2025 IP Nation Building Promotion Plan

On May 7, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published the 2025 Intellectual Property Nation Building Promotion Plan authored by the Office of the Inter-ministerial Joint Conference on Building a Powerful National Intellectual Property Rights.  The Plan lists the key tasks of 2025 to “accelerate the construction of a powerful intellectual property country.”  Some of the key tasks including revising various laws and regulations, including the Trademark Law and issuing new guidelines, such as the Guidelines on Standard-Related Patent Policy.