揭阳市城镇职工基本医疗保险规定

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揭阳市城镇职工基本医疗保险规定

广东省揭阳市人民政府


揭阳市人民政府令第38号

《揭阳市城镇职工基本医疗保险规定》已经2012年8月1日揭阳市人民政府第五届5次常务会议通过,现予发布,自2012年10月1日起施行。


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二0一二年八月十二日




揭阳市城镇职工基本医疗保险规定




第一章 总 则

  第一条 为维护职工的合法权益,保障职工基本医疗权利,根据《中华人民共和国社会保险法》、《国务院关于建立城镇职工基本医疗保险制度的决定》及有关法律、法规的规定,结合我市实际,制定本规定。

  第二条 揭阳市行政区域内城镇所有用人单位,包括企业、机关、事业单位、社会团体、民办非企业单位及其职工、城镇个体经济组织及其职工、中央部、委、办和省属及其他驻揭阳市单位及其职工,都必须参加职工基本医疗保险。

无雇工的个体工商户、未在用人单位参加职工基本医疗保险的非全日制从业人员以及其他灵活就业人员可以参加职工基本医疗保险,由个人按规定缴纳基本医疗保险费。

  第三条 人力资源和社会保障部门是职工基本医疗保险的行政部门。社会保险经办机构负责职工基本医疗保险的经办业务和基金管理。

  第四条 城镇职工基本医疗保险实行市级统筹,基金纳入市社会保障基金财政专户管理,统一核算,各县(市、区)分别建帐。

  第五条 离休人员、老红军、一至六级以上革命伤残军人不参加职工基本医疗保险,其医疗待遇不变,医疗费用按原资金渠道解决。

国家公务员在参加职工基本医疗保险的基础上,享受医疗补助政策。

  第六条 政府运用法律、行政、经济手段保证医疗保险基金的筹集和支付;遇有特殊情况,医疗保险基金不敷使用时,由同级地方财政给予补贴。

             第二章 医疗保险基金的筹集

  第七条 建立职工基本医疗保险基金,基金主要由用人单位和职工共同缴纳的基本医疗保险费组成。

  医疗保险基金按“以收定支、收支平衡、略有结余”的原则筹集。

  第八条 用人单位按职工工资总额的6.0%,职工个人按本人工资总额的2% 缴纳基本医疗保险费,个人缴费由单位在工资中代扣缴。个人工资总额高出上年度全市城镇在岗职工月平均工资300%部分不缴纳医疗保险费。低于上年度全市城镇在岗职工月平均工资60%的,按 60%缴纳。

  第九条 失业人员在领取失业保险金期间,参加职工基本医疗保险,享受基本医疗保险待遇。失业人员应当缴纳的基本医疗保险费从失业保险基金中支付,个人不缴纳基本医疗保险费。

  第十条 参加职工基本医疗保险的个人,达到法定退休年龄时累计缴费年限达到15年的,退休后用人单位及个人均不再缴纳基本医疗保险费,享受基本医疗保险待遇;缴费年限未达到15年的,可以通过一次性或延缴的方式缴费至规定年限。今后国家或省对职工基本医疗保险缴费年限有统一规定的,从其规定。

  (一)一次性缴纳:由单位选择一次性按全市上年度社平工资、以每年递增10%为基数,按6.5%的缴费比例(含大额补充医疗保险)缴纳。

  (二)逐月缴纳:以退休人员本人缴费工资为基数(退休人员本人缴费工资低于全市上年度社平工资的,按全市上年度社平工资计算,下同),由用人单位按6.5%的缴费比例(含大额补充医疗保险)逐月缴纳。

  (三)社会申办退休人员参加职工医保的可按第一项、第二项规定的缴费办法,选择一次性缴纳或逐月缴纳职工医保费。

  第十一条 缴纳职工医疗保险费的列支渠道:

  (一)国家机关在单位预算内资金列支;

  (二)事业单位、社会团体按原资金供给渠道及《事业单位财务规则》规定列帐;

  (三)企业和企业化管理的事业单位,在职工福利费中列支。

  第十二条 用人单位未按照规定为职工办理社会保险登记或未按时足额缴纳医疗保险费的,按照《中华人民共和国社会保险法》第八十四条、第八十六条的规定处理。单位欠缴费的,从欠缴次月起基本医疗保险统筹基金停止支付用人单位职工的医疗保险待遇,个人帐户余额仍归个人使用。

  用人单位未依照本规定参加基本医疗保险或未足额申报单位工资总额,损害职工基本医疗保险权益的,由用人单位按照本规定的基本医疗保险待遇项目和标准向职工支付。

用人单位参加职工基本医疗保险并补足应当缴纳的基本医疗保险费、滞纳金后,由基本医疗保险基金依照本规定支付补足后新发生的费用。

   第十三条 用人单位依法转让、分立、合并、终止时,必须清偿欠缴的医疗保险费。企业破产,欠缴的医疗保险费按照《中华人民共和国企业破产法》第一百一十三条规定清偿。职工分流,由接收单位负责缴纳医疗保险费。

  第十四条 企业在参加职工基本医疗保险的基础上,建立企业补充医疗保险。企业补充医疗保险在工资总额5%以内部分,从职工福利费中列支,福利费不足列支部分,经同级财政部门核准后列入成本。

  职工参加基本医疗保险的同时应参加大额补充医疗保险,由个人缴纳大额补充医疗保险费;达到累计缴费年限的退休人员不缴纳大额补充医疗保险费,享受大额补充医疗保险待遇。

  第十五条 首次参加职工基本医疗保险的单位,应先垫付1个月的医疗保险费作为职工基本医疗保险启动资金。

  第十六条 单位和职工个人缴纳的医疗保险费,可由各级地方税务机关征收。

  第十七条 用人单位和职工个人缴费率,每年可根据我市经济发展和医疗费用水平变化情况,由市政府报省政府批准后,作相应的调整。

             第三章 统筹基金和个人帐户

  第十八条 建立职工基本医疗保险统筹基金和个人帐户。职工基本医疗保险基金由统筹基金和个人帐户两部分构成。各县(市、区)可根据实际情况,单建住院统筹或统帐结合。

  (一)统筹基金:用人单位缴纳的职工基本医疗保险费,一部分划入个人帐户,剩下部分作为统筹基金,统筹基金的利息收入、收取的滞纳金等计入统筹基金,统筹基金用于支付职工基本医疗保险待遇。

  (二)个人帐户:个人帐户由两部分组成:一是职工个人缴纳的基本医疗保险费。二是用人单位缴纳的基本医疗保险费中以上年度社会平均工资的6%为基数,按不同年龄段不同比例划入个人帐户,即35岁以下的划入16%;36-45岁的划入20%;46岁至退休前划入24%;退休人员划入32%。

  个人帐户主要用于支付职工及其直系亲属的门诊费用,也可用于支付职工及其直系亲属住院医疗费用的自负部分。个人帐户不得提取现金,不得透支,超支不补,节余滚存使用;职工(包括退休人员)死亡时,其个人帐户余额可以继承。

  第十九条 统筹基金和个人帐户划定各自的支付范围,分别核算,不得互相挤占。

                第四章 医疗待遇

  第二十条 参保人就医,实行定点医疗制度。

  第二十一条 参保人在定点医疗机构门诊享受普通门诊待遇,具体办法另行规定。

  第二十二条 参保人在本市定点医疗机构住院发生的符合本省基本医疗保险政策范围内的医疗费用,在起付标准以上、最高限额以下的由统筹基金和个人按比例支付,超最高限额的由大额医疗保险按比例赔付。

  (一)起付标准和最高限额

  1、本市定点医疗机构就医起付标准:一级医院400元,二级医院500元,三级医院600元;

  2、本市以外异地住院起付标准:一级医院600元,二级医院800元,三级医院1000元;参保职工当年患病多次异地住院的,从第二次起起付标准统一为600元。

  3、基本医疗保险最高限额6万元。

  (二)报销比例。参保人在定点医疗机构住院发生的基本医疗费用在起付标准以上最高限额以内的,在职人员由统筹基金支付80%以上,个人自付20%以下;退休人员由统筹基金支付85%以上,个人自付15%以下。

  (三)对特殊病种(只限恶性肿瘤、透析疗法、器官移植)的医疗费用给予照顾。职工每次住院发生的基本医疗费用,在起付标准以下的由职工个人自付;起付标准以上,最高限额以下的医疗费用,职工个人自付5%,统筹基金支付95%。

  (四)职工多次住院,年度累计基本医疗费用在基本医疗保险最高限额以上部分由大额医疗保险按85%以上比例赔付,年度累计实际最高赔付限额为15万元以上(具体赔付额以医保经办机构与商业保险公司签订的服务协议为准)。

  第二十三条 建立门诊特定病种制度,参保人患病在门诊治疗且病情达到特定病种鉴定标准的,经批准可享受门诊特定病种待遇。具体病种待遇标准按《揭阳市城镇职工基本医疗保险门诊特定病种认定暂行办法》(揭府[2007]117号)及有关规定执行。

