The 12th China International Patent Technology and Products Fair which is hosted by the National Intellectual Property Administration, PRC and the People’s Government of Liaoning Province opened on November 11th in Dalian, Liaoning. Nearly 3,000 enterprises and institutions participated in the exhibition through the online and offline integrated platform of the Fair.
The Fair lasts for three days, with the theme of “Intellectual Property Leading the High-quality Economic Development”. The Fair mainly hosts with the form of online exhibitions, with a series of online and offline activities, and organizes high-level professional audience teams such as industry procurement groups, local procurement groups, and financial investment groups to promote intellectual property rights and markets, capital, talents, services, etc. Elements are connected to accelerate the transfer of intellectual property rights.
In his speech at the opening ceremony, Shen Changyu, Director of CNIPA, pointed out that high-quality economic development cannot be separated from the strong support of intellectual property rights. In recent years, China’s intellectual property career has achieved great development, great leaping and a great improvement. Currently, the number of patent applications in China ranks first in the world each year, and through the implementation of patent quality improvement projects, a number of high-value core patents have been cultivated.
According to statistics, in the first ten months of this year, the number of invention patent applications reached 1.232 million, an increase of 11.2% year-on-year, and the number of PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) international patent applications received was 55,000, an increase of 23.5% year-on-year, all of which has realized the growth against the impact of the epidemic.
Shen Changyu said that intellectual property rights are the basic guarantee for stimulating innovation, and the creation, protection and use of intellectual property rights should be deepened. Focusing on the use of intellectual property rights, CNIPA has coordinated and promoted the establishment of mechanisms, platforms, and industries. The ability to use intellectual property rights has been continuously enhanced, and benefits have accelerated.
At the opening ceremony, the 21st China Patent Award was awarded. This is the first time that the Award Presentation Conference was held at the China International Patent Technology and Products Fair. Thirty companies including Zhongke Synthetic Oil Technology Co., Ltd., Central South University, Xi’an Xidian Jietong Wireless Network Communication Co., Ltd. won the awards.
As the only national and international patented technology brand exhibition in China, China International Patent Technology and Products Fair has experienced 11 sessions since its establishment in 2002. Starting this year, the Fair will be adjusted from biennial to yearly and will be permanently hosted in Dalian.
