SIPO issued 2013 Work Essentials for National Intellectual Property Manpower

The State Intellectual Property Office（SIPO）recently issued 2013 Work Essentials for National Intellectual Property Manpower (the “Essentials”) to further plan and direct the work on intellectual property human resource.

It is required by the Essentials to comprehensively implement the spirit of the 18th Party Congress, focusing on the National Medium and Long-term Talent Development Plan and the 12th Five-Year Plan for IP Talents, to accelerate IP talent system reform and policy innovation and to strengthen efforts in much-needed IP personnel training.

The Essentials outline general requirements on the IP manpower work from nine perspectives including organizational leadership and system construction. In terms of special campaigns, it also makes concrete requirements and arrangements over the proposed government documents, work goals and promotion plans, among others. [Chinese version is available on cipnews.com.cn]