  第二十四条 新生儿应参加城乡居民基本医疗保险。超过参保办理时间且母亲已参加职工基本医疗保险的新生儿,在出生年度内随母亲享受职工基本医疗保险待遇,但母婴两人享受的待遇总额不能超过其母亲基本医疗保险年度最高限额。

  第二十五条 统筹基金起付标准、最高限额和支付比例须调整时,由市人力资源和社会保障局会同市财政局拟定报市人民政府批准执行。

  第二十六条 职工患病住院,经批准须转诊、转院以及特殊检查和治疗的,按有关规定执行。

  第二十七条 因急诊抢救不能赴定点医疗机构就诊者可在附近医院就诊,凭就诊医院诊断证明书、病历和处方、有效报销收据和费用清单报支医疗费。

职工出差、探亲(在国内)患病可在就近医院就诊,凭医院诊断证明书、病历和处方、有效报销收据和费用清单,经社保经办机构批准,住院医疗费用可按职工异地住院处理。

  第二十八条 下列医疗费用不纳入基本医疗保险基金支付范围:

  (一)应当由工伤保险基金支付的;

  (二)应当由第三人负担的;

  (三)应当由公共卫生负担的:

  (四)在境外就医的;

  (五)法律法规规定的其他不予支付的费用。

                 第五章 医疗管理

  第二十九条 职工基本医疗保险实行定点医疗机构协议管理。参保人在定点医疗服务机构就医,其医疗费用应当符合本省基本医疗保险药品目录、诊疗项目目录和医疗服务设施目录的管理规定。

  第三十条 职工基本医疗保险实行定点医疗和定点零售药店管理。市直定点医疗机构和零售药店由市人力资源和社会保障部门认定资格,市社保经办机构签订服务协议;县(市、区)定点医疗机构由当地县级人力资源和社会保障部门认定资格,社保经办机构签订服务协议,并报市人力资源和社会保障部门。

  第三十一条 医疗保险定点医疗机构和定点零售药店,必须与社保经办机构签订有关职工基本医疗保险服务范围、项目费用等内容的协议,以明确各自的责任、权利和义务,超出规定的医疗服务范围和用药的医疗费用,医疗保险基金不予支付。

  第三十二条 定点医疗机构应当按医疗保险规定为参保人员提供基本医疗服务,坚持“因病施治、合理检查、合理用药、合理治疗、合理收费”的原则,有义务控制不合理的费用支出,杜绝浪费。定点医疗机构和定点零售药店医疗服务的收费必须符合市物价标准,不得擅自增设收费项目和提高收费标准,不得分解和重复收费。凡不符合物价规定的将不予支付医疗保险基金。

  定点医疗机构内部要有专人负责职工基本医疗保险工作,协调处理参保人门诊、住院、费用结算等有关事宜。

  第三十三条 职工可选择定点医疗机构诊病和选择定点零售药店购药。定点医疗机构医生开的处方,职工可在定点医院购药,也可在定点零售药店购药。定点医疗机构必须设立职工医疗保险服务窗口,便于职工的诊病、购药和结算。

工作或居住(指退休异地居住)在外地的医疗保险对象,也实行定点医疗,按住址就近原则,确定1-2家定点医疗机构,由用人单位或参保人报社保经办机构审核、备案。

  第三十四条 职工基本医疗保险的参保人凭身份证和医保卡到定点医疗机构、定点零售药店就诊、购药、结算。须住院治疗的应向定点医疗机构缴纳押金并办理住院手续,其医药费用采取记帐方式,按有关规定进行结算。

  第三十五条 严格执行特殊检查、特殊治疗、转诊、转院的审批制度,严格执行用药管理规定、费用开支范围等制度。

  第三十六条 门诊费用实行项目结算。住院费用采用定额管理和质量考核相结合的办法管理。定额标准以医院上年度人次平均住院费用(剔除超范围、超标准费用)计算,每年由社会保险经办机构同定点医疗机构协商确定,报人力资源和社会保障部门批准执行。

定额管理:当实际支出低于定额标准时,节余部分按一定比例奖励给定点医疗机构,超出定额标准部分,医疗机构与统筹基金各负担一定比例。

  质量考核是对定点医疗机构所发生的基本医疗费用,按定额费用办法结算,根据年度考核结果进行结算偿付。

  第三十七条 各级人力资源和社会保障部门会同卫生主管部门按照职工基本医疗保险的有关政策规定,定期或不定期对定点医疗机构、医务人员进行检查考核和实施监督奖惩。同时,对用人单位、社保经办机构人员、财务人员以及参保人员执行职工基本医疗保险管理的情况,进行检查和监督。

            第六章 基金的管理、监督和处罚

  第三十八条 职工基本医疗保险纳入财政专户管理,专款专用,任何单位和个人不得挤占挪用。

  第三十九条 社保经办机构的事业经费由各级财政预算解决,不得从职工基本医疗保险基金提取。

  第四十条 社保经办机构要建立健全资金的预决算制度、财务会计制度和内部审计制度。

  第四十一条 各级人力资源社会保障部门和财政部门要加强对医疗保险基金的监督管理。审计部门要依法对职工基本医疗保险基金收支情况和管理情况进行审计监督。

  第四十二条 政府设立由政府有关部门代表、用人单位代表、医疗单位代表、工会代表和有关专家参加的市医疗保险基金监督小组,负责对职工医疗保险基金的收支、使用、管理进行检查、监督,协调医疗保险有关方面的关系。检查和监督情况定期向社会公布。

  第四十三条 职工基本医疗保险基金的银行计息办法,按国家有关规定执行。

  第四十四条 定点医疗机构和定点零售药店从业人员如有违反医疗保险规定者,在考核时给予扣分;情节严重的,可取消定点机构资格。

  第四十五条 参保人员有下列违反职工基本医疗保险规定行为之一的,社保经办机构有权追回发生的费用:

  (一)将本人医疗保险证转借给他人就医的;

  (二)持他人的医疗保险证就诊的;

  (三)私自伪造处方、单据多报冒领的;

  (四)诈病就医的;

  (五)其他违反职工基本医疗保险规定的行为。

  第四十六条 社保经办机构工作人员有下列行为之一的,视其情节轻重,给予行政处分,构成犯罪的,依法追究刑事责任:

  (一)在征收医疗保险费,审核、报销、给付医疗费用时徇私舞弊,损公肥私的;

  (二)利用职权和工作之便索取贿赂、谋取私利的;

  (三) 玩忽职守和违反财经纪律造成医疗保险资金重大损失的;

  (四)其他不法行为被投诉,并经查证属实的。

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2012年中国法院知识产权司法保护状况(英文)


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Introduction

Adjudicated according to Law, and Focused on Delivery of Justice
Served the Needs of Socioeconomic Development, and Implemented the National Intellectual Property Strategy
Increased adjudication supervision and guidance, and ensured consistency in application of law
Bolstered the foundation of Basic-Level Courts, and Strengthened the Adjudication Team

Conclusion



Introduction

   In 2012, the people’s courts have advanced judicial operations in the protection of intellectual property rights. Adjudication of intellectual property-related disputes has taken to new heights.
   Several major events relating to the judicial protection of intellectual property have taken place as follows:
Wang Shengjun, President of the Supreme People’s Court, presented the Report on Strengthening Intellectual Property Adjudication to Advance the Building of an Innovative Country at the Thirtieth Session of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People’s Congress, elaborating the people’s courts activities relating to intellectual property adjudication since 2008;
The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has issued judicial interpretations Provisions on Issues Relating to the Application of the Law in Adjudicating Civil Disputes Arising from Monopolistic Behaviour, the Provisions on Issues Relating to the Application of the Law in Adjudicating Civil Disputes Involving the Infringement of the Right to Network Dissemination of Information and the judicial policy document Opinions on Leveraging the Adjudicatory Function to Provide Judicial Safeguards for Deepening the Reform of Scientific & Technological Institutions and for Accelerating the Establishment of a National System of Innovation;
The first national workshop for chief judges of intellectual property divisions was held in Guangzhou. This was the first time that Xi Xiaoming, Vice-president of the Supreme People's Court, provided a comprehensive narrative of the policy to “strengthen protection, classification, appropriate stringency” in the judicial protection of intellectual property;
The China-United States Intellectual Property Adjudication Conference was held in Beijing.

Adjudicated according to Law, and Focused on Delivery of Justice
  In 2012, the people’s courts discharged their official responsibility in adjudicating intellectual property matters. Delivery of justice was the top priority. Intellectual property-related cases were adjudicated fairly and efficiently. This has improved adjudication quality and efficiency, enhanced judicial credibility, and has enabled the judiciary to further its primary role in intellectual property protection.
  In the past year, the people’s courts have adjudicated cases involving all aspects of intellectual property law, encompassing civil, administrative and criminal matters. The number of intellectual property cases has increased substantially this year; the increase in the number of criminal cases most significant, more than double last year’s figures. In terms of the number of first instance intellectual property cases accepted in 2012, there were 87,419 civil cases, 45.99% more than last year; 2,928 administrative cases, 20.35% more than last year; and 13,104 criminal cases, 129.61% more than last year.
  
