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NCAC Establishes the “National Copyright Innovation-driven Development Base” in Qianhai, Shenzhen
2019-11-11

On October 24, 2019, the Authority of Qianhai held a press conference on the achievements of advancing the construction of a pilot demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics in Qianhai Shenzhen-Hongkong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, to mark the first anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s second inspection of Qianhai. At the conference, on behalf of National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC), Yu Cike, Director General of Copyright Department of NCAC, announced the approval of setting up the “National Copyright Innovation-driven Development Base” at Qianhai Shenzhen-Hongkong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen.

In order to thoroughly implement the strategic deployment put forward by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to strengthen the creation, protection and application of intellectual property and strengthen China with intellectual property, NCAC has formulated sound plans to make China stronger in copyright, and strive to create a pattern of strict copyright protection and rapid development of the copyright industry. In order to integrate innovation-driven development strategy, give full play to the inherent innovation attributes of copyright, and improve the level of copyright work, NCAC has actively carried out the pilot work of the “National Copyright Innovation-driven Development Base” in recent years. As Shenzhen is an important window of China’s reform and opening up and the frontier of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, especially a national strategic platform for reform and opening up in the new era of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hongkong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen , which has unique copyright resources, a sound legal system foundation, various cultural and creative industries, and preferential policies given by the government. With “optimizing business environment” as its goal, Qianhai takes optimizing the intellectual property environment as an important fulcrum to achieve its goal, which is highly valued by relevant parties in Qianhai. The establishment of the “National Copyright Innovation and Development Base” in Qianhai can make full use of Qianhai’s advantages in location, policy and industry to innovate and explore a highland and benchmark for copyright protection and industrial development. After the opening ceremony of the “National Copyright Innovation-driven Development Base”, the signing ceremony of memorandum of cooperation between the Base and its partners was held, marking a good beginning of the Base and a solid step forward for its future development.

Yu Cike, highly affirmed the significance of establishing the “National Copyright Innovation-driven Development Base” at Qianhai Shenzhen-Hongkong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen, saying that NCAC will give full support to the construction of the “National Copyright Innovation-driven Development Base” in Qianhai. It is hoped that the Authority of Qianhai will earnestly implement important remarks made by General Secretary Xi Jinping on intellectual property rights, and actively implement documents such as The CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Supporting Shenzhen in Building a Pilot Demonstration Zone of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and The Development Plan for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It is also hoped that the Authority of Qianhai will seize important opportunities to explore new ways to promote innovation in institutions, mechanisms, technical standards, methods and models, build the “National Copyright Innovation-driven Development Base” with the overall picture in mind, and break out a national leading and exemplary path of copyright development with Chinese characteristics in the new era, so as to promote the national copyright work to achieve high-quality development.

Representatives from NCAC, Copyright Administration of Guangdong Province, Market Supervision Administration of Shenzhen Municipality, the Authority of Qianhai, a number of domestic and foreign copyright enterprises and social organizations participated in the opening ceremony of the “National Copyright Innovation-driven Development Base” and the signing ceremony of memorandum of cooperation between the Base and related units and enterprises.