China's Action Plan on IPR Protection 2007 formulated by the SIPO and relevant Working Groups was made public on April 2. The Plan details the specific measures that China will take to IPR protection in 2007. This year, the Chinese government will take 276 measures in the ten areas of legislation, enforcement, trials, institutional building, publicity, training and education, international exchanges and cooperation, advancing IPR protection in businesses, services to right-holders and thematic studies to promote IPR protection.

In line with this Plan, relevant authorities will draft, formulate or revise 14 laws, regulations, rules and administrative measures on trademark, copyright, patent and customs protection as well as judicial interpretations and guidelines. In the aspect of enforcement, 14 dedicated campaigns including Fight Piracy Every Day, crackdown on pirated textbooks and teaching supplements and Operations Blue-Sky, coupled with 11 standing enforcement programs will be carried out. In the aspect of trials, 8 measures will be in place to keep self-innovation and IPR inventiveness alive. In the aspect of institutional building, 46 measures will follow in 8 areas such as establishing an efficient enforcement coordination mechanism, improving and standardizing the IPR Service Centers for reporting and submitting complaints.

It is also planned that public awareness campaign will be enhanced by 74 measures in 8 forms such as large promotion events, media programming and press conference. 36 training measures in the forms of reading materials, training courses and workshops will target party and government leaderships, grass-root enforcement agents, corporate and non-corporate organizations, lawmakers as well as university, high school and primary school students. 　　

Furthermore, in international exchange and partnership programs, 26 measures such as dialogues, study visits, exchanges and training cooperation will be implemented to further engage China in international activities of trademark, copyright and patent protection. To advance IPR protection at the business level, 9 measures such as building a business priority watch-directory in the public security system and formulating Opinions on Strengthening IPR Protection in Large State-Owned Enterprises will be introduced. In addition, 8 measures will be at the service of right-holders, including a regular meeting mechanism to consult and coordinate with foreign-invested enterprises, and a hotline and online platform for overseas IPR disputes. Last but certainly not the least, 23 thematic studies on IPR protection will be organized.