The number of patent applications in China has ranked first in the world for seven consecutive years. Has China ushered in the era of technology blowout?

April 26th is the annual World Intellectual Property Day. Shen Changyu, director of China National Intellectual Property Administration, introduced at the press conference held by the State Council Office on the 24th that in 20 17 years, the quantity and quality of intellectual property rights in China improved, and the number of invention patent applications reached13.82 million, ranking first in the world for seven consecutive years. The number of PCT international patent applications accepted is 5 1 1,000, ranking second in the world. 5.748 million trademark registration applications were accepted, ranking first in the world for 16 years.

The reporter learned that in 20 17, China's intellectual property laws and regulations were steadily advanced. Intellectual property protection is stricter. The national courts have newly accepted 2 1.35 million cases of first instance of intellectual property rights in civil, administrative and criminal cases, and concluded 203,000 cases.

Procuratorial organs * * * approved the arrest of 25 cases of intellectual property crimes, involving 4,272 people, and prosecuted 3,880 cases, involving 7 157 people. The public security organs * * * cracked170,000 criminal cases of infringing intellectual property rights and manufacturing and selling fake and inferior commodities, involving a total amount of 6.46 billion yuan.

The efficiency of the use of intellectual property rights has been significantly improved, and copyright trading centers and bases have been actively cultivated. National copyright trading centers 10 have been established nationwide, and the total import and export of intellectual property royalties exceeds $30 billion.

Reform in key areas of intellectual property rights has been deepened. 20 17 promoted the reform of "simplifying administration and decentralizing power, strengthening supervision and improving services", and reduced patent fees by 5.8 billion yuan. Strengthen the intellectual property management and classification evaluation system during the implementation of the national science and technology plan, and strengthen the supervision of overseas copyright certification institutions. Carry out in-depth intellectual property cooperation and exchanges, and sign an agreement with the World Intellectual Property Organization to strengthen the "Belt and Road" intellectual property cooperation and a memorandum of understanding on judicial exchanges and cooperation.

Experts believe that the number of invention patents in China has increased steadily in recent years, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Yangtze River Economic Belt covering provinces and cities. In addition, the number of China applicants applying for patents abroad is stable.

In the new era, entrepreneurial innovation is accelerating, and there is an urgent need for higher quality and more intellectual property rights to provide support. "New technologies, new formats and new models formed on the basis of the Internet, big data and cloud computing also contain a lot of intellectual property rights. Protecting innovation achievements in a timely manner with intellectual property laws and regulations such as the patent law is an indispensable and important foundation for stimulating intellectual property creation. " Cao, a professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, said.