China's first trademark law was promulgated by the Qing government in 1904 at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and was called the "Trial Regulations for Trademark Registration." However, this Trademark Law was not entirely adapted to the needs of China's modern industrial, commercial and national economic development. To a considerable extent, it came into being under the compulsion of Western imperialist countries.

After the Opium War in 1804, the imperialist countries opened the door to China with strong ships and cannons, and forced the Qing government to sign a series of unequal treaties. They plundered Chinese territory, extorted huge indemnities, opened treaty ports and concessions, and seized various privileges. Due to the widening of China's maritime ban, Sino-foreign trade has developed day by day. In order to protect their own economic interests and occupy the large market of China, Western powers have demanded the protection of trademarks for their own products.

In order to adjust increasingly complex commercial relations, the Qing government established the Ministry of Commerce in 1903 and began to formulate various commercial regulations. In accordance with Emperor Guangxu's edict to "consider the laws of various countries, carefully examine them, and discuss them appropriately," various commercial regulations such as the "General Business Regulations", "Company Laws", and "Bankruptcy Laws" were successively promulgated. The Ministry of Commerce expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the 14 trademark regulations proposed by the British man Hart, believing that "the protection of trademarks is originally a branch of commercial law" and "the handling of trademarks is an internal matter." The Ministry of Commerce was fully aware of the British government's sinister intentions and fought hard to regain the right to trademark management. The Ministry of Commerce pointed out that "registered goods are all goods marketed in China, and the registration and protection of Huayang trademarks at public expense should be treated equally." It is clearly stated that all Chinese and foreign merchants should be protected as a whole to show fairness.

In 1904, the Ministry of Commerce "adopted the general practices of various countries, participated in domestic and foreign consultations, and considered additions and modifications" and drafted 28 articles of the "Trial Regulations for Trademark Registration" and 23 articles of "Trademark Registration Details". The report was submitted on the 4th of the month, and the decree was approved. This is the first trademark law approved and promulgated by the government in my country in the late Qing Dynasty.

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, my country promulgated its first Trademark Law in 1982 and revised the Trademark Law in 1993.