Core Viewpoint - The National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) aims to increase the number of valid invention patents in China to 4.97 million by May 2025, focusing on quality over quantity in patent management and evaluation [1][3]. Group 1: Policy and Management - NIPA will enhance policy guidance through assessment, evaluation, and funding to optimize patent-related indicators across regions [1]. - NIPA collaborates with relevant departments to encourage enterprises, universities, hospitals, and research institutions to adjust internal patent management systems and evaluation criteria, moving away from solely quantitative metrics [3][5]. - The introduction of a pre-evaluation system centered on industrialization prospects aims to improve the quality of patent applications [3]. Group 2: Patent Examination Efficiency - NIPA is implementing various examination models, including prioritized, expedited, delayed, and centralized reviews, to enhance examination quality [6]. - From January to May 2025, NIPA conducted 84,000 prioritized examinations, 116,000 expedited examinations, and over 9,300 delayed examinations, granting patents that strengthen core industry competitiveness and promote industrial transformation [8]. Group 3: Quality in Patent Services - NIPA is shifting the focus of patent agency services from price competition to quality competition, promoting a "quality over price" approach [10]. - The government procurement standards for patent and trademark agency services emphasize higher evaluation weights for service content and quality, reducing the emphasis on price to avoid low-cost-only bidding [12]. - NIPA has issued model contracts and guidelines for patent agency services to standardize practices and ensure equitable rights and obligations for both parties [13]. Group 4: Regional Development and Talent Cultivation - To promote balanced development of intellectual property services across regions, NIPA is organizing collaborative support between eastern provinces and 15 western, northeastern regions, including Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, to train 1,000 intellectual property agents by March 2025 [13].