On September 22, 2025, the All-China Patent Attorneys Association (ACPAA) released the revised Code of Professional Ethics and Practice Discipline for Patent Agents  “to further improve the professional quality of patent agents, standardize the practice of patent agents, and ensure the high-quality development of the patent agency industry” in China. Two key changes include prohibitions against using artificial intelligence to directly generate patent application documents and maliciously lowering the price of patent agency services. Earlier this year, Nanjing banned the use of AI in drafting patent application documents for pre-examination.

                                                                                                         Source. www.acpaa.cn