China National Intellectual Property Administration officially approved Yichang to build a national-level intellectual property protection center on July 9. This center will carry out rapid and coordinated intellectual property protection for the chemical and equipment manufacturing industries. The center will be the third of its kind in Hubei Province after the China (Wuhan) Intellectual Property Protection Center and the China (Hubei) Intellectual Property Protection Center.

　　Approved by the China National Intellectual Property Administration, the national-level intellectual property protection center is a local rapid and coordinated protection platform which provides “one-stop” comprehensive intellectual property services such as rapid examination, confirmation and protection of rights for specific industries. (Correspondent/Zhou Lihua)