On November 30, the 9th China Patent Week with the theme of boosting IP utilization and protection to aid mass entrepreneurship and innovation, was held across the nation. During the week, in a bid to step up IP utilization, guide the reform of innovation, optimize market environment, unlock the productivity of whole society, and create more jobs, SIPO and local IP authorities will launch a series of activities to provide IP policy and service information with companies, colleges and R&D institutions.

"SIPO will launch varied forms of activities with substantial content in the week, "according to a principal of patent management department of SIPO. On the China Intellectual Property Network (www.cneip.org.cn), a media center and separate database are designed for the event. Internet users can get the latest news on the website. In the meantime, local IP offices introduced a group of activities including policy promotion, exhibition, experience sharing, information release, cultural transmission, interaction, trade fair and achievement commercialization. A sound innovation environment is created and good results are obtained.

The 9th China Patent Week will focus on the following six special events. The first one is to further promote the optimization and coordination of IP public policy system and improve environment for mass entrepreneurship and innovation. The second is to improve IP public service system, and strengthen platform for mass entrepreneurship and innovation. The third is to facilitate construction of IP financial system. The fourth is to promote the construction of IP commercialization system, and build ecological system for innovation. The fifth is to improve the innovation capability of innovators, and inspire the innovation enthusiasm of the whole society. The sixth is to facilitate the construction of IP cultural and create sound environment for innovation.

The first patent event was held in 2007. The annual event has gradually become a comprehensive platform for combining patent resources, facilitating patent use and fostering patent culture.