IP Scene
Beijing
Tech used to fight fakes highlighted
A report on innovative intellectual property protection in China's e-commerce was released in Beijing on Saturday. Mainstream Chinese online business portals, including Alibaba and JD, are using technology such as big data and artificial intelligence to fight counterfeiting. They have founded groups to spot clues to infringements and cooperate with rights owners and the police, according to the report. It called for the joint effort of the government, rights owners, media and the public to create a safer e-commerce environment and promote the industry's growth.
Chinanews.com
Zhejiang
Incubators support around 620k firms
Incubators helped nurture about 620,000 startup companies and teams by the end of 2018, according to the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center. Their report was released at a forum in Hangzhou last week. As of 2018, China was home to 11,808 incubators. They helped generate job opportunities for 3.95 million people, the report said. It also found that incubator-fostered startup enterprises in China own about 106,000 invention patents.
Xinhua
Chongqing
Tech alliances founded in city
Eight new technological alliances were given the green light to be founded in Chongqing, lifting the number of such groups in the area's high-tech industry to 18. The alliances cover power, technology transfer, big data, industrial internet, green manufacturing, intelligent energy, virtual reality and electronics. They are expected to help address technological difficulties in their respective industry, formulate industrial standards and promote commercialization of new technologies, local officials said.
Chongqing Daily
Ningxia
Fund earmarked to boost innovation
Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, will earmark 450 million yuan ($65.15 million) to encourage technological innovation over the next five years, according to the city's science and technology bureau. The fund will be used to support local companies' research and development and reward tech-driven businesses. It is a bid to promote the city's industrial upgrade, local officials said.
People's Daily
Yunnan
Crackdown on infringements
The Yunnan Administration for Market Regulation has started a crackdown, named Iron Fist, upon violations of intellectual property rights across the province. The move will help to improve the province's business environment. Enforcement officials will investigate infringements on trademarks, patents, geographical indications and special logos. E-commerce, key products and markets, and foreign-funded projects will be given priority in the protection campaign, local officials said.
China Intellectual Property News
Guangdong
Materials sciences and AI discussed
A technological innovation forum on artificial intelligence and materials sciences was held in Dongguan on Monday. The event focused on the relationship between the two sectors and discussions of their latest development and future trends. It aimed to promote industry-academia collaboration and offer advice to the sustainable, tech-driven development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
People's Daily
(China Daily 06/20/2019 page17)