State Council recently issued the Opinions on Supporting Fujian Province to Speed up of Building Economic Zone on the West Coast of the Strait (Hereinafter called Opinions). It proposes to build advanced manufacturing base on the West Coast of the Strait and speed up the transformation of the growth mode of foreign trade. An array of competitive enterprises with proprietary intellectual property rights will be fostered. They will actively support proprietary IPR and the export of proprietary brand products.

The Opinion pointed out that we need to enhance the capability of independent innovation, optimize and upgrade the industrial structure, and strengthen the development of innovation system on the west coast of the strait. Take a new road to industrialization; accelerate transformation of the mode of economic development; upgrade the industrial development level. Supporting accelerated development on west coast economic zone is an important guidance set by the central government.