In accordance with the Guiding Decision on the Establishment of IP Pilot and Model Cities, SIPO supervised and promoted the establishment of IP pilot and model cities. In 2005, 6 National Model Cities were added. By the end of 2005, 9 cities had been approved as the IP model cities, that is, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Changchun, Chengdu, Jinan, Changsha, Xiangtan, Yichang and Luoyang; 12 cities had been added as IP pilot cities, bringing the total number of pilot cities to 49.

The establishment of IP pilot and model cities promotes the intellectual property system construction, enabling the local governments to pay closer attention to intellectual property. Mayors or vice mayors in charge of IPR of various cities headed the Leading Group on the Establishment of IP Pilot and Model Cities; intellectual property has been listed into the priorities of local governments; to make a city a pilot or model city has been set as the goal of the IP Pilot and Model Plan of a city, various agencies at the local levels were required to give full support to it; intellectual property protection has been strengthened; the influence of pilot and model cities has been increased; and last but not the least important, the role that the intellectual property system plays in facilitating the independent innovation and economic and social development of the city has been enhanced.