IP professionals officially incorporated into China National Occupational Classification

    On July 29th, China National Occupational Classification Code Revision Committee deliberated and issued the 2015 edition of “China Occupational Classification Code” (hereinafter as the Code), and IP professionals as a new career are officially incorporated into the Code, marking its professional identity for the first time confirmed by the nation.

    It is known that, new edition of the Code is divided into 8 categories, 75 classes, 434 subclasses, 1,481 occupations. Under the “economic and financial professionals” class, “intellectual property professionals” subclass is added, including four related occupations like “patent agent professional,” “patent examination professionals” “patent management professionals,” “patent information analyst Professionals”.

    Some industry experts said, with the further development of the IP power construction, intellectual property has become an important force in supporting the country’s economic and social development, intellectual property industry has become one of the large industries with social impact and relatively more employees. Incorporating IP professionals into the national occupational classification is of great significance to IP professional training and IP career development. It is the inevitable requirement of IP career development and IP power construction, and also the urgent need for the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy as well as promoting social and economic development.(by Zeng Fanfu/ Wang Bin,China Intellectual Property News)