   Civil Litigation has become an increasingly important means to protect intellectual property.
    Adjudicating intellectual property-related civil disputes is essential to the people’s courts. Civil litigation is an important means to protecting intellectual property. In 2012, the people’s court have strengthened protection of various intellectual property branches: patent, to encourage innovation and drive development; trademark, to enable brand-building; copyright, to enhance the overall capacity and competitiveness of the cultural sector; competition, to motivate market players and invigorate the market.
   The number of first instance civil intellectual property cases accepted and disposed by local courts grew by 45.99% and 44.07% to 87,419 and 83,850 cases respectively. Within each intellectual property branch, the case numbers and percentage change compared to last year were as follows: 53,848 copyright cases, 53.04% higher; 19,815 trademark cases, 52.53% higher; 9,680 patent cases, 23.80% higher; 746 cases involving technology agreements, 33.93% higher; 1,123 cases involving unfair competition (of which, 55 were first instance civil cases involving monopoly disputes), 1.23% lower; 2,207 cases involved other intellectual property disputes, 0.64% higher. 1,429 first instance cases involving foreign parties were disposed, 8.18% higher; 613 first instance cases involving parties from either Hong Kong, Taiwan or Macao were disposed, 3.46% lower.
   For second instance cases involving civil intellectual property disputes, 9,581 were accepted, and 9,929 disposed (including carried over cases), 25.37% and 21.32% higher than last year respectively. New cases and concluded and reopened (zaishen) cases fell by 41.5% and 0.45%, to 172 and 223.
   SPC’s intellectual property division accepted 237 cases, concluded 246 cases (including carried over cases); 181 were newly reopened cases, and 186 were disposed (including carried over cases).
   Adjudication quality and efficiency has improved. Clearance rate of civil intellectual property cases of first instance at the local courts maintained at 2011’s level of 87.61%; appeal rate fell from 47.02% in 2011 to 39.53% in 2012; reopen (zaishen) rate fell from 0.51% in 2011 to 0.20% in 2012; and overrule or remand for retrial (chongshen) rate increased from 3.66% in 2011 to 5.46% in 2012. The percentage of civil intellectual property cases of first instance concluded within time limit increased from 98.57% in 2011 to 99.24% in 2012.
  27 cases preliminary injunction relating to intellectual property disputes were accepted by the various levels of people’s courts; approvals were granted for 83.33% of the cases admitted. To reduce the burden of proof on the part of the applicant, the people’s courts accepted 320 applications for pre-trial preservation of evidence, and 96.73% were granted approval. 74 applications for pre-trial preservation of property were accepted, and 94.67% approved.
  High profile cases include Apple Inc. and IP Application Development vs. Shenzhen Proview Technology, involving the “IPAD” trademark dispute; Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd vs. Ma’anshan City’s Yonghe Heavy Industry Technology Co., Ltd, involving an unfair competition dispute;Beijing University’s Founder Electronics Co. Ltd vs. Blizzard Entertainment etc., involving the copyright infringement of game fonts; Hu Jinqing and Wu Yunchu vs. Shanghai Animation Film Studio, involving attribution of copyright of the cartoon character “Huluwa” (lit. "Calabash Babies"); Han Han vs. Beijing Netcom Science & Technology Co., Ltd, involving copyright infringement; Zhejiang’s Holley Communications infringement case vs. Shenzhen’s Samsung Kejian Mobile Communication Technology Co., Ltd, involving a patent invention dispute; Zhang Chang, Zhang Hongyue, Nirenzhang Arts Development Co., Ltd vs. Zhang Tiecheng, Beijing Nirenzhang Bogu Clay Factory and Beijing Nirenzhang Arts & Craft Co., Ltd, involving unfair competition dispute; Yaoming vs. Wuhan Yunhedasha Sporting Goods Co., Ltd, involving infringement of moral rights and unfair competition.
  
   Adjudication of intellectual property-related administrative actions further the support and supervision of administrative authorities to ensure lawful operations
   In 2012,by granting and validating intellectual property rights and judicial review of administrative enforcements, the people’s courts have streamlined and improved upon the review criteria for granting and validating intellectual property rights, and in regulating administrative operations for matters relating to intellectual property.
   The local courts accepted 2,928 intellectual property-related administrative cases of first instance, 20.35% more than last year, and closed 2,899 cases, 17.37% more than last year. Of those accepted, the breakdown by intellectual property branch and percentage change compared to last year is: 760 patent cases, 16.21% higher; 2150 trademark cases, 21.68% higher; 3 copyright cases, 50% higher; 15 cases of other categories, 50% higher.
  The number of first instance cases involving foreign parties or Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan parties continued to account for a large percentage of the cases. Total number of cases was 1,349, representing 46.53% of the concluded intellectual property-related administrative cases of first instance; 1,127 of the above cases involved foreign parties, 109 Hong Kong parties, 0 Macao parties and 113 Taiwan parties.
  Total intellectual property-related administrative cases of second instance accepted and concluded by the local courts was 1,424 and 1,388 respectively. Of the concluded cases, 1,225 were affirmed, 118 reversed, 3 remanded for retrial (chongshen), 22 withdrawn, 15 dismissed; in 1 case, the original ruling was revoked and an order issued to docket the case for hearing; 4 other cases were disposed of through other methods.
   SPC accepted 98 intellectual property-related administrative cases and concluded 98. Of the concluded cases, 70 cases or 72.16% were dismissed; tishen orders (similar to certiorari) were issued for 20 cases or 20.41%, 2 cases or 2.04%were ordered to reopen (zaishen); 5 cases or 5.10% were withdrawn; 1 case or 1.02% was disposed through other methods.
   SPC reviewed 24 tishen cases and concluded 22. Of those concluded, SPC affirmed the original decision for 5 cases, or 22.73%; reversed the decision for 16 cases, or 72.73%. 1 case, or 4.55%, withdrew.
   High profile administrative cases include: Wei Tingjian vs. Tiansi Pharmaceutical & Health Co., Ltd, Trademark Review and Adjudication Board of the State Administration of Industry & Commerce, involving an administrative dispute concerning the cancellation of review; Suzhou Dingsheng Food Co., Ltd vs. Suzhou Administration Bureau of Industry & Commerce, Jiangsu Province, involving the administrative sanction of infringement of the “乐活LOHAS” trademark.
   

Better leverage of criminal adjudication to sanction and prevent infringement of intellectual property
   In 2012, the people’s courts have stepped up the criminal enforcement of intellectual property to sanction and prevent infringement of intellectual property.
   For intellectual property-related criminal cases of first instance handled by local courts, new filings increased by 129.61% to 13,104 cases, including 7,840 intellectual property infringement cases (4,664 involved infringement of registered trademarks, such as use of counterfeit marks), 150.16% higher than last year; 2,607 were intellectual property infringement cases involving the crime of production and sale of fake or inferior goods, 236.82% higher than last year; 2,587 were intellectual property infringement cases involving the crime of illegal business operations, 48.08% higher than last year; 70 were cases of other nature, 34.62% higher than last year.
  The number of intellectual property-related criminal cases of first instance concluded by the local courts has increased by 132.45%, to 12,794 cases. The number of persons against whom judgments were effective totalled 15,518, 54.33% higher than last year, including 15,338 who were given criminal sanctions, year-on-year increase is 94.35%. Of the concluded cases, 7,684 involved infringement of intellectual property; 2,504 involved production and sale of fake and inferior goods (involving intellectual property infringement); 2,535 involved illegal business operations (involving intellectual property infringement); 71 were of other nature (involving intellectual property infringement).
  In cases where the offender was found guilty of intellectual property infringement, 2012 cases were convicted of counterfeiting a registered trademark; 1,906 were convicted of selling goods bearing a counterfeit trademark; 615 were convicted of illegally manufacturing or selling illegally manufactured counterfeit marks; 63 were convicted of patent counterfeiting; 3,018 were convicted of copyright infringement; 27 were convicted of selling infringing reproductions; and 43 were convicted of infringing upon trade secrets.
  A high profile case involved the copyright infringement of an online game through a private server.
  
