According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 26 (Reporter Zhao Wenjun) The 26th is the 22nd World Intellectual Property Day.
The latest authoritative report shows that in the past 10 years, there has been a net increase of 100 million market entities in China, thanks to the significant enhancement of China's intellectual property protection and the continuous improvement of the business environment.
At the press conference of the State Council Information Office held on the 26th, the Office of the National Leading Group for Combating Infringement and Counterfeiting released the "New Progress Report on China's Intellectual Property Protection and Business Environment (2021)", which comprehensively presents China's intellectual property protection work in 2021 New achievements, new progress in optimizing the business environment, and new measures for international exchanges and cooperation.
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, said at a press conference on the same day that the Chinese government's unremitting efforts to protect intellectual property rights and crack down on infringement and counterfeiting work will help build an innovative country, promote high-quality development, It has played a positive role in promoting world scientific and technological progress and helping global economic recovery, and has won recognition and praise from the international community.
For example, the 2021 Business Confidence Survey 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.
The report pointed out that the reform of China's commercial system has been intensified, the fairness of market competition has been further enhanced, and the innovation power and development vitality of various market players have been stimulated.
In 2021, the number of market entities in China has exceeded 150 million, and the activity rate of enterprises will remain at around 70%.
In recent years, private enterprises in China have contributed more than 55% of tax revenue, more than 55% of exports, more than 60% of investment, and more than 70% of inventions and innovations.
According to statistics, in 2021, foreign applicants will obtain 110,000 invention patent authorizations in China, a year-on-year increase of 23%; trademark registrations will reach 194,000, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%.
Among them, the number of invention patents and trademark registrations of US applicants in China increased by 32.1% and 17.3% respectively.
In this regard, the 2021 China Business Environment Survey Report released by the US-China Business Council shows that 95% of the surveyed companies continue to maintain profitability in China, and 74% of the surveyed companies regard China as the most important country in their global strategy or the top five one of the key countries.