工業所有権の保護に関するパリ条約
Patent law in modern mainland China began with the promulgation of the "Patent Law of the People's Republic of China", in 1984. In 1985, China acceded to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, followed by the Patent Cooperation Treaty in 1994. When China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, it became a member of the TRIPS agreement.