On 21 april, journalists reading the special & crystal newspaper learned from the shenzhen intellectual property awareness week thematic event in 2026 and the joint conference on intellectual property rights that, in 2025, shenzhen's intellectual property work was “six more innovative” and “five leaps”. From the top of the global innovation cluster to the top 22 consecutive years of pct international patent applications, to financial innovation in intellectual property, protection in emerging areas, sustained breakthroughs in international cooperation, the combined strength of intellectual property rights in shenzhen continues to rise。
"six more innovations"
For the first time in the world, the “deep harbour” innovation cluster, which transcends the “tokyo-yokohama” cluster, is at the forefront of global innovation。
The quality of innovation is again high - pct international patent applications are the highest in the country for 22 consecutive years. The patent ownership of high-value inventions per 10,000 population is about eight times that of the country. China won nine prizes for patents, a record high。
High levels of protection and systemic innovation — rapid and synergistic protection, and guidance on responding to overseas intellectual property disputes — are “four-hundred-hundred” across the country. The first fast-track centre in the city has been inaugurated. Establishment of an overseas intellectual property dispute response service and establishment of a singapore-brazil overseas workstation。
Re-innovation of financial capacity - the first in a six-year period in the province to record the amount of collateralized financing, continues to lead the country. The country's first “double-crossing” intellectual property securitization product was issued, and the first data intellectual property services trust projects were launched throughout the province。
The new innovation of the human highlands - the international institute of intellectual property at beijing university in shenzhen - was held for the first time in the mainland with the hong kong, macao sar and world intellectual property organization (wipo)-china summer school on intellectual property。
Re-innovation of international impact - co-sponsored by the world intellectual property organization (wipo) china office to conduct a seminar exchange on artificial intelligence and copyright protection, in cooperation with international bodies such as the international trademark association (inta) and the singapore intellectual property authority (ipb)。
Five crosses
If the “six innovation highs” represent a landmark outcome of the shenzhen intellectual property work, then the “five leaps” show the overall trajectory of its leap forward。
The cross-cutting nature of power - the value added of patent-intensive industries grew by an average of over 8 per cent per annum and over 32 per cent of GDP, and the investment in research and development by society as a whole grew by 12. 9 per cent per annum. The number of pct international patent applications and madrid international trademark applications was the highest in the country. A core set of “global lead” indicators attests to the hard verification power of shenzhen innovation and the vivid footnote of shenzhen firms from “follow” to “run” to “lead”。
Cross-cutting of the system - deep participation in international economic and trade rule-making and promotion of policy harmonization with the international community, introduction of regulations on intellectual property protection in special economic zones, regulations on science, technology and innovation, establishment of a regular communication mechanism with international organizations and national intellectual property authorities, hosting of a series of major international conferences, operation of the pilot platform for the international transformation of national intellectual property operations (the shenzhen river suite) and promotion of cross-border trading of intellectual property rights and the internal transformation of international innovation。
Crossing of values - actively promoting the transformation of iprs from “intellectual production” to industrial assets, building networks of intellectual property business services dominated by national platforms, issuing the first national certificates of data registration of intellectual property rights, the benefits of intellectual property conversion and financial support are at the forefront of the country。
The exploration of a series of “national pioneers” of reforms, such as the construction of model cities in national intellectual property markets, the protection of highlands and the business environment, and the sharing of scientific and technological achievements with major platforms of “enabling industries” such as the centre for the exchange of intellectual property rights, have continued to entrench the long-term roots of intellectual property and accelerate the development of new quality productivity。
The cross-fertilization of experiences - four empirical approaches were included in typical cases of intellectual property power-building, five in national excellence, eight pilot comprehensive reforms were replicated nationally by the national development and reform commission, and a set of shenzhen “replicableable” experiences resulted in the shenzhen paradigm of intellectual property governance。
At the conference, wang liu qian, a leading swim swimmer and associate professor at shenzhen university college of physical education, was invited to share the theme of “intellectual property and sport”, and an exchange of views was made by representatives of shenzhen customs and fukuda, members of the joint conference on intellectual property in shenzhen city. The conference was the site of a series of events such as the white paper on intellectual property in shenzhen city in 2025 and the ten events. The event focused on the theme “strengthening intellectual property protection in new and emerging areas and accelerating the development of new qualitative productivity”, such as the signing of a framework agreement for cooperation between the intellectual property services industry and the manufacturing sector's synergistic development strategy, the opening of a centralized patent licence, and the establishment of a human robot with a smart intellectual property and standard innovation consortium。
