China News Service, Beijing, October 21 (Reporter Sun Zifa) The Press Conference Hall of the Intellectual Property System of the State Intellectual Property Office held a press conference on the theme of "Intellectual Property Promotes the Development of New Productivity in Jiangsu" in Beijing on October 21. When officially introducing and interpreting the "Jiangsu Practice" in building an intellectual property power, they said that currently, the two-way empowerment of intellectual property (IP) and artificial intelligence (AI) has become the "unique gene" for Jiangsu's intellectual property to empower high-quality development, injecting strong "digital intelligence momentum" into the development of new productivity.
Han Aipeng, Director of the Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, said that in recent years, in order to accelerate the construction of an intellectual property power, the State Intellectual Property Office has started from the major intellectual property needs of serving local economic and social development, and has carried out "one province, one policy" with local provincial people's governments to jointly build a strong intellectual property province, integrating central and local resources, enhancing the supporting role of intellectual property in local economic and social development, and making two-way efforts to promote high-quality development.
Up to now, the State Intellectual Property Office has jointly issued an implementation plan for jointly building a strong intellectual property province with 18 provinces including Jiangsu, deepening the construction of a strong intellectual property province, and achieving three main results: better implementation of major national strategies, promoting the implementation of reform and innovation tasks, and driving high-quality development of local intellectual property undertakings.
Among them, in order to promote the development of new productive forces in Jiangsu, in terms of creation, Jiangsu is supported in implementing a high-value patent cultivation plan; in terms of protection, Jiangsu is supported in building 14 local working platforms for overseas intellectual property dispute response and guidance; in terms of application, Jiangsu is supported in launching a comprehensive pilot program for intellectual property financial ecology.
Data show that in 2025, the number of high-value invention patents in Jiangsu will reach 292,000, accounting for 12.7% of the country's total; the number of patent transfer licenses is nearly 100,000, including nearly 10,000 patent transfer licenses for universities and colleges, both ranking among the top in the country; 9 national-level intellectual property protection centers, 7 rapid rights protection centers, and 11 technology and innovation support centers have been built in Jiangsu.
Zhang Chuanbo, deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Intellectual Property Office, said that in recent years, Jiangsu has anchored the goal of building an intellectual property powerhouse into a pioneer zone, adhered to the theme of high-quality development, and was driven by innovation, excellence, and digital intelligence transformation to promote the quality and efficiency of the entire chain of intellectual property creation, application, protection, management, and services.
By the end of 2025, the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people in Jiangsu Province has reached 34.2, which is 2.1 times the national average. The "Jiangsu Model" of cultivating high-value patents has been promoted nationwide as a typical case in building an intellectual property powerhouse. There are 3.345 million valid registered trademarks, an increase of 79.6% compared with the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan; more than 60 experiences and practices, such as the cultivation of high-value patents, have been replicated and promoted across the country. Suzhou, Nanjing, and Zhenjiang have been selected into the top 100 global innovation clusters of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
In terms of promoting artificial intelligence empowerment, the "Jiangsu Province Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Bidirectional Empowerment Action Plan (2026-2030)" was issued to build three infrastructures: Jiangsu Intellectual Property Digital Intelligence Innovation Empowerment Center, Intellectual Property Trusted Data Space, and Jiangsu Intellectual Property Digital Innovation Laboratory. Focusing on the five major directions of "intelligent creation, intelligent use, intelligent protection, intelligent service, and intelligent governance", ten major application scenarios including high-value patent layout, patent value assessment, infringement monitoring, and risk warning were launched.
Zhang Chuanbo said that artificial intelligence is profoundly changing the innovation paradigm, and intellectual property work must not only make good use of artificial intelligence as a "sharp tool", but also provide institutional support for the development of the artificial intelligence industry. Jiangsu has a complete manufacturing system and a solid foundation for the artificial intelligence industry, and is coordinating and promoting the two aspects.
On the one hand, empowering artificial intelligence with intellectual property rights focuses on "protection", including protecting scientific research results, protecting development factors, and protecting innovation and entrepreneurship.
On the other hand, the use of artificial intelligence to empower intellectual property focuses on "improving quality and efficiency," including creating a strong foundation with intelligence, promoting transformation with intelligence, maintaining security with intelligence, optimizing supply with intelligence, and improving efficiency with intelligence.
Zhang Chuanbo revealed that Jiangsu has built the country's first intellectual property digital innovation laboratory. The next step will be to expand the coverage of artificial intelligence patent pre-examination, deepen the pilot of data intellectual property, coordinate innovation elements such as patents, data, and algorithms, build a strong intellectual property trusted data space, "AI + intellectual property" innovation base and other platform carriers, and strive to build Jiangsu into a pioneer area for the two-way empowerment of artificial intelligence and intellectual property.
