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The inaugural Global Awards of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) were recently handed out to five small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the Netherlands, Singapore, China and Japan, two of which are Suzhou Raycan and Shanghai Shylon from China, making China the winningest country at the program’s debut. What has made these Chinese SMEs bright stars? What are the secret weapons of the Chinese innovators? Keeping these questions in mind, China Intellectual Property News interviewed WIPO China Office Director Liu Hua as well as one of the jurors for the event and the winning enterprises, hoping to reenact the innovation scenes behind the winning Chinese SMEs.
Fresh Award, Global Selection
The inaugural Global Awards celebrates SMEs, which constitute the backbone of the worldwide economy and recognizes those that have used IP rights to develop commercial solutions that have made a positive contribution to society, economically, socially, or culturally.”In a bid to ensure fairness, impartiality, preciseness and inclusiveness, a diverse, independent seven-person international (Peru, Nigeria, Jordan, China, U.S., Estonia, Singapore) jury with expertise in IP, innovation and commerce and with geographical representation was invited and formed by the WIPO,”Liu says.
As a renowned international cooperation expert, Dong Songgen, Vice President of China International Cooperation Association of SMEs (CICASME) was one of the invited jurors. “Since December 2021, the international jury had received a total of applications from 272 enterprises of 62 countries. After over half-year stringent evaluation, jurors picked 20 finalists, six of which are from China. Two out of five eventual winners are from China, showing our enterprises’ strength to the world and making us a double winner in both the number of finalists and winners,” Dong recalls.
”In recent years, SMEs’ development has been heeded by China, lending tangible support in finance and education. Governmental assistance in protection and use evidently has made SMEs’ innovative activities more dynamic and robust, Dong adds, SMEs are the most dynamic entities in economic development in China. Government agencies’ continued issuance of effective policies and measures have inspired them to use IP tools to build their brands and enforce their rights and interests, unleashing their full strength in technological innovation in economic development.
Policy Support, High-Flying SMEs
”Global tourism, dining, transportation and many other sectors have been hit hard during the pandemic. In the meantime, innovative activities in some sectors like biotech, telemedicine and mobile payment are advancing fast in the opposite direction. Some Chinese SMEs are performing very well,” Liu says, in an era that the entire country is embracing entrepreneurship and innovation, the refinement of the Chinese IP system prepares rich soil and nutrients for SMEs’ innovation development.
Founded in 2009, Raycan has filed patent applications in the U.S., Germany, Japan and other countries and obtained over 100 patents, covering its self-generated, full Digital PET (Positron Emission Tomography) for high definition and precise quantification of human medical imaging technology. “As a ‘small but focused’ company, we have won multiple honors like China Patent Gold Medal,” General Manager Chen Fang introduces, Raycan dedicates to sharing its innovative results with relevant sectors by licensing, constantly exports technology and products backed by Invented-in-China, self-reliant IPs, strives to become a national brand with international competitiveness.
Since 2010, Shylon has been in architectural lighting, using totally LED technology (over 100 patents acquired), dedicated to the design, production and marketing, and was honored “Technologically Advanced Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of 2021” by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. “Our LED landscape light, through the self-developed ZOOMNEO algorithm auto focus technology, the high-precision spectral measurement testers and color calibration algorithms, have cleared many outstanding hurdles in the industry,” Wei Min, Shylon’s General Manager for International Business, affirms the company’s undivided attention to R & D and innovation, low carbon emission and environment protection. IP protection allows the company to go even further without incidents.
