▌Action plan on building IPR protection system unveiled

九部门联合印发《知识产权保护体系建设工程实施方案》

▌China has unveiled an action plan on the construction of an intellectual property rights (IPR) protection system with a view to strengthening its efforts in the field. The plan was released by the China National Intellectual Property Administration, together with the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, and the State Administration for Market Regulation.

近日，国家知识产权局会同中央宣传部、最高人民法院、最高人民检察院、公安部、司法部、商务部、海关总署、国家市场监督管理总局等8部门联合印发《知识产权保护体系建设工程实施方案》（下称《实施方案》）。

▌The action plan said that by 2035, the modernization of the IPR protection system and capabilities will have been achieved in the country, and a modern governance system for IPR protection, characterized by the government fulfilling its responsibilities, strict supervision and regulation by law enforcement departments, impartial adjudication by judicial departments, regulated management by business entities, self-discipline and self-regulation by industry organizations, and integrity and law abidance by the public, will have taken shape.

《实施方案》提出，到2035年，知识产权保护体系和保护能力现代化基本实现，形成政府履职尽责、执法部门严格监管、司法机关公正司法、经营主体规范管理、行业组织自律自治、社会公众诚信守法的现代化知识产权保护治理体系。

▌The action plan emphasized the need to improve the procuratorial mechanism for IPR protection and the promotion of the comprehensive performance of procuratorial duties in this regard. More efforts will be made to enhance the supervision of civil and administrative litigation in terms of intellectual property, continuously advancing the punishment of malicious litigation, and steadily exploring public interest litigation in IPR, it said.

《实施方案》强调，完善知识产权检察机制，深入推进知识产权检察综合履职。加大知识产权民事行政诉讼监督力度，持续推进惩治恶意诉讼工作，稳步探索知识产权检察公益诉讼。