The 20th National Congress of China (NPC) opened at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the morning of Oct 16. The General Secretary delivered a report to the congress on behalf of the 19th Central Committee. The State Intellectual Property Office and the Intellectual Property System organized Party members, officials and the public to listen to and watch the grand opening ceremony of the Party's 20 National Congress in various ways, which quickly set off a craze of studying the spirit of the report.

After listening to and watching the grand opening ceremony of the Congress, all of you expressed the need to rally more closely around the CPC Central Committee with comrades at its core, hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, fully implement the Thought on socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a new Era, fully understand the decisive significance of the "two resolutions", strengthen the "four consciousness", "four confidence", and "two uphelment". We will continue to follow the path of IPR development with Chinese characteristics in the new era and strive to write a new chapter in building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.

Shen Changyu, deputy to the 20th CPC National Congress and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and director of the National Intellectual Property Office, said he was greatly encouraged and excited by the report delivered by the General Secretary. The report is strategically strategic, comprehensive, profound and magnificent. It summarizes the extraordinary achievements of the past five years and the great changes of the new era in the past 10 years. It sets out a clear vision for adapting Marxism to The Times, solemnly states the mission and tasks of adapting Marxism to The Times, and draws a blueprint for systematically planning national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization. It is a political declaration holding high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and a program of action for comprehensively building a modern socialist country. It is of great and far-reaching significance. The report provides strategic guidance and clear requirements for IPR work in the coming period. The cadres and staff of the intellectual property system will conscientiously study, publicize and implement the Party's Twenty Great Spirits, quickly set off a study upsurge, create a strong learning atmosphere, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishment", further strengthen the "four consciousness", firmly "four self-confidence", achieve the "two maintenance", speed up the construction of intellectual property power, help realize socialist modernization.

Zhang Peng, secretary of the Party Branch and director general of the National Intellectual Property Administration's Department of Articles and Laws, said the report systematically summarizes China's achievements in various aspects over the past decade, further points out the fundamental direction for the development of the Party and state cause, and fully inspires people's confidence and expectations for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In particular, the report stresses the need to comprehensively promote the rule of law in all aspects of the country's work, making important new arrangements for upholding the rule of law in an all-round way. In the future work, we will stick to our responsibilities, continue to promote the improvement of the IPR legal system, accelerate the construction of a complete IPR legal system with a tight structure and internal and external coordination, and provide a strong legal guarantee for the building of a strong IPR country.

Zhang Zhicheng, secretary of the Party branch and director general of the Intellectual Property Protection Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, said the conference is one of holding high the banner, seeking truth and being pragmatic and forging ahead with unity. In particular, the Congress stressed the need to implement the strategy of innovation-driven development and give full play to the role of innovation as the primary driving force for development, setting higher requirements for IPR protection in the new era. Going forward, we will earnestly study and implement the Spirit of the 20 National Congress, actively integrate the intellectual property cause into the overall development of the Party and the country, strengthen intellectual property protection in an all-round way, strive to build China into a world-class intellectual property power with Chinese characteristics, and continue our efforts to fully build a modern socialist country and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Sun Jun, executive deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the organ directly under the SIPO, said that the report on the Party's 20 National Congress has profoundly clarified the major policies and action programs for the development of the Party and state in the coming period, especially the great achievements made in the past five years and the great changes in the new era in the past 10 years show the determination and courage to push forward the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. We must rally more closely around the CPC Central Committee with comrades at its core, surround the central committee, build our ranks, serve the people, deepen the great new project of Party building in the new era, guide high-quality development with high-quality Party building, and provide strong intellectual property support for comprehensively building a modern socialist country.

Zhao Zhibin, secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection under the State Intellectual Property Administration, said the report to the Party's top 20 Congress was full of Marxist ideology and sounded the horn for a new journey forward. On the new journey, we must always maintain the sobriety and firmness of "rushing for the exam". As a discipline inspection organ, we should always bear in mind that comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is always on the way, and the Party's self-revolution is always on the way. We must earnestly implement the general requirements for Party building in the new era, unswervingly adhere to the principle of strict discipline, carry forward the spirit of "driving in the nail", strengthen our work style, always sound the trumpet of aggression, do not dare, cannot, and do not want to carry out corruption in one place, and make unremitting efforts to comprehensively govern the Party with strict discipline.

Wei Baozhi, secretary of the General Party Branch and director of the Examination and Management Department of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, said that the general secretary has made it clear that innovation must be the first driving force and the innovation-driven development strategy must be thoroughly implemented. For intellectual property workers, it is necessary to better play the basic guarantee role of intellectual property to stimulate innovation. We will thoroughly study and implement the Party's 20 Major principles, implement the important instructions of the General Secretary on IPR examination, take national needs and customer satisfaction as the guidance, further promote the "three new" examination, speed up the building of a first-class patent examination institution, and strive to write a new chapter in the building of an IPR power in the new era.

