构建完备的知识产权保护法律体系。加入世贸组织后，中国建立健全知识产权法律法规，与多个国家建立知识产权工作机制，积极吸收借鉴国际先进立法经验，构建起符合世贸组织规则和中国国情的知识产权法律体系。近年来，修订《商标法》，增加了惩罚性赔偿制度；修订《反不正当竞争法》，进一步完善了商业秘密的保护，同时明确市场混淆行为，引入标识的概念，拓宽对标识的保护范围。目前，正在加快推进《专利法》《著作权法》等法律修订。

　　持续加强知识产权保护执法力度。强化知识产权保护司法主导作用，把违法成本显著提上去，把法律威慑作用充分发挥出来。重新组建国家知识产权局，完善执法力量，加大执法力度。在北京、上海、广州设立三家知识产权法院，在南京、苏州、武汉、西安等15个中级法院内设立专门审判机构，跨区域管辖专利等知识产权案件。加大行政执法力度，针对重点违法领域，开展专利“护航”行动、打击网络侵权盗版“剑网”行动、出版物版权“扫黄打非”和“秋风”行动、打击侵权假冒的“网剑行动”“质检利剑”打假行动等专项行动，有效保护了知识产权。

Building a full-fledged legal system on IPR protection. Since acceding to the WTO, China has formulated and improved its laws and regulations on IPR protection, set up IPR working mechanisms with many countries, drawn upon advanced international legislative practices, and built an IPR legal system that conforms to WTO rules and suits national conditions of China. The amended Trademark Law sets up a system of punitive damages. The amended Anti-Unfair Competition Law improves the protection of trade secrets, identifies act of confusion, introduces the concept of sign and expands the scope of protection for sign. Currently China is working on amending the Patent Law and the Copyright Law.

Continuously strengthening law enforcement on IPR protection. China has enhanced the dominant role of the judiciary in IPR protection to significantly raise the cost for offenders and fully unlock the deterrent effect of relevant laws. The State Intellectual Property Office has been restructured to strengthen law enforcement. China has set up three IPR courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and special judicial organs at 15 intermediate courts in Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuhan, Xi’an and other cities to handle cross-regional IPR cases, including those related to patents. China strengthened administrative law enforcement on intellectual property protection and launched special campaigns targeting outstanding problems, which effectively protected intellectual property rights. Such campaigns include “Convoy Campaign” for protecting patent rights, the “Sword-net Campaign” for combating online infringement and piracy, the “Sweeping Campaign” for cracking down pornography and illegal publication in the copyright field, the “Network Sword Campaign” for combating IPR infringements and counterfeits and the “Sword Actions on Quality Control” for cracking down counterfeits.

　知识产权保护效果明显。从2001年起，中国对外支付知识产权费年均增长17%，2017年达到286亿美元。2017年，中国发明专利申请量达到138.2万件，连续7年居世界首位，申请者中近10%为外国单位和个人；国外来华发明专利申请量达到13.6万件，较2001年3.3万件的申请量增长了3倍。世界知识产权组织日前公布，2017年，中国通过《专利合作条约》途径提交的专利申请受理量达5.1万件，仅次于美国，居全球第二位。

　　（五）履行透明度义务

　　明确提供法律制度保障。《立法法》《行政法规制定程序条例》《规章制定程序条例》明确要求法律、行政法规和规章草案须按有关规定公开征求公众意见。全国人大常委会法工委定期出版《中华人民共和国法律》（英文版）。国务院法制机构定期出版《中华人民共和国涉外法规汇编》（中英文对照），商务部在《中国对外经济贸易文告》中定期发布贸易政策。

Attaining notable results in IPR protection. Since 2001, intellectual property royalties paid by China to foreign right holders has registered an annual growth of 17 percent, reaching USD28.6 billion in 2017. In 2017, China received 1.382 million invention patent applications, ranking the first in the world for the seventh consecutive year. Nearly 10 percent of the applicants were foreign entities and individuals. Invention patent applications filed by foreign entities and individuals in China reached 136,000, growing by threefold compared with 33,000 in 2001. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, 51,000 patent applications filed from China through the Patent Cooperation Treaty were accepted in 2017, second only to the US.

5. Fulfilling commitments on transparency

Providing a solid legal basis. The Legislation Law, the Regulations on Procedures for Formulation of Administrative Regulations, and the Regulations on Procedures for Formulation of Rules explicitly provide for the solicitation of public comments on draft laws, administrative regulations and rules. The legislative affairs commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress regularly publishes the Laws of the People’s Republic of China (English edition); the State Council’s legislative affairs organ regularly publishes the Laws and Regulations of the People’s Republic of China Governing Foreign-Related Matters (Chinese and English bilingual edition); and the Ministry of Commerce regularly publishes trade policies in China Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Gazette.