ShenzhenNews network news service, june 18th, 2025Intellectual property rightsThe bureau, in conjunction with the ministry of justice, organized a series of national training courses in shenzhen to enhance the capacity of foreign intellectual property lawyers. The training was organized around the four main themes of political leadership, substantive orientation, international orientation and international dispute resolution. Senior lawyers from the world intellectual property organization and hong kong were invited to serve as lecturers and over 300 foreign intellectual property lawyers participated in the training。
Zhang zhi sung, a member of the national intellectual property bureau party, attended the inaugural session and made a statement. According to zhisheng, foreign intellectual property lawyers support qualityScience and technology innovationA key force for promoting a high level of openness to the outside world, each of the participating lawyers, is expected to further enhance political standing and to be responsible for constantly improving the quality and professionalism of the complex and to contribute to the protection of intellectual property rights of our enterprises abroad。
Shenzhen has always attached great importance to intellectual property rights, taking full advantage of its strong hub, its industrial mix, its good business environment and its high market potential. It has focused on the construction of model cities in the country's major intellectual property markets, the construction of a “two-model” in the highlands of the country's intellectual property rights protection, and has promoted the continued nationalization of core intellectual property rights indicators, with many intellectual property experience practices being replicated throughout the country. In 2024, the city-wide number of patents was 249,000, the highest in seven consecutive years; pct international patent applications were the highest in 21 consecutive years; trademark registrations were the highest in 2 consecutive years; industrial clusters such as artificial intelligence, new energy sources, low-altitude economies and semiconductors and integrated circuits increased more than 30 per cent in response to domestic patenting of inventions and increased patent reserves in key core technical areas. The deep hong kong science and technology cluster has been ranked second globally for five consecutive years。
In recent years, shenzhen has focused on building a highly international, professional intellectual property workforce. Implementation of a more competitive intellectual property talent policy, improvement of the pool of intellectual property experts, technical investigators and intellectual property volunteers, establishment of a city-wide pool of foreign law and order professionals and experts in overseas defence, regularization of training in overseas intellectual property protection, and provision of inclusive intellectual property support to enterprises to expand overseas markets. Shenzhen has supported the beijing university's shenzhen graduate school, the shenzhen institute of chinese people's university, shenzhen university, shenzhen university and shenzhen university of technology to build a base of practice in education for young people in higher education. Shenzhen university's national intellectual property training (gangdong) base has been used as the basis for training in intellectual property rights at shenzhen university. To date, shenzhen city has cultivated 3469 registered trademark agencies, 475 patent agencies, 146 branches and 2824 patent agents, all of which are the highest in the province。
In addition, shenzhen has continued to improve its “five-member” system of overseas intellectual property work, making full use of its foreign intellectual property talent and enhancing its guidance in responding to overseas intellectual property disputes. Guidance for further strengthening the response to overseas intellectual property disputes, the establishment of the shenzhen sub-centre for the management of overseas intellectual property disputes, the golden gulf foreign secret protection base and three overseas defence service platforms at shenzhen overseas intellectual property protection (germany), the refinement of the overseas defence system for risk early warning control -- case monitoring response -- dispute response guidance -- increased awareness -- resource integration, cumulatively providing “one-on-one” response guidance to 2,147 companies involved in shenzhen to help businesses save over $58 million in litigation costs and reduce economic losses of over $2. 2 billion. “construction of a structured working pattern for the defence of rights abroad” was commended by the state council for its special inspection. In the future, shenzhen will focus on the practical development of key industries, such as artificial intelligence, new energy vehicles, integrating global intellectual property resources, enhancing the absorptive capacity of intellectual property talent, actively building a new pattern of overseas intellectual property protection at “out-of-country sites, home-based” sites, further enhancing the international influence and competitiveness of shenzhen enterprises, and accelerating the construction of industrial science and technology innovation centres of global importance。
