On December 5, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Guidelines for Design Patent Applications Involving Graphical User Interfaces.

According to  CNIPA, “this guide aims to guide innovators to accurately understand the rules governing GUI-related product design by introducing it’s characteristics, application document requirements, and typical cases of GUI-related design, thereby improving the quality of GUI patent application drafting and responses and promoting the high-quality development of the design patent system.”

                                                                                                       Source. www. cnipa.gov.cn