Brief Introduction of National Working Group For Intellectual Property Rights Protection

In order to further strengthen the leadership of IPR protection undertaking, Chinese government has decided to set up the National Working Group for Intellectual Property Rights Protection. The Working Group is led by Vice Premier Wu Yi and constituted by seventeen members who are in charge of IPR-related agencies including the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Information Industry, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Culture, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the National Copyright Administration, the State Food and Drug Administration, the State Intellectual Property Office, the Legislative Affairs Office of State Council, the Information Office of the State Council, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

The main task of the National Working Group is to be responsible for leading the national IPR protection work as a whole, promoting the construction of IPR laws and regulations, setting up the trans-departmental coordination mechanism of IPR law enforcement, well dealing with the linkage of administrative law enforcement and criminal justice, and improving the IPR awareness of the general public.

Group Leader Wu Yi Vice Premier of the State Council

Deputy Group Leader Xiang Zhaolun Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council

Members:
Li Dongsheng Deputy Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee
Zheng Shaodong Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Public Security
Zhang Sujun Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice
Lou Qinjian Vice Minister of the Ministry of Information Industry
Bo Xilai Minister of the Ministry of Commerce
Jiang Zengwei Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce
Meng Xiaosi Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture
Huang Shuhe Vice Chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
Gong Zheng Vice Director of the General Administration of Customs
Wang Zhongfu Director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce
Pu Changcheng Vice Director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
Yan Xiaohong Vice Director of the National Copyright Administration
Hui Lusheng Vice Director of the State Administration of Food and Drug
Zhang Qin Vice Director of the State Intellectual Property Office
Wang Yongqing Vice Director of the Legislative Affairs Office of State Council
Cai Mingzhao Vice Director of the Information Office of the State Council
Xiong Xuanguo Vice President of the Supreme People's Court
Zhu Xiaoqing Vice Presiding Judge of the Supreme People's Procuratorate

State Office of Intellectual Property Protection (SOIPP)
The State Office of Intellectual Property Protection (shortened as SOIPP), set up within the National Office of Rectification and Standardization of Market Economic Order, is responsible for handling the routine work of the working group and supervising the disposal of major IPR infringement cases.

Director: Jiang Zengwei Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce
Deputy Director: Huang Hai Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Commerce
Secretary-General: Xiang Xin
Deputy Secretary-General: Yao Guanghai, Wen Zaixing, Ma Enzhong
Connection: Yu Xiao