Automotive & EV / 汽车新能源, Sector Restrictions / 分行业限制
2026-09-30
Nine departments led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have jointly issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for the Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle Industry; the co-issuing bodies...
Patent / 专利, Tax Incentives / 税收优惠
2026-09-25
The Action Plan for Stabilising and Optimising Foreign Investment (MOFCOM, NDRC and MOF, document No. 97 of 2026, completed on 16 June 2026 with State Council approval) devotes Part...
2026-09-20
China's new Patent Examination Guidelines, in force since 1 January 2026, require that the inventor be a natural person and that an artificial-intelligence system may not be named as...
2026-09-05
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published the revised Measures for the Prioritised Examination of Patents (Order No. 85), adopted at its 4th bureau meeting on 16 July...
2026-08-28
On 24 August 2026 the China National Intellectual Property Administration and the National Data Administration jointly issued the Opinion on Strengthening the Development and Utilisation of IP Data Resources,...
2026-08-28
On 23 July 2026 the State Council promulgated the revised Regulations on the Protection of Integrated Circuit Layout Designs (State Council Order No. 842), the first systematic revision in...
2026-08-28
The State Council has issued the "15th Five-Year Plan" for IP protection and utilisation (Guofa No. 30), setting the 2026–2030 IP agenda for foreign-rights holders in China.国务院印发《知识产权保护和运用"十五五"规划》（国发〔2026〕30号），为在华外国权利持有人确立2026—2030年知识产权议程。A headline...
2026-08-28
Administrative complaints to local IP offices are the fastest and cheapest first strike against infringement. 向地方知识产权局行政投诉，是对侵权最快、成本最低的第一击。The 2027 Trademark Law extends cross-class well-known-mark protection to unregistered famous marks. ...
2026-08-28
China Customs protects five types of IP at the border — trademarks, patents, copyright, Olympic marks, and World Expo marks — and a recordal with GACC is the prerequisite...
2026-08-28
Alongside courts, China runs a powerful administrative IP-protection track — administrative adjudication (行政裁决) and administrative enforcement — that is often faster and cheaper than litigation for foreign rights-holders. ...