On January 25, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on the prevention and control of the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chaired the meeting and delivered an important address. CNIPA earnestly studies and puts into practice the principles from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s major address and the decisions and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to make active efforts to curb the pneumonia outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus. Shen Changyu, Commissioner and Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group of CNIPA, made clear requirements on related work.
Shen Changyu stressed that when an epidemic breaks out, a command is issued. It is our responsibility to prevent and control it. The organizational leadership on the epidemic prevention and control work of the whole bureau should be strengthened. A sound bureau-level leading group should be established to make well-planned prevention and control schemes and related emergency plans to respond to various cases better. Comprehensive support and educational guidance should be strengthened to improve the ideological understanding of both cadres and staff of the whole bureau, help them fully realize the epidemic situation, learn the protection knowledge and protect themselves well. Scientific prevention and control and accurate measures are required to thoroughly grasp the movements of the whole staff and complete related information statistics. A “daily report” system should be well implemented on epidemic monitoring, checking and early warning to ensure early detection, early reporting, early isolation and early treatment. Meetings and activities should be reduced as much as possible to avoid crowds, and body temperature screening and disinfection in public areas should be done well. They should encourage people to handle businesses online to reduce population flow and earnestly study and properly handle patent and trademark matters influenced by the epidemic. At the same time, they should also carry out related patent analysis around epidemic prevention and control and offer reasonable suggestions to help to win the battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic. The Patent Examination Cooperation Hubei Center of the Patent Office of CNIPA should lay emphasis on epidemic prevention and control work according to CNIPA’s deployment and local requirements.
It is learnt that CNIPA has promptly established its Leading Group for Novel Coronavirus Prevention and Control, with Shen Changyu as the director and other bureau-level leaders and patent office principals as vice directors. It includes the Comprehensive Group, Business Group and Press Group to make overall plans and coordinate the whole bureau in epidemic prevention and control work. Gan Shaoning, member of Leading Party Members’ Group and Deputy Commissioner of CNIPA, made specific arrangements on related work, asking staff at different levels to put into practice their responsibilities and actualize various measures in a detailed way in the battle against the epidemic.
Source: CNIPA
