On December 21, the establishment meeting of the technical committee of geographical indication branch of the National Knowledge Management Standardization Technical Committee and the first plenary meeting of the committee were held in Beijing. Zhouhuiguo, deputy director of the State Intellectual Property Office, attended the meeting and made a speech.

Zhouhuiguo pointed out that the Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the protection of intellectual property rights. As one of the important types of intellectual property rights, geographical indications are scarce resources in market competition, the key to promote the development of regional characteristic economy, the important force of foreign trade and the vivid carrier of protecting traditional cultural heritage. After the institutional reform, the State Intellectual Property Office is responsible for the registration and administrative adjudication of geographical indications of origin, formulating a unified identification system and organizing the implementation, which laid a foundation for the effective protection of geographical indications. He requested that the technical committee of the geographical indication sub committee should thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the important speech of general secretary Xi Jinping when he presided over the twenty-fifth collective learning of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Starting from the requirements of the national strategic height and entering the new stage of development, the requirements for the comprehensive strengthening of intellectual property protection work should be implemented in all aspects of the technical committee of geographical indications. We should play a platform role, do a good job in top-level design, and unite multiple forces to jointly promote the standardization of geographical indications. We should strengthen basic research and build a standard system according to the whole chain of geographical indication review, identification and protection supervision. We should strengthen the service consciousness, extend the industrial chain and enhance the value chain through the standardization of geographical indications, and provide more powerful technical support for the high-quality development.

All members of the technical committee of geographical indications have deliberated and passed the articles of association and working rules of the Committee. The relevant national standard system, work plan and draft project draft of the national standard development plan to be declared are discussed. The legal system of geographical indications, the status and development of geographical indication protection in China, the practice of supervision and supervision of local geographical indication protection, the function of geographical indication Association and enterprises are discussed The quality control of the industry was discussed.

The meeting was presided over by Zhang Zhicheng, chairman of the technical committee of the geographical indication branch and director of intellectual property protection division of the State Intellectual Property Bureau, and Chen Hongjun, deputy director of the standard technology management division of the State Administration of market supervision and administration, attended the meeting and made a speech. More than 30 people, including the relevant heads of the State Administration of market supervision, representatives of the National Knowledge Management Standardization Technical Committee and members of the technical committee of the geographical indications sub Technical Committee, attended the meeting. On December 2, 2020, the National Standards Committee announced the establishment of the National Technical Committee for knowledge management standardization, geographical indication sub Technical Committee. The establishment of the sub Technical Committee of geographical indication marks the new stage of standardization and specialization of the cause of geographical indication.