China expands IP protection network to 73 centers nationwide

The number of intellectual property protection centers under construction and in operation in China has reached 73, according to data released by the country's top IP regulator on Thursday. These protec-tion centers are distributed across 28 provinces, autonomous regions and

municipalities, including two in South China's Hainan province, according to the China National Intellectual Property Administration. The CNIPA recently approved the construction of a national IP protection center in Haikou, the capital of Hainan. In the future, it will carry out rapid and coordinated IP protection work for the equipment manufacturing and biopharmaceutical industries. Haikou's strategic attraction of research institutions and high-tech enterprises has propelled robust growth, with the combined output value of these two industries having exceeded 40 billion yuan (about $5.6 billion) in Haikou in 2023...

China sees dynamic generative AI services with 190 models in use

More than 190 generative artificial intelligence (AI) service models have been registered with the regulator in China and made available for public use so far, said Zhuang Rongwen, minister of the Cyberspace Admini-stration of China (CAC), on Monday. The number of registered users

of these models has exceeded 600 million, Zhuang said in an interview with Xinhua, highlighting the favorable and orderly development of related technologies and applications. He pledged that the government will take an active part in promoting the industrial development, technological progress and advancement of security control in this crucial field, while prioritizing the coordination of high-quality development and high-level security. China issued a set of provisional management rules for generative AI services in July 2023, the first of this kind globally...

Global experts join WFCMS IP committee to strengthen TCM protection

The Intellectual Property Protection Working Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies elected new leadership last week, pledging to address ongoing intellectual property challenges in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. During the election, held on Thursday

in Tianjin, a new president and secretary-general were chosen. Notably, the committee expanded its membership to include 21 members from foreign countries, including France, Russia, South Korea, and Australia. The new members comprise influential physicians, university professors, business executives, and experts in the TCM field, both from China and abroad. Following the election, the committee hosted a seminar on Friday, focusing on the protection and inheritance of TCM intellectual property. Discussions centered on the industry's digital development and how TCM can support China's health strategy...

China leads global green patent applications with over 50% share: report

China's contributions to world sustainable development have been reflected by the robust growth of its patents, with a recent report by the country's top intellectual property regulator saying that China had secured top spot in terms of the number of published green and low-

carbon patent applications in 2023, recording a year-on-year increase of 20 percent and accounting for over half of the global total. This rise was 7.1 percentage points higher than the global average, the China National Intellectual Property Administration highlighted in the Report on Statistical Analysis of Green and Low-Carbon Patents. It defines green and low-carbon patents as those centered on technologies that can promote green development...