”Right now, SMEs have become one of the most dynamic economic elements of the innovation economy in China, and kept on supplying power for the country’s construction of an innovation-driven country,” Liu nods to China’s active involvement in IP norm setting under the WIPO framework, which fits SMEs and other Chinese innovators’ need in integrating into international development and offer a business-friendly environment and policy assurances for their engagement in international competition.(by Li Duo)
近日，首屆世界知識産權組織（WIPO）全球獎頒發，來自荷蘭、新加坡、中國和日本的5家企業獲獎。其中，來自中國的企業有2家，分別是蘇州瑞派甯科技有限公司（下稱瑞派甯）和上海芯龍光電科技股份有限公司（下稱芯龍光電）。從獲獎企業數量上看，中國獨占兩席，成爲首屆WIPO全球獎獲獎企業最多的國家。中國中小企業爲何表現如此搶眼？中國創新主體乘勢而上有哪些制勝“秘訣”？對此，本報記者專訪WIPO中國辦事處主任劉華、WIPO全球獎評委及相關獲獎企業代表，重點解讀中國中小企業獲獎背後的創新故事。
首創獎項，全球遴選獲得殊榮
首屆WIPO全球獎主要面對作爲全球經濟支柱的中小企業，表彰其取得的知識産權成果及提供有利于推動經濟、社會和文化進步的商業解決方案。“爲進一步加強首屆WIPO全球獎評審工作的公平性、公正性、嚴謹性和全面性，WIPO邀請了來自秘魯、尼日利亞、約旦、中國、美國、愛沙尼亞和新加坡等國家的7名專家，他們代表了技術、商業、文化、政府和民間組織等多個領域，組成了一個多元化的、獨立的、具有區域代表性的國際評審團。”劉華說。
作爲中國資深的國際合作專家，中國中小企業國際合作協會副會長董松根受邀參與了此次WIPO全球獎的評審工作。“從2021年12月開始，國際評審團累計收到了62個國家的272家企業的申請，並經過半年多的嚴格遴選，有20家企業入圍，其中有6家企業來自中國；最終獲獎的5家企業中有2家來自中國，中國企業展現了不俗的實力，實現了入圍企業和獲獎企業數量的雙贏。”董松根介紹。
“近年來，中國高度重視中小企業發展，政府相關部門在企業發展過程中重視知識産權的作用，除了資金支持、産業指導外，在知識産權保護和運用方面也給予了支持，讓中小企業的科技創新更有活力和動力。” 董松根表示，中國中小企業是經濟發展中最爲活躍的主體，相關部門不斷出台有效政策措施，鼓勵它們在市場競爭中利用知識産權工具，創造品牌、維護權益，發揮科技創新在經濟發展中的生力軍作用。
政策支撐，中小企業表現搶眼
“疫情期間，全球的旅遊、餐飲、交通等領域受到影響，但同時全球的創新創造活動逆勢上揚，生物技術、遠程醫療、移動支付等行業領域方興未艾，其中，中國中小企業表現搶眼。”劉華表示，在大衆創業萬衆創新的時代，中國知識産權制度的完善爲中小企業創新發展提供了豐富的土壤和養分。
瑞派甯成立于2009年，憑借自主研發的新型數字采樣技術，已圍繞全數字輻射探測與成像技術，在美國、德國、日本等國家提交專利申請並獲得了100多件專利。“作爲一家‘小而精’的公司，我們獲得了中國專利金獎等多項創新成果。”瑞派甯總經理陳方介紹，公司致力于通過技術許可與相關行業廣泛分享發明創新成果，不斷輸出具有自主知識産權的技術和産品，力爭成爲具有國際競爭力的民族品牌。
芯龍光電成立于2010年，專業從事建築照明設備的設計、生産、營銷，公司在全LED技術相關領域獲得專利100多件，被中國工業和信息化部評爲2021年專精特新“小巨人”企業。“公司的LED景觀燈運用自主研發的ZOOMNEO算法電子變焦技術，運用高精度光譜測試儀以及色彩校准算法等，彌補了行業內諸多短板。”芯龍光電國際部總經理魏民表示，公司一直踐行研發和創新、低碳和環保的理念，而知識産權保護讓企業行穩致遠。
“如今，中國中小企業已經成爲中國創新經濟最活躍的經濟要素之一，也爲中國建設創新型國家提供源源不竭的動力。”劉華表示，中國積極參與世界知識産權組織框架下的知識産權規則制定，順應了中國創新主體的國際化發展需要，爲激勵中小企業等創新主體持續研發創新、參與國際競爭提供了優質的營商環境和政策保障。（李铎）