China plans to refine intellectual property rules for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, shifting the IP system from one that reacts to inventions after the fact to one that locks in ownership rights while software is still being built. The State Council's recently released five-year plan for IP development (2026-30) signals a fundamental shift in how the world's s

CNIPA-IPOS PPH Pilot Program Extended Following a joint decision by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), the CNIPA-IPOS Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program will be extended for another five years, from September 1, 2026, to August 31, 2031. The application for which participation in the pilot program is requested m

China has granted a six-year protection period for clinical trial data on innovative drugs, the National Medical Products Administration said on Friday. The six-year protection applies to innovative drugs and originator drugs, calculated from the date of drug registration. Improved new drugs receive four years of data protection, and first generic drugs receive three years, according to a guideline issued by the a

Chinese companies and researchers filed a record 22,031 patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2025, with China rising to third place for the first time, the EPO Technology Dashboard 2025 showed on Tuesday. The figure marked a year-on-year increase of 9.7 percent and accounted for 10.9 percent of all applications filed at the EPO, making China the fastest-growing country among the top 10 fili

Chinese courts concluded more than 2.5 million first-instance intellectual property cases between 2021 and 2025, representing a 64.44-percent increase compared to the previous five-year period, China's top court said on Saturday. Disputes involving high-tech and cutting-edge technology sectors have continued to rise, encompassing a wide range of innovative entities such as large technology companies, small and

Adhering to the principle of equal protection for litigants at home and abroad, China is positioning itself as a preferred destination for resolving international intellectual property disputes, with more foreign entities choosing Chinese courts for such matters, officials from the country's top court said. He Zhonglin, deputy chief judge at the Supreme People's Court's Intellectual Property Court, rev