  Combined Mediation and Adjudication to resolve disputes in response to the need to build a harmonious society
   In 2012, the people’s courts continued to broaden the use of mediation for intellectual property disputes, so as to manage conflicts and maintain social harmony and stability.
   First, better aligned the adjudication-mediation processes, where improvement is made in the bridging and balance of adjudication with people’s mediation, administrative mediation and judicial mediation in resolving intellectual property disputes.
  The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region’s High People’s Court worked with the region’s various authorities, including the intellectual property bureau, industry and commerce bureau, press & publication bureau and cultural office, to clarify the bridging of the pre-trial mediation and litigation procedure, as well as systems as “mediation by invitation” (yaoqing tiaojie) and “mediation by appointment” (weituo tiaojie) during the trial process.
  The Hunan High People’s Court had relied upon the results of its Study on the Judicial Affirmation of Mediation Agreements for Administrative Actions to initiate a pilot study on judicial affirmation of mediation agreements for administrative cases of patent disputes at Changsha Municipality’s Yuelu District People’s Court.
  The Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court had entered into an Agreement on Alignment of Adjudication and Mediation Processes for Intellectual Property Disputes with the Fuzhou customs authority and industry & commerce bureau.
   The courts in Tibet, and Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guangdong and Hainan provinces also prioritised the development and improvement of a multifarious dispute resolution mechanism, and in the creation and positive development of a “three-in-one” mediation structure that integrates judicial mediation, people’s mediation and administrative mediation.
  Second, formulate more innovative mediation methods. To benefit from the professional expertise of industry associations and technical experts, the courts have explored a multi-prong mediation strategy, comprising “mediation by invitation”, “industry mediation” and “expert mediation”. The Beijing courts have established a dispute resolution mechanism comprising mediation strategies “mediation by invitation” and “cooperative practice” by working with entities such as the mediation centre of the Internet Society of China, China Writers’ Association and the Beijing Intellectual Property Bureau. The Zhejiang High People’s Court has also explored the possibility of establishing a mechanism for mediation by appointment, targeting at civil patent disputes. The Xinjiang Autonomous Region High People’s Court has invited technical experts to assist in the mediation for intellectual property cases.
  Third, focused on mediation of related cases, and guided the parties to re-channel their resentment from infringement into energy for business cooperation. The Jiangsu Province High People’s Court has assessed the circumstances of related cases in the Karaoke industry and have organised several seminars for copyright owners, copyright collective management organisations, representatives of Karaoke bar owners and the relevant authorities to address at source the many issues in copyright disputes in the Karaoke industry. For high profile intellectual property disputes with related cases, the Guangxi Province High People’s Court organised discussions at the local level with the parties, lawyers and the industry’s regulatory authority.
  The people’s courts have made remarkable progress in mediating intellectual property disputes. 70.26% of first instance intellectual property-related civil cases withdrew after mediation. The success in mediating the highly publicised dispute between Apple Inc. and Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd involving the “IPAD” mark was highly commended at home and abroad.
   
   Greater judicial openness for improved credibility to address public concerns
  In 2012, the people’s courts have employed various methods and approaches when adjudicating intellectual property disputes, and have increased openness and implemented open hearing.
   First, the open intellectual property court includes circuit trials, live online telecast of court hearings, invitation of deputies of people’s congresses, members of people's political consultative conferences and members of the public to observe hearings. In the anti-monopoly case of Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd vs. Tencent Inc., the Guangdong Province High People’s Court invited the media and the general public to observe the case proceedings, and allowed live telecast over the micro-blog. The courts of Inner Mongolia, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Sichuan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Ningxia provinces and Xinjiang region have established a permanent system of observation of court hearings by deputies of people’s congresses and members of people's political consultative conferences, as well as online live telecast.
   Second, published written judgements of intellectual property cases to publicise the outcome of the courts’ decisions. The SPC continued to maintain the quality of the Intellectual Property Judgements in China website and the Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property sub-website under the SPC website. The high people’s courts have designated information officer responsible for uploading judgements and decisions on the websites and for maintaining the websites. Information officers must also implement web analytics, and must report and improve the web traffic. As at end 2012, 47,422 intellectual property judgements and decisions have been published on the Intellectual Property Judgements in China website.
   Third, published white papers on intellectual property protection and yearbook to present and publicise the people’s court’s adjudication operations for intellectual property cases. In April 2012, SPC released the Intellectual Property Protection by Chinese Courts in 2011 (Chinese & English Editions). In November 2012, Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) jointly published the first Yearbook on Intellectual Property Protection in China (2011), which compiles important normative documents, work summaries, statistics, research outcomes and typical cases relating to the judicial protection of intellectual property rights. The high people’s courts of Beijing, Chongqing, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Gansu, Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan have each issued a white paper or blue paper outlining the judicial protection of intellectual property at the local level.

Served the Needs of Socioeconomic Development, and Implemented the National Intellectual Property Strategy
  Based on adjudication practice, the people’s courts found the appropriate points of breakthrough to serve the broader goals of socioeconomic development, and have implemented the national intellectual property strategy to ensure and enable speed and excellence in development. The courts have endeavoured as follows: first, continued extending the boundaries of the intellectual property-related adjudication function to answer the demands of economic and social development; second, persisted in reform and innovation by improving upon the intellectual property-related adjudication system and work mechanisms to address the demands of the national intellectual property strategy; third, further publicised the judicial protection of intellectual property to broaden public impact; fourth, strengthened cooperation with the administrative and law enforcement authorities to broadened the social impact of judicial protection of intellectual property; fifth, buttressed international and inter-regional cooperation to increase global impact.
  
