State Intellectual Property Office: Further Strengthening the Protection of Photovoltaic Intellectual Property Rights

On December 31, the State Intellectual Property Office and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the Photovoltaic Industry", clearly adhering to the combination of effective market and promising government, strengthening policy guidance, strengthening the dominant position of enterprises in the market, and creating a good intellectual property environment. Adhere to the combination of innovation incentives and quality improvement, further stimulate

At the same time, the Opinion clearly States that by 2027, intellectual property rights will have achieved remarkable results in promoting the healthy development of the photovoltaic industry. China's photovoltaic industry has more abundant intellectual property reserves, cultivating a number of high-value patents with competitive advantages; the protection of intellectual property rights has been continuously strengthened, the level of transformation and application of intellectual property rights has been continuously improved, and the ability to deal with intellectual property risks has been steadily improved.

The original text is as follows:

Opinions

of the State Intellectual Property Office and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Further Strengthening the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the Photovoltaic Industry Guo Zhi Fa Bao Zi [2025] No.41

All provinces, autonomous regions, In order to thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, give full play to the value function of intellectual property protection and innovation incentives, effectively crack the "involution" competition, continuously create a fair and orderly market environment, and promote the healthy development of the photovoltaic industry, the Intellectual Property Office of the municipality directly under the Central Government and the Sinkiang Production and Construction Corps, the competent department

of industry and information technology, The following opinions are put forward. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the

overall requirements

are to fully implement the spirit of the 20th and 20th Plenary sessions of the CPC, focus on key links and key areas of the photovoltaic industry chain, strengthen intellectual property protection, strengthen risk response, and promote the development of photovoltaic industry. Create a good atmosphere for the whole industry to respect intellectual property rights and innovation, stimulate the role of intellectual property rights in promoting the construction of modern photovoltaic industry system, and serve the construction of a strong manufacturing country and a strong intellectual property country.

We should adhere to the combination of effective market and promising government, strengthen policy guidance, strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in the market, and create a good intellectual property environment. We should adhere to the combination of innovation incentives and quality improvement, further stimulate the initiative of photovoltaic enterprises to innovate and create intellectual property rights, and accelerate the distribution of high-quality intellectual property rights. We should adhere to the combination of strict protection and efficient application, improve the smooth protection pattern, and establish a standardized and orderly market-oriented patent operation mechanism.

By 2027, intellectual property rights have achieved remarkable results in promoting the healthy development of the photovoltaic industry. China's photovoltaic industry has more abundant intellectual property reserves, cultivating a number of high-value patents with competitive advantages; the protection of intellectual property rights has been continuously strengthened, the level of transformation and application of intellectual property rights has been continuously improved, and the ability to deal with intellectual property risks has been steadily improved.

Key tasks

(1) Promoting the distribution of high-quality patents. Enterprises are encouraged to increase R & D investment, accelerate technological progress of TOPCon batteries, back contact batteries and heterojunction batteries, and strengthen the distribution of high-value patents. Enterprises should be guided to face the frontier technologies such as perovskite and tandem batteries , and reserve basic patents ahead of time. Strengthen the guidance of enterprise patent layout, guide enterprises to increase innovation in inverters, key raw materials, equipment, system components and other fields, and carry out patent mining and cultivation in upstream and downstream links such as optical storage integration, intelligent management system and integrated operation and maintenance. Strengthen the layout requirements of intellectual property rights in relevant special projects of photovoltaic industry, highlight the quality orientation, and form patent achievements matching the key objectives.