In July 2025, the CNIPA issued the Measures for Rapid Examination of Trademark Registration Applications (hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”). The Measures stipulate that trademark registration applications involving national interests, social public interests, or major regional development strategies may apply for expedited examination.

Applicable Situations:
1) Applications related to strategic emerging industries such as commercial aerospace, and future industries, such as bio-manufacturing, that urgently require trademark exclusive rights for development;
2) Applications involving signs related to national or provincial major projects/projects/technological infrastructure/events/exhibitions, as well as important cultural heritages, with urgent trademark protection;
3) Applications related to trademarks already in use in the modern industrial system promoted by provincial governments and the industrial chains arranged around the development of new quality productive forces;
4) Applications directly related to the response to particularly major natural disasters/accident disasters/public health emergencies/social security incidents during such emergency public events;
5) Cases where it is necessary for serving high-quality economic and social development and promoting the implementation of the outline for building a strong intellectual property country, or other cases of significant practical importance for safeguarding national interests, public interests, or major regional development strategies.