   Continued extending the boundaries of the intellectual property-related adjudication function to answer the demands of economic and social development
   In July, to leverage the adjudicatory function as a means to intensify reform of the of scientific & technological institutions and for accelerating the establishment of a national system of innovation, SPC publish the Opinions on Leveraging the Adjudicatory Function to Provide Judicial Safeguards for Deepening the Reform of Scientific & Technological Institutions and for Accelerating the Establishment of a National System of Innovation. The Opinions noted that the people’s courts should improve upon their understanding and their sense of responsibility and of mission in providing judicial protection to serve the said objectives. The Opinions also pointed out that outcomes of intellectual endeavours should be given better protection to spur indigenous innovation and technological transcendence, that new factors should receive allocated rationally and according to law to align science and technology with social and economic development, and that centralised coordination should be strengthened to improve operations and measures, and ultimately augment judicial capacity in rendering protection.
   Thus, based on the local cultural characteristics and development of the local cultural industry, the high people’s courts of Tianjin, Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi and Sichuan have issued specific rules of implementation for providing judicial protection of intellectual property to facilitate development and prosperity of our socialist culture. The rules were formulated to strengthen intellectual property protection in the cultural sector, enable development of the traditional cultural sector, and provide impetus for growth of emerging creative industries. The high people’s courts of Hunan and Shanxi have developed rules of implementation for judicial protection and service for building an innovative economy, which tailored to the local state of socioeconomic development. This would drive innovation and development of science and technology, as well as strategic restructuring of the economy.
   The Jiangsu Province High People’s Court surveyed various segments of the cultural industry, such as film production, publication and distribution, Karaoke, games and animation, and intangible cultural heritage, to find out the demands for intellectual property-related judicial protection within the cultural industry. The study culminated in the Report on the Situation Analysis of Intellectual Property Protection of the Cultural Industry in Jiangsu Province, within which included 14 judicial recommendations. The Hunan Province High People’s Court reviewed the irregularities in notarial evidence in intellectual property litigation, and submitted to the local department of justice the Judicial Recommendations for Regulating the Notarisation and Preservation of Electronic Information & Evidence. The Hubei provincial courts have focused on cases involving copyright infringement of KTVs and internet cafes in the course of business operation, and submitted judicial recommendations to the local bureau of industry & commerce, copyright bureau and cultural bureau. The Huangpu District Court in Shanghai also reviewed the irregularities in authorship of movie and television productions and submitted judicial recommendations to the then-State Administration of Radio, Film & Television.
   The courts of Beijing, Shanghai, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Guizhou visited business enterprises and organised intellectual property workshops to establish a long-term contact mechanism with innovators to find out the difficulties and demands of innovators encounter in respect of intellectual property protection. This was as way to provide judicial protection and service that serve the local needs in developing innovative economies. The specific activities were:
Beijing Xicheng District People’s Court visited companies with old trade names, and to protect old trade names and intangible cultural heritage, cooperated with the relevant authorities to initiate the “Intellectual Property Protection Campaign for Old Trade Names”;
Shijingshan District People’s Court proposed the idea of “intelligent protection for CRD (zhi hu CRD) and to build a “Shijingshan Service” brand, so as to provide judicial protection and service for the distribution of goods and the cultural and creative industries under its jurisdiction;
Changzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangsu Province has established a judicial protection contact point for intellectual property matters for key creative industries;
Xuzhou Intermediate People’s Court has set up an intellectual property protection base at the “Creative 68 (‘Chuang Yi 68’)” Cultural Industrial Park;
Shaoxing Intermediate People’s Court in Zhejiang Province has organised a special study on the intellectual property protection of Shaoxing yellow wine;
Hefei Hi-Tech District People’s Court in Anhui Province has completed the Analysis of the Pattern of Typical Cases Involving Copyright Disputes and Study of the Development Strategies of Cultural Industries;
Jingdezhen Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangxi Province initiated a survey of intellectual property protection of porcelain arts and crafts, and provided recommendations for the drafting of the Jingdezhen Porcelain Arts & Crafts Standard;
Hainan High People’s Court commenced studies on the adjudication of intellectual property disputes in the context of Hainan Island being a destination for international tourism;
During the Second China-EuroAsia Exposition and the Eighth China-Kashgar Commodities Trade Fair, the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court, Shuimogou District People’s Court, Kashgar Region Intermediate People’s Court and the Kashgar City People’s Court deployed intellectual property judges to provide advisory services on intellectual property protection at exhibitions for exhibitors;
Jilin High People’s Court was invited to provide services at the “Intellectual Property Complaint Centre” of the Eighth North-east Asia Investment & Trade Exposition.
  Persisted in reform and innovation by improving upon the intellectual property-related adjudication system and work mechanisms to address the demands of the national intellectual property strategy
   In 2012, the people’s courts have continued to improve upon intellectual property-related adjudication system and work mechanisms based on the Outline of the National Intellectual Property Strategy, to advance the National Intellectual Property Strategy.
   First, promoted the pilot project of centralised adjudication of civil, administrative and criminal cases on intellectual property by the intellectual property division (“three-in-one” adjudication of intellectual property disputes), and improved upon the coordinated adjudication mechanism of civil, administrative and criminal matters relating to intellectual property, such that the overall effectiveness of judicial protection of intellectual property is given play preliminarily. As at end 2012, there were 5 high people’s courts, 59 intermediate people’s courts and 69 basic-level courts that have initiated the pilot project. There are several interesting developments:
  In 2012, the Guangdong courts have gone full steam ahead in implementing the reform pilot programme of “three-in-one” adjudication of intellectual property disputes. The provincial court, 19 intermediate courts and 30 basic-level courts have begun implementing the system, where 90% of criminal intellectual property cases were included in the pilot. The Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court has done so well in the “three-in-one” reform, and the social media has referred to its distinctive model as the “Shenzhen Model”.
  The Jiangsu High People’s Court has stepped up its study of the application of the law for criminal intellectual property matters in the “three-in-one adjudication” reform pilot programme, and has led the completion of the Summary of Issues in the Application of law in Intellectual Property Disputes (Draft for Public Opinion).
  The courts in Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Hunan, Sichuan, Fujian and Guizhou have also relied on various methods to strengthen cooperation with the administrative and law enforcement authorities to drive the “three-in-one” pilot programme for adjudication of intellectual property disputes.
  Second, continued to fine-tune the jurisdiction structure of intellectual property cases. While concentrating the adjudication of cases involving patent, well-known mark and anti-monopoly dispute in certain courts as appropriate, certain basic-level courts are given an appropriate level of authority to accept intellectual property cases. Basic-level courts are encouraged to exercise extra-regional jurisdiction, in order to create a more logical jurisdiction structure. As at end 2012, SPC has appointed 83 intermediate people’s courts to adjudicate cases involving patent disputes, 45 for new plant varieties, 46 for topographies of integrated circuits, and 44 for determination of well-known marks; 141 basic courts are given jurisdiction for general intellectual property cases.
  Three, continued improving the fact-finding mechanism for specialised technologies. The courts of all levels have explored effective fact-finding methods for specialised technology in intellectual property adjudication, which encompass forensic examination, expert assistant (zhuanjia fuzhuren) and expert assessor (zhuanjia peishenyuan) as part of the technical fact-finding system. Much effort has been taken by the courts in different regions:
  The Heilongjiang Province High People’s Court has developed the Heilongjiang Province Rules of Implementation for Consultation in Scientific & Technological Matters in Intellectual Property Adjudication; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region High People’s Court has signed a memorandum of cooperation on judicial protection of intellectual property with the region’s science and technology association, and have appointed 25 technical experts as litigation assistants; Jiangsu Province High People’s Court has outlined the method of use of expert witnesses during intellectual property litigation in the Practical Uses of Expert Witnesses in Adjudication of Intellectual Property Cases; the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court uses expert assessors for all intellectual property cases; Beijing 2nd Intermediate People’s Court has employed the “three-member technical team, and five-member adjudication panel” to try patent cases involving complex technical fact-finding. The courts of Tianjin, Xinjiang, Hubei, Hunan and Sichuan have been actively exploring the expert technical assessor system, and have appointed experts to be lay judges to plug the specialised technical knowledge gaps of intellectual property judges.
  
  Further publicised the judicial protection of intellectual property to broaden public impact
  In 2012, the people’s courts have used the World Intellectual Property Day on 26 April as opportunity to organise a Publicity Week for the April 26 World Intellectual Property Day. Wide-ranging, comprehensive and multi-perspective publicity activities on the judicial protection of intellectual property were organised, so as to accelerate the formation of a rule of law culture for intellectual property and to widen the public impact of intellectual property judicial protection.
   On 26 April World Intellectual Property Day, SPC organised a press conference and released the Intellectual Property Protection by Chinese Courts in 2011 (Chinese & English Editions), and published the Ten Major Cases and Fifty Typical Cases on Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property for 2011, and the Supreme People’s Court’s Annual Report on Intellectual Property Cases. In November 2012, SPC, SPP and MPS jointly published the first Yearbook on Intellectual Property Protection in China (2011). The local courts have captured fully the benefits of newspapers, books and magazines, publicity brochures, radio stations, television stations, broadcast networks and the internet and other media to promote the significance, judicial policies and achievements of the judiciary in protecting intellectual property, so as to nurture the awareness of intellectual property right and rule of law concept among the public.
   The high people’s courts in Beijing, Chongqing, Gansu, Xinjiang, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and Hainan have published their own white paper or blue paper on the judicial protection of intellectual property for 2011. During the publicity week, the Liaoning Province High People’s Court had organised a public incineration of pirated publications, and the Liaoning Television Station broadcasted a special documentary film called the Glorious Path in Intellectual Property Adjudication; the Xining Intermediate People’s Court of Qinghai Province has forged a long-term collaborative relationship with the Qinghai Television Station, which through the economic segment’s “Life and Law (shenghuo yu fa) programme, reported and publicised the court’s work in protecting intellectual property; many media, such as the Legal Daily, Dazhong Daily, Shangdong Satellite Television and Shandong Legal News have reported the intellectual property adjudication work of the courts in Shandong Province, and the People's Court Daily has also published an article entitled “Clearing the Skies for Rule of Law in Intellectual Property Rights” relating the work of the Shandong courts; the branch courts of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have also publicised its efforts in protecting intellectual property by giving out questionnaires on intellectual property knowledge and books of the law, and by providing legal advice.
   
  Strengthened cooperation with the administrative and law enforcement authorities to broadened the social impact of judicial protection of intellectual property
   In 2012, the people’s courts have aligned as appropriately the relationship between the judicial protection and administrative protection of intellectual property, and furthered their cooperation with the administrative authorities, and have optimised the intellectual property protection regime; in doing so, they have established a synergistic force, and have continued to expand the social impact of the judiciary in intellectual property protection.
   The SPC has convened many inter-departmental meetings with the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), SPP, and SAIC to discuss draft legislative proposals for the criminal enforcement of intellectual property, study the standard of proof for criminal cases involving counterfeit and fake or inferior goods, and promoted the establishment of a case guidance mechanism for criminal adjudication intellectual property cases, so as to improve the consistency in judicial enforcement of intellectual property rights.
   The people’s courts have assisted the MPS in combating the crime of infringement of rights and counterfeiting, and have since solved 43,000 cases involving the crimes of infringement of intellectual property and of manufacturing and sale of fake and inferior goods. More than 60,000 criminal suspects were arrested, and the amount involved was 11.3 billion yuan.
   The high people’s courts of Heilongjiang, Shaanxi etc. have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection with the administrative and law enforcement agencies, such as the provincial intellectual property bureau, the copyright bureau, industry & commerce bureau, to work together in protecting and managing intellectual property. The Guizhou High People’s Court has stepped up its cooperation and coordination with the relevant authorities, such as the provincial intellectual property bureau, industry & commerce bureau, food and drug administration, the cultural regulatory authorities and the public security department, to find ways to establish a long-term mechanism jointly enforced by the judiciary and the administrative authorities, to protect intellectual property rights involving the cultural heritage of Guizhou’s ethnic minorities, geographical indications, and traditional Chinese medicine. The high people’s courts of Ningxia, Anhui, Hebei, Henan and Guangxi have also taken an active role in adopting various ways to strengthen communication, coordination and cooperation with administrative authorities as the intellectual property bureau, copyright bureau, and industry & commerce bureau, to facilitate positive interaction between the judiciary and administrative law enforcement authorities for a powerful and synergistic force in intellectual property protection.
   
