Industry News | Rui Wenbiao: Be the vanguard and pioneer of the construction of an intellectual property power

2023-03-28

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that it is necessary to adhere to the core position of innovation in the overall situation of China's modernization. It is necessary to strengthen the legal protection of intellectual property rights and form a basic system to comprehensively support innovation. The Shanghai Intellectual Property Office will conscientiously implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, give full play to the important role of intellectual property in stimulating innovation internally and promoting opening up externally, promote the construction of a strong city with intellectual property rights with high standards, and be the vanguard and pioneer in the construction of an intellectual property power on the new journey.

Shanghai should take the initiative to integrate into the overall situation and accurately grasp the new requirements for building a strong city with intellectual property rights. It is necessary to earnestly strengthen the party's overall leadership over the cause of intellectual property, and arm the mind, guide practice, and promote work with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It is necessary to deeply grasp the in-depth analysis of the international and domestic situation in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, take the initiative to integrate into the overall situation of high-level reform and opening up, and play a role in serving and supporting major national strategies. It is necessary to firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development, make every effort to serve the innovation economy supported by patents, the brand economy supported by trademarks, and the development of characteristic economies supported by geographical indications, and make every effort to promote the high-quality creation, efficient use, high-level protection, efficient management, and high-quality services of intellectual property rights, and make every effort to build a leading area for the high-quality development of intellectual property rights. It is necessary to thoroughly implement the people-centered development thinking, adhere to the supremacy of the people, strengthen the demand orientation, stimulate innovation vitality with greater protection measures, respond to the expectations of enterprises with a higher level of convenient services, and strive to create a good innovation environment for enterprises.

Shanghai should firmly aim at the goal and make every effort to promote the construction of a strong intellectual property city and achieve new results. It is necessary to adhere to the guidance of Chinese-style modernization, closely focus on the strategic goal of building a world-class intellectual property power with Chinese characteristics, and further identify the main direction of the construction of a strong intellectual property city. It is necessary to focus on strengthening the rule of law to ensure the solid foundation and strengthen the foundation, with the goal of forming a basic system that comprehensively supports innovation, and make greater efforts to improve the local intellectual property legislative system. It is necessary to actively explore innovative rules such as for the protection of intellectual property rights in data, improve mechanisms for coordinated protection of administrative law enforcement, judicial protection, arbitration and mediation, industry self-discipline, credit regulation, and so forth, and truly give play to the basic guarantee role of the intellectual property system in encouraging innovation, and increase the level of legalization of intellectual property rights protection work. It is necessary to focus on helping economic development improve quality and efficiency, go all out to help breakthroughs in key core technologies, and improve the level of transformation and application of intellectual property rights. It is necessary to improve the convenience of intellectual property public services, and continue to create a first-class business environment that respects the value of knowledge. It is necessary to actively participate in the governance of intellectual property rights under the framework of the World Intellectual Property Organization, take the initiative to participate in international cooperation and competition in the field of intellectual property on behalf of the country, continue to strengthen the equal protection of intellectual property rights, improve the mechanisms for responding to overseas disputes of intellectual property rights, and reviewing foreign transfers, so as to better support Shanghai's deep integration into the global innovation network.

Shanghai should persist in concentrating on tackling tough problems and constantly build new advantages in the construction and development of a strong intellectual property city. Guided by the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we should earnestly enhance the sense of responsibility and mission for doing a good job in intellectual property work, and promote the construction of a strong city with intellectual property rights and the overall situation of building a strong intellectual property country at the same frequency and in the same direction. It is necessary to deepen high-level reform and opening up, continue to deepen the unified management and enforcement system of intellectual property rights at the two levels in urban areas in accordance with national requirements, explore the reform of intellectual property systems and mechanisms with greater intensity and scope, and promote the formation of more replicable and generalizable intellectual property governance experience across the country. It is necessary to dare to be the first to try, deepen innovation and breakthroughs, take the initiative to undertake more national pilot and stress test tasks, and promote the implementation of more pioneering and leading intellectual property reform measures in key areas such as Pudong New Area, Lingang New Area, Hongqiao International Central Business District, and Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integrated Development Demonstration Zone. It is necessary to take the initiative to take the initiative, have the courage to overcome difficulties, innovate work methods, practice excellent skills, dare to gnaw "hard bones", be good at breaking into "no man's land", solve problems and break new roads with hard work, and constantly create a new situation in the construction of a strong city with intellectual property rights.

Hard work achieves the cause, and struggle creates the future. The Shanghai Intellectual Property Office will thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with firm determination, strong actions and pragmatic measures, conscientiously implement the deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on accelerating the construction of a strong intellectual property country, promote the construction of a strong intellectual property city with high standards, and strive to accelerate the construction of Shanghai into an international intellectual property protection highland and an international intellectual property center city. (Rui Wenbiao, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of Shanghai Intellectual Property Office)

Source: Shanghai Intellectual Property Office