On 7 may, the white paper on the status of protection of intellectual property in china for the five years was officially released, providing a comprehensive picture of the progress made in the protection of intellectual property in china in 2025. The data show that in 2025, the capacity and level of intellectual property governance in the country continued to rise, with 82. 81 points of social satisfaction for protection and a high level of innovation。
According to the white paper, the effectiveness of intellectual property protection in our country increased significantly in 2025. Among them, judicial protection has been strengthened, with 473,000 new civil first-instance cases of intellectual property being brought before the national courts, 6220 cases of arrests of intellectual property offences being examined by the public prosecution service and 26,000 criminal cases being opened by public security organs. Administrative protection has been advanced in 37,000 cases of intellectual property violations by market regulators, 9,341 cases of administrative decisions on patent infringement disputes by intellectual property authorities and 8,642 cases of customs seizures of goods suspected of import or export abuse. The system of protection has accelerated, with the establishment of seven new national intellectual property protection centres and fast-track defence centres, bringing the total to 129, and a total of 2. 75 billion yuan worth of corporate losses recovered throughout the year from the platform for guidance in the response to overseas intellectual property disputes。
At the same time, the rule of law on intellectual property rights has continued to prevail, with 18 legislative and regulatory amendments throughout the year and 2 judicial interpretations. Newly amended anti-improper competition law, new plant varieties protection regulations are in force, published in the state council regulations on the treatment of foreign intellectual property disputes, and the revised version of the trademarks act was first considered by the standing committee of the national people's congress. Institutional norms such as credit regulation, protection of business secrets, arbitration of disputes, etc. In the area of intellectual property rights have been introduced in an intensive manner, and the system is more precise and robust。
In addition, the approval registrations were enhanced with efficiency gains. By the end of 2025, the number of invention patents in china had stood at 63,18,000, an increase of 11. 1 per cent over the same period; 5. 3,32,000 trademarks had been registered effectively, an increase of 6. 5 per cent over the same period; a total of 10,677,000 copyrights had been registered annually; and 5066 geographical marker products had been identified cumulatively. During the year, 1,714 applications for new varieties of agricultural plants were processed, an increase of 15. 26 per cent over the previous year. Wang ziwo
