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China IP Law Update › China’s Trademark Law Overhauled: Key Changes Taking Effect January 1, 2027
By Aaron Wininger, a Principal and Director of the China Intellectual Property Practice at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner.
Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China
中华人民共和国商标法
[Current Text: Chinese · 🆚 | English]
(adopted Aug. 23, 1982, effective Mar. 1, 1983; amended Feb. 22, 1993, effective July 1, 1993; amended Oct. 27, 2001, effective Dec. 1, 2001; amended Aug. 30, 2013, effective May 1, 2014; amended Apr. 23, 2019, effective Nov. 1, 2019; revised June 26, 2026, effective Jan. 1, 2027)
- Status: Revision passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafter: China National Intellectual Property Administration
- Submitter: State Council
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: 14th NPCSC Category II
- Annual: 2025 (backup), 2026
- Legislative History & Text
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Dec. 22, 2025)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (June 23, 2026)
- Report on Suggestions for Revision (June 26, 2026)
- Presidential Order (June 26, 2026)
NPC Observer Coverage
- NPCSC Session Watch: Environmental Code, Antarctic Policy, Ethnicity & Language, State Assets, Childcare, Banking Regulation & Trademarks (Dec. 16, 2025)
PRIOR BILL: 2019 Amendment
- Status: Amendment passed
- Legislative Body (Vote): NPCSC (N/A)
- Principal Drafter: Ministry of Justice
- Submitter: State Council
- Legislative Plans
- Five-year: N/A
- Annual: N/A
- Legislative History & Text
- NPCSC deliberation – only round: Apr. 20 – 23, 2019 (Chinese only)
- Legislative Records
- Explanation (Apr. 20, 2019)
- Report on Results of Deliberation (Apr. 23, 2019)
- Presidential Order (Apr. 23, 2019)
NPC Observer Coverage
Last updated: June 28, 2026, 21:35 EDT