In a bid to guide China’s IPR development during the 12th Five Year Plan period, facilitate the implementation of IPR strategy, further execute China’s IPR policy, SIPO, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology and seven other authorities jointly formulated the 12th Five Year Plan for Development of National IPR Community.

　　The plan lays out 7 major tasks in improving IPR law system, promoting IPR service industry, deepening and expanding foreign exchange and cooperation and developing IPR culture. In parallel, it also raises ten major IPR projects including IPR enforcement development, IPR operation, raising IPR-strong company, IPR examination and registration, IPR information disclosure, IPR service, benefiting farmers via IPR, IPR talents, culture construction, traditional knowledge, genetic resources folk literature protection and promotion.