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The six-year protection applies to innovative drugs and originator drugs, calculated from the date of drug registration. Improved new drugs receive four years of data protection, and first generic drugs receive three years, according to a guideline issued by the administration. Ordinary generic drugs and biosimilars are not granted data protection.

China's rapid rise in innovation-driven industries is being matched by steady progress in intellectual property protection, as improved legal frameworks and growing international engagement inject new momentum into the country's IP ecosystem, said Etienne Sanz de Acedo, chief executive officer of the International Trademark Association

A conference on challenges and solutions in emerging areas of online copyright protection was held on Friday in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, calling for further improvements to the copyright legal framework and stronger application of artificial intelligence in the copyright sector