  Buttressed international and inter-regional cooperation to increase global impact
  In 2012, the people’s courts have continued to adopt an international perspective, and have broadened the avenues and format to strengthen international and regional exchanges. These are ways to dispel misunderstandings, build trust, and facilitate cooperation, to continue expanding the international impact of China in respect of judicial protection of intellectual property.
  In May, the China-United States Intellectual Property Adjudication Conference was held in Beijing. More than 1,200 participants, including representatives of intellectual property judges from China and the United States, government officials, academics, lawyers, representatives of intellectual property owners, attended the seminar. More than 240 intellectual property judges from China were at the conference; the United States sent a delegation of more than 200 people, including seven judges from United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and president of the Federal Circuit Bar Association. Twenty-six topics, including “Macro Issues concerning Intellectual Property Adjudication” and “Contribution of Court to the IP System”, were discussed in depth and extensively, with 143 speaking at the conference. The conference reflected the sincerity and goodwill on the part of the Chinese and the Americans to share and cooperate for the future in the increasingly globalised world, and was indeed a milestone in intellectual property relations between the two countries.
  SPC has responded positively by sending representatives to participate in activities as the China-US Intellectual Property Work Group Meeting, the China-Europe Intellectual Property Work Group Meeting, the Cross-Straits Intellectual Property Agreement Work Group Meeting, and the intellectual property public relations team that visited the United States etc, and have prepared more than thirty sets of work plans and recommendations that showcased our achievements in intellectual property protection. SPC judges have also received nearly one hundred high level delegates from the United States, the European Union, Japan and Korea, and have responded to the concerns for their foreign visitors, clarified misunderstandings, and shared our practices and achievements in intellectual property protection. They have also corrected misconceptions of a handful of countries in our intellectual property protection regime. SPC has also sent some of its intellectual property judges as participants in international intellectual property meetings in countries as the United States, Ireland and Korea.

Increased adjudication supervision and guidance, and ensured consistency in application of law
  The people’s courts have stepped up adjudication supervision and operational guidance for intellectual property cases, unified the judicial standards and improved the quality of adjudication. First, judicial interpretations were strengthened, judicial policies improved, and exercise of discretion during adjudication unified; second, the ways of providing supervision and guidance were broadened to improve the quality of adjudication; third, research and analysis was stepped up to resolve promptly any emerging or difficult problems in application of law.
  
   Strengthened judicial interpretation, improved judicial policies and unified exercise of discretion during adjudication
   In May, SPC released the Provisions on Issues Relating to the Application of the Law in Adjudicating Civil Disputes Arising from Monopolistic Behaviour. This was the first judicial interpretation pertaining to anti-monopoly that SPC has issued, providing for initiation of action, accepting a case, jurisdiction, distribution of burden of proof, evidence in litigation, civil liabilities, statutory limitation etc. It was essential for guiding the courts in applying the Anti-Monopoly Law correctly to stop monopolistic behaviour according to law and to ensure fair competition.
   In December, SPC issued the Provisions on Issues Relating to the Application of the Law in Adjudicating Civil Disputes Involving the Infringement of the Right to Network Dissemination of Information. This was a judicial interpretation that provided for the principles on which discretion is exercised in cases involving infringement of the right to network dissemination of information, determination of infringement behaviour, determination of joint-direct infringement, induced infringement and contributory infringement, and determination of objective fault on the part of the network service providers. It is an effective tool for dealing with the impact and challenges that the internet presents for the traditional protection of copyright and for ensuring the correct application of the Copyright Law.
   In February, Xi Xiaoming, Vice-president of SPC gave a keynote speech at the first workshop for presiding judges of intellectual property divisions on the topic “Grasping Precisely the Current Policies on Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property to Further Strengthen Judicial Protection for Intellectual Property”. For the first time, he gave a comprehensive explanation of how the SPC’s intellectual property tribunal has actively explored the judicial policy of “strengthen protection, classification, appropriate stringency”. These are the basic tenets on which our judicial protection of intellectual property is based. To “strengthen protection” is the necessary path, given our socioeconomic situation as well as the domestic and international environment; “classification” is the necessary requirement, given the nature and characteristics of intellectual property; “appropriate stringency” is the demand, given the implicit connection between protection of intellectual property and economic development.
   
   Broadened ways of providing supervision and guidance to improve quality of adjudication
   In 2012, the people’s courts have relied on a variety of methods, such as published guiding opinions and guiding cases, organised meetings on adjudication operations, and announcing information on major and related intellectual property cases to broaden the means of supervision and guidance to improve the quality of adjudication.
   In December, SPC has issued a notice on “Issues Regarding the Implementation of the ‘Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Amendment of the Civil Procedural Law of the People’s Republic of China’ in Intellectual Property Adjudication”. The notice highlighted the importance of implementing the Decision on Amendment of the Civil Procedural Law (“Decisions”) for intellectual property adjudication, and set forth matters as a patent agent becoming an agent ad litem in the capacity of a citizen, and correct application of the pre-trial preservation of evidence, to guide the courts in applying the Decisions correctly in the course of their intellectual property adjudication.
   The people’s courts have always attached great importance to the demonstrative and guidance function of typical cases in intellectual property adjudication. The selection and publication of typical cases are subject to a unified standard and has become part of the institutional practice over the long term. In April, SPC has selected 34 typical cases from the concluded cases in 2011, and has extracted and summarised 44 problems of application of law which are universally applicable. The problems are compiled in the Supreme People’s Court’s Annual Report on Intellectual Property Cases (2011) and published. SPC has also published the Ten Major Cases and Fifty Typical Cases on Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property for 2011. Those that have also published their local versions of typical intellectual property cases or annual report were the high people’s courts of Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan and Xinjiang.
   The Zhejiang High People’s Court has organised a province-wide work meeting on intellectual property adjudication and a seminar for presiding judges of intellectual property division for all the intermediate people’s courts within the province. These were aimed at sorting thoughts for adjudicating emerging and difficult cases, to unify the adjudication standards. The courts of Jiangsu Province have created a new approach to adjudicating related cases, and have selected related cases that are either typical or demonstrative, and have taken the initiative to organise circuit tribunals. The Shanghai High People’s Court has developed the Guidebook on Adjudicating Copyright Cases and the Several Issues in Intellectual Property Adjudication during the First Half of 2012. The Hunan High People’s Court has observed and improved upon the reporting system on case trends and information, analysis system of the quality and effectiveness of cases remanded for retrial or cases with amended judgements, and the communication system for cases remanded for retrial or cases with amended judgements, and have promptly studied and notified the courts within the province salient problems in intellectual property cases. The Heilongjiang High People’s Court has leveraged the Heilongjiang adjudication network and relied on the internet for instantaneous communication and the email to set up a guidance network for comprehensive intellectual property research to which all the courts within the province have access. The high people’s courts of Henan, Shanxi and Jiangxi have established a reporting system for related intellectual property cases to ensure consistency of judgement for the same case.
   Stepped up research and analysis to promptly resolve any emerging or difficult problems in application of law
  In 2012, the people’s courts have focused on intellectual property adjudication, and have continued to strengthen research and analysis to cope with new situations and problems, so as to resolve promptly emerging and difficult problems with application of law.
  2012 saw the amendment of six major laws, being the Patent Law, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Civil Procedural Law, Regulations on Patent Commissioning, and Measures on Service Invention, and SPC has participated in the relevant meetings and discussions, and has closely followed the development of the law, taken note of new situation and emerging issues. It has also reviewed the judicial principles and experiences generated from its adjudicatory practice in recent years, and conducted extensive studies and analysis to propose recommendations for legislative amendments. The intellectual property division SPC has also organised special discussions on particularly salient and difficult issues, including directions for use of drugs, copyright in karaoke, copyright for drama works, and non-squatting trademark issues.
  Beijing High People’s Court have completed research outcomes as Answers to Several Issues on Adjudicating Disputes Involving the Infringement of Intellectual Property in E-Commerce, and Bench Book on Adjudicating Copyright Disputes Involving the Sharing of Video Clips etc; Tianjin High People’s Court has published the Study on Intellectual Property Protection for Technology-Based Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises; Shanghai High People’s Court has published the Study on Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property to Facilitate Development of the Cultural and Creative Industries; Hunan Province People’s Court has completed the Research Report Copyright Cases on Karaoke Operators for all Courts within the Province; Jiangsu High People’s Court have commence studies as A Study on Problems Relating to Evidentiary Rules during Adjudication of Intellectual Property Cases and the Study on the Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property for the Cultural Industry; and the Hebei High People’s Court has commenced the Study on Intellectual Property Protection of Fine Ethnic Cultures.


Bolstered the Foundation of Basic-Level Courts, and Strengthened the Adjudication Team
  In 2012, the people’s courts have further consolidated the fundamental capacities of intellectual property adjudication and the basic-level courts, strengthened the capacity of the team of intellectual property judges, and drove the scientific development of intellectual property adjudication, so as to respond to the people’s concerns and expectations in intellectual property adjudication. First, the courts have strengthened the adjudication team to improve upon the adjudication regime; second, they have improved political and judicial attitudes and ways, and have strengthened the building of an incorrupt practice to advance judicial impartiality; third, enhanced capacity building of intellectual property judges to elevate judicial credibility.
  
