[CMG Policy Radar] 15th Five-Year Plan for Intellectual Property Protection and Application

New State Council plan updating China’s full intellectual property legal, judicial, administrative and international cooperation system, covering AI IP, data IP, trade secrets, patents, copyrights, and cross-border IP dispute mechanisms.

The document frames intellectual‑property institutions as both innovation‑enabler and industrial‑policy tools to advance core‑technology self‑reliance. It also aims at improving the punitive‑compensation system for IP infringement, builds overseas IP risk response systems, and opens regulated access for foreign IP service institutions.

Medium-High. Foreign innovators gain stronger judicial IP protection and faster dispute resolution, but face new compliance rules for AI-generated content, data IP, open-source technology, and enhanced anti-monopoly scrutiny over patent licensing practices.