On July 27, 2023, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the 2023 Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country and Implementation Promotion Plan of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2023年知识产权强国建设纲要和“十四五”规划实施推进计划). The plan has 139 points in groupings as follows:

lImproving intellectual property laws, regulations and rules;

lReform and improve major policies on intellectual property rights;

lImproving intellectual property rules in emerging fields and specific fields;

lStrengthen the judicial protection of intellectual property rights;

lStrengthen the administrative protection of intellectual property rights;

lImproving the pattern of collaborative protection of intellectual property rights;

lImproving the quality of intellectual property creation;

lStrengthen the comprehensive use of intellectual property rights;

lPromoting the market-oriented operation of intellectual property rights;

lStrengthening the supply of intellectual property public services;

lImproving the efficiency of intellectual property public services;

lVigorously advocate the cultural concept of intellectual property rights;

lConsolidate the foundation for the development of intellectual property rights;

lIn-depth participation in global intellectual property governance; and

lStrengthen organizational security

Some highlights of the Outline include:

lPromote the completion of the revision of the “Regulations for the Implementation of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China”, and promote the revision of the “Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China” and the “Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China”.

lPromoting the revision of the Regulations on the Implementation of the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Regulations on the Collective Administration of Copyrights, the Measures for the Implementation of Copyright Administrative Penalties, the Trial Measures for the Voluntary Registration of Works, and the Measures for the Registration of Computer Software Copyrights.

lPromote the formulation and revision of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People’s Republic of China and related supporting regulations. Promoting the revision of the intellectual property clauses in the Electronic Commerce Law of the People’s Republic of China. Promoting the revision of the “Regulations on the Protection of Commercial Secrets” and “Provisions on Prohibiting Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights to Exclude and Restrict Competition”.

lPromoting the revision of the Measures for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights at Exhibitions.

lObvious examination of design and utility models.

lPromoting the revision of “Several Provisions on Regulating Patent Application Behavior”.

lContinue to optimize the network layout of overseas intellectual property dispute response guidance centers, and select the third batch of overseas intellectual property dispute response guidance local sub-centers.

lCarry out in-depth special “blue sky” rectification actions in the intellectual property agency industry. Accelerate the improvement of the intellectual property service industry supervision system, improve the long-term mechanism for the supervision of the agency industry, and promote the implementation of credit evaluation management.

lActively promote the process of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The full text is available here (Chinese only).