The director of the State Intellectual Property Office, Shen Changyu, is at the deputy ministerial level.

The State Intellectual Property Office is a national bureau managed by ministries and commissions of the State Council, managed by the State Administration for Market Regulation, and its administrative level is deputy ministerial level. Responsible for the protection of intellectual property rights, promoting the construction of the intellectual property protection system, responsible for the registration and administrative adjudication of trademarks, patents, and geographical indications of origin, and guiding the enforcement of trademarks and patents.

According to Article 2 of the "Regulations on the Functional Configuration, Internal Structure and Staffing of the State Intellectual Property Office", the State Intellectual Property Office is a national bureau managed by the State Administration for Market Regulation and is at the deputy ministerial level.

Staff establishment

The administrative establishment of the State Intellectual Property Office is 143 (including 3 staff establishments for the two committees and 1 mobile establishment for assistance). There is 1 director, 4 deputy directors, and 24 directors and deputy directors (including 1 full-time deputy secretary of the party committee of the agency).

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Main Responsibilities

The State Intellectual Property Office implements the guidelines, policies and decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee on intellectual property work, and adheres to the principle of and strengthen the party’s centralized and unified leadership over intellectual property work. The main responsibilities are:

1. Responsible for formulating and organizing the implementation of national intellectual property strategy. Formulate major policies and development plans to strengthen the construction of an intellectual property power. Formulate and implement management policies and systems to strengthen the creation, protection and use of intellectual property.

2. Responsible for protecting intellectual property rights. Formulate and organize the implementation of a system for strictly protecting intellectual property rights such as trademarks, patents, geographical indications of origin, and integrated circuit layout designs. Organize the drafting of relevant laws and regulations, formulate departmental regulations, and supervise their implementation. Research intellectual property protection, management and service policies that encourage innovation in new fields, new business formats and new models.

3. Responsible for promoting the use of intellectual property rights. Formulate policies for the use and standardization of intellectual property transactions to promote the transfer and transformation of intellectual property rights. Standardize the evaluation of intellectual property intangible assets. Responsible for work related to patent compulsory licensing. Formulate policies and measures for the development and supervision of intellectual property intermediary services.

4. Responsible for the review, registration and administrative ruling of intellectual property rights. Implement trademark registration, patent review, and integrated circuit layout design registration. Responsible for administrative rulings such as review and invalidation of trademarks, patents, and integrated circuit layout designs. Formulate a unified identification system for geographical indications of origin and organize its implementation.

5. Responsible for establishing an intellectual property public service system. Build a national intellectual property information public service platform that is convenient for enterprises and people, and interconnected, and promote the dissemination and utilization of intellectual property information such as trademarks and patents.

6. Responsible for coordinating foreign-related intellectual property matters. Formulate policies for foreign-related intellectual property work and carry out foreign intellectual property negotiations according to division of labor. Carry out international liaison, cooperation and exchange activities on intellectual property work.

7. Complete other tasks assigned by the Party Central Committee and the State Council.

Reference materials: China Institutional Establishment Network: State Intellectual Property Office Functional Configuration, Internal Organization and Staffing Regulations