2008 QBPC Fact Sheet

While China’s economy is growing at an unprecedented rate, its sophisticated processing abilities coupled with a legislative and enforcement environment in need of continued strengthening have nurtured a surge in IPR infringements, including trademark counterfeiting and piracy. Additionally, the cross-border trade of counterfeit and pirated goods originating from China has called growing attention to this problem among the international community.  The call for a concerted and coordinated government-corporate effort to address this issue was answered by the Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC). The QBPC, registered under the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment (CAEFI), is comprised of nearly 180 multinational member companies, which represent a total of more than US$70 billion in investment and hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect employment opportunities in China.

The QBPC mission is ‘to work cooperatively with the Chinese Central and local governments, local industry, and other organizations to make positive contributions to intellectual property protection in the People’s Republic of China.’

The QBPC was established in an environment where IPR did not hold its current level of attention and priority.  As a result, QBPC’s initial activities were focused on raising public and government awareness of the importance of IPR to China’s economy as well as the harmful effects of counterfeiting on public health and economic growth.  These activities were complemented by the establishment of strong partnership programs in 2001 with national enforcement and judicial government bodies that continue to this day.  As government agencies increased their protection of intellectual property, the QBPC launched an annual “Best Cases Awards” initiative starting in 2002 to recognize the efforts of local and national IPR enforcement agencies in their handling of noteworthy cases.

Since 2000, QBPC has conducted over 80 conferences and joint projects in China and continues to work with central and local enforcement agencies to hold training seminars and exchanges of best practices.  In addition, the QBPC has been very active in taking part in legislativ