road" is particularly noticeable in China's foreign cooperation on intellectual property. "Since the proposal of the" the Belt and Road Initiative ", we have continuously strengthened intellectual property cooperation with the co construction countries, and promoted patent technology exchanges. Intellectual property has increasingly become an important carrier and bridge for innovation cooperation and connectivity between China and the co construction countries." Liang Xinxin, spokesman and deputy director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, said. Statistical data shows that patent activities between China and co building countries are becoming increasingly active, two-way exchanges are constantly strengthening, and digital and green innovation cooperation is constantly reaching new heights. The enthusiasm of Chinese enterprises to participate in the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" continues to rise. From 2013 to 2023, Chinese enterprises have accumulated 70000 patent applications and 35000 patent authorizations in co building countries and related organizations, maintaining an average annual growth rate of over 20%. Among the Chinese enterprises that have patent applications in the country of joint construction, digital communication and Internet enterprises have performed well. The top five enterprises in terms of cumulative applications are Huawei (7766), Xiaomi (2909), Alibaba (2563), ZTE Microelectronics (2510) and Tencent (2365). The joint construction of national patent applications in China has also shown a sustained and active trend. From 2013 to 2023, the cumulative number of patent applications and authorizations of jointly built countries in China reached 285000 and 182000 respectively, with an average annual growth rate of 5.6% and 8.0%. By the end of 2023, the effective number of patents held by jointly built national enterprises in China reached 153000, with an average annual growth rate of 9.0% compared to the end of 2013, which is 4.1 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of effective patents held by foreign enterprises in China during the same period. The patent innovation momentum of digital "the Belt and Road" construction is strong. From 2013 to 2023, China has obtained 27000 invention patents for core industries in the digital economy through joint national and related organizations, with an average annual growth rate of 16.9%; The co construction country has obtained 55000 patent authorizations for the core industries of the digital economy in China, with an average annual growth rate of 11.6%. Digital technology innovation strongly supports the co construction of the "the Belt and Road" digital transformation. The patent innovation of green "the Belt and Road" construction is accelerating. From 2016 to 2023, China has accumulated 3637 and 1664 applications and authorizations of green and low-carbon invention patents in co building countries and related organizations, with an average annual growth rate of 26.0% and 21.3% respectively. From 2020 to 2023, the average annual growth rate will further increase to 65.4% and 49.6%. Among the top five enterprises in terms of patent applications and authorizations for green low-carbon technologies, there are traditional energy companies such as Sinopec, as well as new energy and new energy vehicle companies such as CATL and BYD, and digital communication companies such as OPPO and Huawei, reflecting the development characteristics of digitalization and green integration innovation. It is understood that in the next step, the China National Intellectual Property Administration will continue to strengthen international cooperation in intellectual property, further deepen intellectual property cooperation with countries and regions jointly building the "the Belt and Road", plan to carry out more practical cooperation projects, and actively help to serve the high-level opening up. (New Society)
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