A few days ago, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Guidelines for Building a Powerful Country with Intellectual Property Rights (2021-2035)" (referred to as the "Outline") to coordinate the promotion of building a strong country with intellectual property rights, and comprehensively improve the level of intellectual property creation, use, protection, management and service. In order to give full play to the important role of the intellectual property system in the socialist modernization drive, detailed arrangements were made.

　　The relevant person in charge of the State Intellectual Property Office said that the "Outline" is a grand blueprint for building an intellectual property power in the new era, and has a major milestone in the history of China's intellectual property development.

　　Clear key tasks

　　A few days ago, the latest issue of the Global Innovation Index Report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization showed that China’s global ranking has risen from 35th in 2013 to 12th in 2021, ranking first among middle-income economies. Become one of the fastest-improving countries in the world.

　　According to Shen Changyu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, the "Outline" clarifies the six key tasks of building an intellectual property power: one is to build an intellectual property system oriented to socialist modernization; the other is to build an intellectual property protection system that supports a world-class business environment ; The third is to build an intellectual property market operating mechanism that encourages innovation and development; the fourth is to build an intellectual property public service system that is convenient for the people and the people; the fifth is to build a humanistic and social environment that promotes the high-quality development of intellectual property; the sixth is to deeply participate in global intellectual property governance.

　　In terms of the intellectual property rule system in emerging fields and specific fields, the "Outline" proposes measures such as "establishing and improving new technologies, new industries, new business forms, and new models of intellectual property protection rules"; in terms of stimulating innovation and development, the "Outline" clearly "strengthens Cultivating patent-intensive industries and establishing a patent-intensive industry investigation mechanism" and other directions...

　　"The property right system is the cornerstone of the socialist market economy. Speeding up the building of a strong country with intellectual property rights, solving the overall, institutional, and fundamental issues in the field of intellectual property rights, and building a more complete market-based allocation system mechanism for factors are conducive to improving the modern property rights system. To achieve the overall goal of comprehensively deepening reforms and promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities." Shen Changyu said.

　　Meet the needs of high-quality development

　　To build a country with a strong intellectual property rights, the "Outline" clarifies specific goals: by 2025, the construction of a strong country with intellectual property rights will achieve significant results, the protection of intellectual property rights will be more stringent, social satisfaction has reached and maintained a high level, the market value of intellectual property rights will be further highlighted, and brand competition The added value of patent-intensive industries accounted for 13% of GDP, the added value of copyright industries accounted for 7.5% of GDP, the total annual import and export of intellectual property royalties reached 350 billion yuan, and the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people Up to 12 pieces.

　　"Intellectual property protection is an important indicator of the level of innovation. A country with intellectual property rights is a strong support for a country with innovation. China's "Outline" is conducive to further protection of innovation and encouragement of innovation. It is very positive for the high-quality development of China's economy. Significance." Zhou Minliang, a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told our reporter.

　　At the press conference of the State Council Information Office, Huang Shengbiao, head of the Achievement Transformation and Regional Innovation Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that in 2020, the national technology market will sign a total of 549,000 technology contracts with a transaction volume of 2.8 trillion yuan, including technology contracts involving intellectual property rights. 186,000 items, with a turnover of 1.1 trillion yuan, accounting for 39.8% of the total national technology contract turnover.

He stated that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Ministry of Science and Technology will adopt a series of specific measures, including improving the intellectual property management process of major projects, increasing the evaluation weight of high-quality patent conversion and application performance, and focusing on promoting the development of the technological element market in accordance with the "Outline" arrangements. measure.

　　Further stimulate innovation vitality

　　A few days ago, the National Bureau of Statistics released the National Bulletin of National Science and Technology Expenditures in 2020, showing that in 2020, enterprise research and experimental development (R&D) expenditures will be 1,867.38 billion yuan, an increase of 10.4% over the previous year; the proportion of national R&D expenditures will reach 76.6. %, contributing 77.9% to the national growth.

　　According to a data provided by Enterprise Check, according to the statistics of business scope, company name or product name, 73,700 new intellectual property-related companies nationwide were added in the first eight months of 2021.

Up to now, there are 337,000 IP-related companies in the country.

Among them, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Nanjing, Suzhou, Jinan, Xi'an and other cities have topped the list of intellectual property-related enterprises.

　　Zhou Minliang believes that perfecting the protection of intellectual property rights and preventing innovators from being stolen is an inevitable requirement for achieving high-quality development.

The "Outline" guides the whole society to create an atmosphere of respect for labor and innovation, which is conducive to better exerting the role of the market in resource allocation and innovation and incentives, and improving the international competitiveness of China's economy.

　　"In the construction of a strong country with intellectual property rights, enterprises play an important role. On the one hand, as market players, enterprises have direct needs in the use and management of intellectual property rights; on the other hand, today’s market competition is increasingly reflected in technology, products, and The competition of design and service is the key to the competition of intellectual property rights behind it. In this process, the "Outline" will create a better environment for entrepreneurship and innovation for the majority of enterprises, and the majority of enterprises themselves must practice their internal skills and reduce "garbage patents". Solidly improve the'gold content' of innovation." Zhou Minliang said.

　　Our reporter Wang Junling