The second batch of 15 pilot areas for the protection and innovation of trade secrets have been announced to strengthen anti-unfair competition.

CTOnews.com, October 31, according to the official news of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration, on October 30, the General Administration of Market Supervision and Administration held a symposium on trade secret protection in Tangshan, Hebei Province and the second batch of national trade secret protection innovation pilot launch meeting, systematically summarized the effectiveness of the national trade secret protection innovation pilot work, analyzed the current situation in depth, and deployed the second batch of national trade secret protection innovation pilot.

The notice said that the protection of trade secrets is an important task to strengthen anti-unfair competition and an important part of intellectual property protection. The General Administration of Market Supervision has organized and carried out pilot work on the protection of trade secrets nationwide since 2022. The first batch of 20 pilot areas have actively explored in accordance with the requirements of the pilot program of the General Administration, and achieved good preliminary results.

In the second batch of pilot projects of Tuyuan Pexels, 15 areas, including Dongcheng District of Beijing, were added, and cities in six provinces, including Hebei Province, entered the pilot scope for the first time. At the same time, the pilot scope of the first batch of four pilot areas has been expanded, and the pilot effect has been extended to a larger geographical scope.

CTOnews.com attached the second national list of pilot areas for trade secret protection and innovation:

1. Dongcheng District, Beijing

2. Tianjin Economic and technological Development area

3. Tangshan City, Hebei Province

4. Dalian, Liaoning Province

5. Huangpu District, Shanghai

6. Nantong City, Jiangsu Province

7. Huzhou, Zhejiang Province

8. Wuhu City, Anhui Province

9. Yantai, Shandong Province

10. Luoyang City, Henan Province

Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province

12. Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region

13. Jiangbei District, Chongqing

14. Mianyang, Sichuan Province

15. Zunyi, Guizhou Province

The list of changes in the pilot scope of the first batch of national pilot areas for trade secret protection and innovation:

1. Change from Jiangbei New District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province to Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province.

2. Change from Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province to Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

3. Change from Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province to Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

4. Change from Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province to Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province

The list of the first batch of national pilot areas for trade secret protection and innovation:

1. Haidian District, Beijing

2. Tongzhou District, Beijing

3. Tianjin Binhai High-tech Zone

4. Pudong New area, Shanghai

5. Fengxian District, Shanghai

6. Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province

7. Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

8. Jiangbei New District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province

9. Ningbo, Zhejiang Province

10. Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

12. Hefei High-tech Zone, Anhui Province

13. Haicang District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province

14. Wuhan, Hubei Province

15. Changsha, Hunan Province

Foshan City, Guangdong Province

Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

18. Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province

19. Jiangjin District, Chongqing

Wuhou District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province