State Administration for Market Regulation: China's intellectual property protection will be significantly enhanced in 2021, and the business environment will continue to be optimized

　　This afternoon (April 26), the State Council Information Office held a press conference. Gan Lin, Director of the Office of the National Leading Group for Combating Infringement and Counterfeiting Work and Deputy Director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, introduced the "Report on New Progress in China's Intellectual Property Protection and Business Environment (2021)" ".

　　Gan Lin introduced that China's intellectual property protection has been significantly enhanced in the past year, the business environment has continued to be optimized, and new progress has been made in various tasks.

The "Report" released today makes a systematic and comprehensive exposition on this. The "Report" mainly includes the following four aspects.

　　First of all, the "Report" analyzes the international and domestic situation in 2021.

From an international perspective, the world economy has struggled to recover amid turbulent ups and downs, the business environment has diverged amid conflicts of interest, and technological innovation has increasingly become the strategic focus of international development.

Domestically, the "14th Five-Year Plan" economic and social development has achieved a good start, the intellectual property undertaking has been accelerated, and the ability to create, use, protect, manage and serve has been steadily improved.

The reform of "decentralization, regulation and service" was further advanced, and the vitality of market entities was effectively stimulated.

　　Secondly, the "Report" presents new achievements in the protection of intellectual property rights in 2021.

In terms of overall planning, the Chinese government has issued a series of important plans and arrangements, pointing out the development path of intellectual property with Chinese characteristics.

The Office of the National Leading Group for Combating Infringement and Counterfeiting has strengthened overall planning and coordination, and all localities and departments have conscientiously implemented them, forming a good pattern of linkage and simultaneous advancement.

　　In terms of the construction of the rule of law, the "Seed Law", "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices", "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics" and other laws and regulations have been formulated, and the "Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions", "Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics Production and Operation" and a series of judicial interpretations have been issued. , the rule of law system is increasingly perfect.

In terms of key rectification, special actions such as "Jianwang", "Iron Fist", "Longteng", and "Online Net and Offline Purification" were carried out to strengthen the governance of key areas, key products and key links, and effectively curb the momentum of infringement and counterfeiting.

In terms of judicial protection, the "Kunlun" campaign has been carried out in an in-depth manner, and judicial reform and innovation has been promoted in an orderly manner.

In terms of governance methods, we actively promoted credit supervision, strengthened smart supervision, implemented coordinated supervision, and steadily improved supervision efficiency.

In terms of publicity and guidance, timely carry out policy publicity, actively guide industry self-discipline, vigorously enhance social awareness, and create a good atmosphere for joint management.

　　Thirdly, the "Report" shows new progress in optimizing the business environment in 2021.

First, the policy guidance on foreign investment has been strengthened, a platform for economic and trade cooperation has been established, and the business environment at the port has been optimized. The convenience of investment and trade has further improved.

The second is to gradually expand the scope of industry access, significantly reduce foreign investment access restrictions, and orderly reduce product access thresholds to further expand the openness of market access.

Third, the anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition work has been solidly advanced, the clearing of hidden barriers has achieved remarkable results, and the fairness of market competition has been further enhanced.

The fourth is to improve the level of commercial services, optimize the mode of supervision and law enforcement, implement various tax and fee concessions, implement effective assistance measures, and further improve the satisfaction of government services.

　　At the end of the "Report", new measures for international exchanges and cooperation in 2021 are expounded.

The first is to speed up the joint construction of order, advance the process of joining the Hague Agreement and the Marrakesh Treaty, and integrate into the new generation of international economic and trade rules such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, so as to contribute China's strength to the global governance of intellectual property rights.

The second is to carry out cross-border joint operations, and participate in "Pangu", "Opson", "Falcon", and "Block II" under the framework of Interpol and the World Customs Organization to effectively crack down on cross-border infringement and counterfeiting.

The third is to expand multilateral and bilateral cooperation, hold a series of international forums on intellectual property, conduct in-depth exchanges with relevant countries and regions, and focus on building wider, wider and deeper intellectual property cooperation.

　　The unremitting efforts of the Chinese government to protect intellectual property rights and combat infringement and counterfeiting have played a positive role in building an innovative country, promoting high-quality development, promoting world scientific and technological progress, and helping the recovery of the global economy, and have won recognition and praise from the international community.

According to the 2021 Global Innovation Index Report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China ranks 12th, up 2 places from 2020.

The "Business Confidence Survey 2021" released by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China shows that more than half of the companies surveyed believe that China's intellectual property enforcement is "good enough" and "very good", which is the first time in previous surveys.

　　(CCTV reporter Wang Jing, Li Jingjing, Liang Jiahui)