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As the first and currently the only national-level IP operation center in the Hainan Free Trade Port, the selection of the Seed Industrial IP Operation Center is widely believed to mark significant progress made by the FTP in seed industry innovation, industry integration, resource coordination and the development of a full-chain IP ecosystem.

The center is expected to incubate over 100 new plant varieties and more than 600 high-value seed-related patents, seek to achieve breakthroughs in at least five key biological breeding technologies and foster over 10 seed-industry contract research organization (CRO) service providers. It will ultimately build a comprehensive industrial ecosystem encompassing research and development (R&D), protection, commercialization and services.

The center will establish a full-chain service system and build an IP data platform for the seed industry, integrating genetic resources, patents, variety rights and multidimensional data.

Furthermore, it will provide one-stop services to agricultural research institutes, universities and seed enterprises, including retrieval and analysis, transaction matchmaking and financial support. It will also develop an IP policy framework aligned with international standards, supported by professional services such as patent navigation, transaction operations and talent training.

In terms of industrial infrastructure, the center will build a global hub for genetic resource exchanges and transactions, underpinned by intellectual property.

In addition, it will focus on incubating high-value patent projects, new plant variety commercialization initiatives and biobreeding industrialization projects, accelerating the IP conversion and industrial application of R&D achievements and boosting the growth of Hainan's seed industry.

The center will also coordinate with two national-level IP protection centers and sub-centers in providing guidance on the resolution of overseas IP disputes. In doing so, it will form a cross-regional network that integrates protection and services.

Through deeper collaboration among government, industry, academia, research institutions, financial bodies, service platforms and users, the facility aims to channel innovation resources toward industrial development.

Source: Hainan Daily App