Cui Shoudong, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and director of the Trademark Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, said the Party's Congress is of great significance to unite and inspire people of all ethnic groups in China to strive for new victories in socialism with Chinese characteristics. All the officials and staff of the Trademark Office will earnestly study, understand and implement the Party's 20 major spirits, adhere to the Party's leadership of the trademark industry, and set the goal of building a first-class trademark examination institution. Focusing on the main responsibilities and tasks, the office will continue to improve the quality and efficiency of trademark examination, continue to standardize the order of trademark registration, and continue to promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. It strives to become an important force for firmly implementing the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and continuously deepening trademark reform.

Guo Wen, Party secretary and director of the Beijing Center for Patent Review Cooperation of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, said that the decade of the new era is extremely unusual and extraordinary. The CPC Central Committee with comrades as the core attaches great importance to intellectual property work and has made a series of major arrangements to lead the intellectual property cause to achieve great development, great leap forward and great improvement, making historic achievements. As an intellectual property worker, I will deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishment", faithfully practice the "two maintenance", based on the "two overall situation", constantly improve the quality and efficiency of patent examination, promote the high-quality economic and social development, and contribute to the construction of intellectual property power.

Liang Xiaokai, secretary of the Youth League Committee under the National Intellectual Property Administration, said that in the Party's 20 report, the general secretary put forward ardent expectations for the majority of young people, which fully reflects the importance, care and trust of young people. As the Youth League organization, it will further do a good job in guiding, mobilizing, contacting and serving the youth, educating and guiding the overall youth to draw strength from the care of the Party, find the right direction in the trend of The Times, integrate youth struggle into the high-quality development of intellectual property cause, and contribute youth wisdom and strength in the new journey of building a powerful intellectual property country. Let youth bloom in the fiery practice of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.

Yang Dongqi, secretary of the Party Leadership Group and director of the Beijing Intellectual Property Office, said that since the 18th CPC National Congress, intellectual property rights have become a key element of self-reliance in high-level science and technology as the innovation-driven development strategy has been fully implemented. The Beijing Municipal Intellectual Property Office will implement the 20 important plans into concrete actions, focus on the key areas and major needs of the "two zones" construction, deepen the whole process of intellectual property reform, make every effort to do a good job in the creation, application, protection, management and service of intellectual property, constantly improve the capacity and governance level of intellectual property, and promote new progress in the construction of the capital zone of intellectual property. Strive to open up a new situation in the construction of a demonstration city of intellectual property power.

Rui Wenbiao, Secretary of the Party Committee and director of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Office, said, "Looking back on the extraordinary journey of the past five years and the great changes in the new era of 10 years, I am deeply encouraged and proud." Looking forward to the future, Shanghai Intellectual Property Office will take the initiative to integrate into the overall situation of building an intellectual property power with more powerful innovation and reform, more sound closed-loop protection, more perfect application system, more effective service support, more extensive opening and cooperation, and strive for first-class performance of high-quality creation, high level of protection, high efficiency application, high standard of service and high-level cooperation. We will build Shanghai into an international intellectual property protection highland and strive to be at the forefront of building China into an intellectual property power.

Zhi Suping, secretary of the Party Committee and director of the Intellectual Property Office of Jiangsu Province, said that the General Secretary's report has greatly encouraged and encouraged intellectual property workers to accelerate the realization of high-level science and technology self-reliance and follow the road of IPR development with Chinese characteristics. Jiangsu Intellectual Property Office will thoroughly study and implement the Party's 20 Great Spirits, join in the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with a more ambitious attitude of struggle, accelerate the construction of "five regions and five high" province with strong intellectual property, fully release the vitality of intellectual property innovation, and provide strong support for the new chapter of Jiangsu's modernization of "strong, rich, beautiful and high". We will contribute more to building China into an intellectual property power.

Hou Shejiao, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and director of Shaanxi Intellectual Property Office, said that in the decade of the new era, under the guidance of the General Secretary of Shaanxi, intellectual property work has entered a fast track of high-speed development, which has strongly promoted high-quality economic and social development. Shaanxi Intellectual Property Office will earnestly study and grasp the Party's twenty great spirits, fully implement the important exposition of the General Secretary on intellectual property work and the important speech and instruction of the General Secretary's visit to Shaanxi, strengthen intellectual property protection, actively build the inland reform and opening up highland province with strong intellectual property rights, and contribute Shaanxi's strength to the self-reliance and self-improvement of high-level science and technology. It will help write a new chapter in Shaanxi's high-quality development in the new era.