Li Keqiang, the Prime Minister, announced on an executive meeting of the State Council that, the government will further clean up and standardize enterprise-related fees to reduce the burden of these enterprises, including cancelling the patent issue fees and postponing payment of reduced annuities from on August 1, 2018. Details are to be notified by State Intellectual Property Office.

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