Zigong was recently approved as a new intellectual property pilot city by the State Intellectual Property Office. According to local officials, the city has led the province in IP tasks for 10 consecutive years. It now has six State-level and 31 provincial innovation centers as well as 47 national high-tech companies. Since 2012, the value generated by patent commercialization in the city has increased more than 6.6 billion yuan. Authorities said they will further improve services and develop an IP trading market serving the whole country in the next three years.

(Source: China Daily)