On January 4, the State Council released information about its new National Strategic Action Plan for Deepening Implementation of IPR (2014-2020). This plan—passed by the State council on December 29, 2014—aims to deepen implementation of China’s 2008 National IP Strategy, provide specific goals for China to promote more IP creation and commercia

The State Council has released China’s official 2015 holiday schedule, which includes weeklong holidays for both Spring Festival and National Day. The schedule also gives workers seven other holidays, but does require four make-up days. The make-up days result in just one six-day work week this year in early January. The schedule, seen below, creates several three-day weekends, modeled after Western holiday planning.