  
  
   Strengthened the adjudication team to improve upon the adjudication regime
   The people’s courts have always given priority to establishing an intellectual property division within the courts and to building a strong team. Courts that are of intermediate-level and above have intellectual property divisions, and the 141 basic-level courts with civil jurisdiction for general intellectual property matters have also established intellectual property divisions. Intellectual property judges for all levels of courts are selected from candidates who are well-versed in the law, highly-educated, with extensive adjudication experience. This was the way to strengthen the adjudication team and to optimise the adjudication structure. As at end 2012, there were 420 intellectual property divisions across the country, 2,759 intellectual property judges, and of whom, 97.5% with at least a bachelor degree and 41.1% with at least a master degree.
Also important is the leveraging of the fundamental roles of the basic-level and intermediate courts in intellectual property adjudication. In April, SPC issued the Decision on Establishing a Research Base for the Judicial Protection of the Intellectual Property of Pharmaceutical Industry and on Increasing the Number of Demonstration Courts for Intellectual Property Adjudication and Field Study Bases and Theoretical Research Bases for the Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property. Newly added basic-level demonstration courts for intellectual property adjudication were the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court, Shanghai Huangpu District People’s Court, Guangdong Province’s Guangzhou Tianhe District People’s Court, Jiangsu Province’s Nanjing Gulou District People’s Court, and Zhejiang Province’s Hangzhou Xihu District People’s Court, bring the total number to ten. Jiangsu Province’s Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court and Hubei Province’s Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court were the new research bases for intellectual property judicial protection; also, special research bases for intellectual property judicial protection for pharmaceutical industry were established at Jiangsu Province’s Taizhou Intermediate People’s Court and Lianyungang Intermediate People’s Court, bringing the total number of research bases to nine.
  Improved political and judicial attitudes and ways, and strengthened the building of an incorrupt practice to advance judicial impartiality
  The people’s courts have always focused on developing the political attitudes and ways of intellectual property judges. In 2012, the people’s courts have pursued party-building to lead team-building and finally to achieve adjudication quality. To do that, many thematic activities were organised, such as learning and practising the scientific development concept, education sessions on the socialist rule of law concept, and entitled “People’s Judge for the People” nurture and consolidate the socialist rule of law concept in intellectual property judges, and help the judges reinforce their ideals and beliefs.
   The people’s courts have always given priority to strengthening the judicial attitudes and ways of intellectual property judges. The value pursuit is “justice for the people”. To achieve that, the courts have organised major discussions with the public and major checks on judicial attitudes and ways, so as to regulate judicial behaviour and improve on the judicial practice. In December, to implement the eight required qualities to improve the work practice and to regulate judicial actions as set forth by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, SPC published a notice pertaining to the Six Measures to Improve the Judicial Practice to guide the courts to observe the following, based on their practical realities: pursue justice for the people, and maintain close contact with the public; advance judicial openness, and accept the public’s supervision; strengthen communication of the people’s opinions, and expand judicial democracy; streamline meetings and activities, and really improve upon the ways that meetings are conducted; simplify documented reports, and really improve upon the ways that documents are prepared; improve research studies, and improve the effectiveness of research studies. These were the six areas that were worked on to achieve better attitudes and ways on the part of the judiciary.
The people’s courts have always given priority to building a clean and uncorrupted judicial practice among intellectual property judges. In 2012, the people’s courts have launched moral education programmes promoting incorrupt judicial practice, addressing problems with temporary and permanent solutions, but focusing on the root of problems. Moral education aims to help elevate the moral integrity of intellectual property judges and be conscious of resisting moral depravity. The courts of various levels have stepped up the creation of a corruption risk prevention and control mechanism to realise the “five strict prohibitions and the various anti-graft systems. Anti-corruption ombudsman, recusal of judges, anti-interference of case operations by internal officers, anti-conflict of interest etc. are anti-graft measures, which are internal supervisory efforts aimed at improving judicial powers at work.

   Enhanced capacity building of intellectual property judges to elevate judicial credibility
The people’s courts have always place great emphasis on strengthening capacity-building among intellectual property judges. In 2012, the people’s courts have adopted a multi-prong approach, and have developed learning-based adjudication divisions, held trainings, organised seminars, initiated the hearing-cum-written judgement “double evaluation system”, to put together a team of high quality and professional intellectual property judges. This was a practical way to improve ability and quality of intellectual property judges in applying the law and in resolving practical problems.
In February, SPC held the first National Workshop for Presiding Judges of Intellectual Property Divisions. All presiding judges from the high people’s courts, intermediate people’s courts and basic-level courts having jurisdiction for intellectual property cases were at the workshop. More than 230 participants were at the meeting. Local experts from the State Council Legislative Affairs Office, the State Intellectual Property Office, and Renmin University of China, and foreign experts from the United States Federal Circuit were invited to give keynote addresses, during which the basic intellectual property regime as well as the most discussed and difficult issues were discussed extensively. In September, SPC held a training course on intellectual property adjudication practice at the National Judges College, where more than 2oo intellectual property judges from across the country were trained. Famous academics and experience SPC judges were invited to impart knowledge on the adjudication practice of patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition disputes.
SPC has organised more than ten seminars, including “Seminar on the Foremost Intellectual Problems”, “Seminar on the Protection of Copyright on the Internet and Well-Known Marks”, “Forum on Intellectual Property Right of Pharmaceuticals”, “Seminar on the Protection of Intellectual Property Right in the Information Era” and “Seminar on Strengthening Protection of Well-Known Marks and Contain Illegal Trademark Squatting”. Other courts in different regions have also organised similar activities:
The Beijing High People’s Court held the “Fourth Seminar on Prime Intellectual Property Cases for Beijing Courts”; the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region High People’s Court enrolled all the region’s judges in the distant learning programme organised by the China Intellectual Property Training Centre; the Shandong courts were gearing towards the building of a learning-based party branch, where weekly discussions on hot and difficult issues encountered during adjudication of intellectual property cases were held; the Zhejiang High People’s Court has developed a training system for key adjudication personnel of intellectual property-related civil cases; the Sichuan Province courts have stepped up their training of new intellectual property judges by adopting a “one-to-one” mentoring system; the Hunan Province High People’s Court has held trainings on intellectual property adjudication, and have since trained more than 160 key adjudicators of intellectual property cases.


Conclusion
   2012 was a gainful year for the judiciary in terms of intellectual property adjudication. For 2013, the people’s courts will assess any changing circumstances and determine the new tasks ahead, and will work towards advancing their cause.
   2013 is the first year to implementing the principles as set forth at the National Congress of the Communist Party. It is also a critical year to build on the previous year’s achievements and to continue the good work in the year ahead. It is a year which offers unprecedented opportunities. The people’s courts will practise the principles of the 18th party congress and adhere to the key notions underlying the Deng Xiaoping Theory, the “Three Represents” and the Scientific Development Concept. Their goals are to build a safe country governed by the rule of law, and to “work towards ensuring that the people will experience equity and justice in every judicial case”. They work to enforce the law and adjudicate intellectual property-related disputes, initiate judicial reforms, supervise and guide, build capacity, and strengthen the fundamentals at the basic-level courts. Their ultimate aim is to serve the people, deliver justice, improve judicial credibility, and to power the building of a complete xiaokang society by providing the most effective judicial service.

百色市国家和自治区投资项目管理暂行办法

广西壮族自治区百色市人民政府


百色市人民政府令
第 6 号

《百色市国家和自治区投资项目管理暂行办法》已经2006年6月26日市第一届人民政府第14次常务会议审议通过,现予发布施行。
                             市长 刘正东
                             二○○六年七月十九日


