China's Efforts To Promote a Culture for IPR and IPR Exploitation

Zhong Yonghua, official of the Legal Affairs Department of the State Intellectual Property Organisation (SIPO) gave a presentation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in the Japanese city Sendai, last September, 2010, which included information about how China is promoting the exploitation of intellectual property in China, see here.

• China’s Patent Industrialization Project; 13 State Patent Commercialization Pilot Bases have been established by 2009;
• IP Pilot Parks and IP Demonstration Park; 35 Parks have been established by 2009;
• IP Pilot Companies and Organizations; about 1,000 IPR enterprises have been established by 2009.
• China’s Patent Technology Exhibiting and Trade Center; 42 Centers have been established by 2009;
• China’s Patent Exhibits;
• Promotion of IPR Pledge.

He also covered how China is fostering a culture for IPR:

• SIPO official portal (daily hits 10 million);
• China Intellectual Property News;
• Wealth of Knowledge (TV program);
• China Inventions and Patents Magazine;
• From “the World IP Day” to “IP Week”;
• Open Day of SIPO;
• Media Joint Action action—“Protecting IP, we are in action ”
• CCTV Innovation Gala;
• Chinese Patent Information Dissemination Platform.