百色市国家和自治区投资项目管理暂行办法
第一章 总 则
第一条 为加强国家和自治区投资项目的综合管理,确保工程质量,提高投资效益,根据《国务院关于投资体制改革的决定》等国家和自治区的有关法律法规,结合本市实际,特制定本办法。
第二条 百色市国家和自治区投资项目的管理适用本办法。百色市国家和自治区投资项目(以下简称投资项目)是指由市发展和改革委员会审批或转报上级发展改革部门审批,全部使用或部分使用下列资金进行固定资产投资的项目:
(一)国债资金、中央预算内及各类专项资金、转贷和贷款贴息等国家财政性基本建设资金;
(二)自治区预算内投资资金、各类专项建设基金及补助资金等自治区财政性基本建设资金;
(三)国际金融组织和外国政府贷款。
第三条 投资项目管理必须坚持以下原则:
(一)严格执行基本建设程序;
(二)坚持概算控制预算,预算控制决算;
(三)严格执行项目法人责任制、招投标制、合同管理制、建设监理制和竣工验收制;
(四)严格执行工程质量责任制和安全生产责任制。
 第四条
市发展和改革委员会是投资项目的主管部门,负责投资项目申报方案的编制、审批或审查上报、工程招标范围、方式和组织形式审核、项目竣工验收等全过程的监督管理。财政、审计、监察、建设规划、国土资源、环境保护等有关部门,按各自职责对投资项目进行管理和监督。
第二章 项目审批和申报
第五条 申请投资项目,必须具备下列基本条件:
(一)符合国家、自治区建设资金投向;
(二)符合国家、自治区产业政策;
(三)符合本市经济社会中长期发展规划或当地发展规划;
(四)符合城市总体规划、土地利用总体规划、相关行业规划和环境保护规定;
(五)投资来源基本确定。
 第六条
申报投资项目必须严格执行国家基本建设程序,按规定履行审批手续。审批程序依次包括:编报和审批项目建议书;编报和审批可行性研究报告(小型基建项目是否编制可行性研究报告,由投资项目主管部门在审批项目建议书中明确);编报和审批初步设计及概算。
第七条 项目单位必须委托有相应资质的工程咨询机构编制项目建议书、可行性研究报告、初步设计和概算。
第八条
投资项目主管部门在审批项目建议书、可行性研究报告、初步设计和概算前委托符合资质要求的工程咨询机构进行评审,并依据咨询机构出具的评估报告对项目建议书、可行性研究报告、初步设计和概算进行审批或审查上报。
第九条 有下列情形之一的,项目可行性研究报告必须重新报请原审批机关批准:
(一)建设地点发生变化;
(二)主要建设内容发生变化;
(三)建设规模发生变化;
(四)总投资超过原批准投资10%及以上。
第十条
投资项目主管部门根据国家投资方向和重点,指导项目单位开展项目前期工作,并视项目前期工作情况,组织编制投资项目申报方案。
第三章 投资计划和资金管理
 第十一条
国家、自治区投资计划下达后,投资项目主管部门视项目前期工作情况向申报单位下达或转达投资计划,并通知本级相关部门。
 第十二条 投资计划下达后,项目单位要依照批准的初步设计和项目概算委托设计单位进行施工图设计,编制工程预算。
第十三条 要求项目单位配套的资金应同步到位使用,严禁套取国家和自治区建设资金。
第十四条 财政部门及同级投资项目主管部门对国家和自治区投资项目资金拨付实行拨款管理责任制。
第十五条
财政部门拨付国家和自治区投资项目资金应以下列文件为依据,并根据项目单位的申请、投资项目的实施计划、投资项目主管部门的审查意见等因素分期拨付:
(一)上级财政部门下达的基本建设支出预算或国债转贷资金计划;
(二)本级财政部门下达的基本建设支出预算或国债转贷资金计划;
(三)投资项目主管部门审核盖章的《投资项目工程进度情况表》以及《国家和自治区建设资金拨款申请表》(由项目单位填报);
(四)投资项目其他配套资金到位情况的银行凭证;
  (五)《施工承包合同》。
  第十六条
国家和自治区建设资金必须专款专用,项目单位要开设资金专户,单独建账,单独核算,严格实行基本建设财务制度和会计制度。
  第十七条
项目单位要按照投资计划批准的项目建设内容、规模、标准使用资金,不得擅自改变主要建设内容和建设标准,不得转移、侵占或者挪用国家和自治区建设资金。
  第十八条
项目单位使用国家和自治区投资项目资金出现结余,不能擅自改变用途,须按《基本建设财务管理规定》相关条款进行财务处理,并将结余资金使用方案报请投资项目主管部门审定。
第四章 项目实施管理
  第十九条 项目单位要组建项目法人,负责项目的建设、管理和运营。
  第二十条 对非经营性国家和自治区投资项目应当推行代理建设制度,按自治区人民政府投资非经营性建设项目代建制管理办法执行。
  第二十一条
投资项目的勘察、设计、施工和监理以及与工程建设有关的重要设备、材料的采购,必须依照《中华人民共和国招标投标法》及其他有关法律规定进行招标;项目的招标范围、招标方式、招标组织形式和发包初步方案等须报投资项目主管部门核准后执行。机关、事业单位和团体组织采购依法制定的货物和服务招标投标活动,按《中华人民共和国政府采购法》及其他有关法律规定管理。
  第二十二条
勘察设计、施工和监理必须依法订立合同。投资项目中标施工单位、监理单位与项目单位签订的《施工承包合同》、《监理合同》须报投资项目主管部门备案;重大投资项目的《施工承包合同》中应列明:必须经审计机关审计后方可办理工程结算或竣工决算。
  第二十三条
项目单位要按规定定期向投资项目主管部门报告项目建设情况和重大事项。总投资在1000万元以上项目实行开工报告制度,由项目单位在项目主体工程正式开工前向投资项目主管部门报告。
  第二十四条
投资项目必须严格按照批准的设计文件、投资计划进行施工。确需变更设计的,须经设计单位同意并修改后,报原批准部门审批。不能按计划完成确定的建设目标,要及时报告情况,说明原因,提出调整建议,报原批准部门审批。投资超概算的报原批准部门审批。
  第二十五条
投资项目建设完工后,项目单位应按照《基本建设财务管理规定》编制工程结算和竣工决算,报财政部部门审核。审计部门对投资项目预算的执行情况和决算进行审计监督。
  第二十六条
投资项目建成后,必须按国家有关规定进行竣工验收。竣工验收由投资项目主管部门或由其委托行业主管部门组织,邀请有关部门参加。
  第二十七条
投资项目必须先审计后验收,未经审计有关部门不得办理正式竣工验收手续。建设单位应当在编制项目竣工决算3个月前书面告知审计机关;竣工决算编出后,应当书面向审计机关申请竣工决算审计。
  审计机关作出的竣工决算审计结论是投资项目下列活动的依据:
  (一)建设单位编制项目竣工验收报告;
  (二)工程造价管理机构核定工程造价;
  (三)财政部门批复建设项目财务决算;
  (四)工程合同各方结算工程价款;
  (五)国有资产管理部门办理国有资产登记。
  第二十八条 投资项目竣工验收后项目单位向国有资产主管部门申请办理产权登记手续。
  第二十九条 建立健全投资项目后评估制度,实行动态跟踪管理。
  第三十条 投资项目要按照《中华人民共和国档案法》的有关规定,建立健全有关档案。
第五章 监督检查和法律责任
  第三十一条
投资项目主管部门负责对项目建设管理、执行投资计划情况、资金拨付情况、资金使用、招标投标、施工监理、工程进度、施工质量、竣工验收等情况监督检查;对重大项目的稽察,参照国家和自治区有关重大项目稽察办法执行。财政、审v计、监察等部门依据职能分工进行监督检查。
  第三十二条
项目单位有下列行为之一的,投资项目主管部门可以责令其限期整改,并可视具体情节轻重,建议上级部门核减、收回或停止拨付建设资金,违反法律法规的,提请或移交有关机关依法追究有关责任人的行政或法律责任:
  (一)未经批准擅自提高建设标准、扩大用地及建设规模、增加建设内容的;
  (二)未依法实行招标和工程监理的;
  (三)无正当理由未及时实施建设或竣工的;
  (四)未按规定组织竣工验收或验收不合格投入使用的;
  (五)未经审计擅自办理竣工验收手续的;
  (六)转移、侵占或者挪用国家和自治区建设资金的;
  (七)其他违反国家法律法规和本办法规定的。
  申报单位因管理不当或工作疏忽不履行职责,使投资项目出现上述情况的,投资项目主管部门视情节轻重,在一定时期内不再受理其申报的投资项目。
  第三十三条
有关中介机构在项目评估、招投标等过程中弄虚作假、严重失职的,投资项目主管部门可以视情节轻重,取消其承担投资项目评估资格,并采取适当方式向社会公布。
  第三十四条
有关项目管理部门、咨询机构及其工作人员在投资项目管理中有下列行为之一的,责令其限期改正,并依法追究有关责任人的行政责任;构成犯罪的,由司法机关依法追究刑事责任:
  (一)出具虚假专业审查意见的;
  (二)违法批准项目建议书、可行性研究报告、设计文件和项目总投资概算的;
  (三)违法批准增加建设资金的;
  (四)违法拨付建设资金的;
  (五)滥用职权、玩忽职守、徇私舞弊、索贿受贿的;
  (六)为不具备条件的申请人办理审批许可的;
  (七)不依法行政或行政不作为、效率低下,导致项目未按计划建设的;
  (八)其他违反本办法和有关法律、法规规定的行为。
第六章 附 则
  第三十五条 本办法由市发展和改革委员会负责解释。
  第三十六条 本办法自发布之日起实施。
  第三十七条 上级投资主管部门有具体管理办法的,与本办法一并执行。
  第三十八条
以工代赈项目按《百色市以工代赈项目管理办法(暂行)》执行,易地扶贫搬迁(试点)工程按《广西壮族自治区实施国家易地扶贫搬迁(试点)工程意见》执行。