China trademark search
How to search and register a trademark in China, from official sources. Signa does not sync the CNIPA register yet. It holds WIPO Madrid designations that cover China.
Search the CNIPA register
商标查询 (Trademark Query) is China National Intellectual Property Administration (Trademark Office)'s own search tool.
- Languages
- Chinese
- Account required
- Yes
- Limits
- Opening the query system on 2026-11-12 led to the CNIPA unified login page, so the search screen itself could not be checked; the office states the data are not updated in real time, are for reference only and have no legal effect.
How to search
- Open the 商标查询 (Trademark Query) page on the China Trademark Office website (sbj.cnipa.gov.cn).
- Read the usage notice, click 我接受 (I accept) and then 进入查询 (Enter query).
- Log in to the CNIPA public service platform with a personal, legal-entity or agency account; the query system opens after login.
Register a trademark in China
What CNIPA requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at CNIPA; Madrid designation
- Local representative required for applicants abroad
- Yes
- Several classes in one application
- Yes
- Classification
- Nice Classification, with China's own subclass system for similarity
- Application fee
- CNY 300 per class on paper, covering 10 goods or services, plus CNY 30 for each item over 10; CNY 270 per class online with electronic notices, plus CNY 27 for each item over 10
- Renewal fee
- CNY 500 per class on paper or CNY 450 per class online; late renewal fee CNY 250 or CNY 225 per class
- Fees as of
- 2019-07-01 (CNY)
- Opposition
- 3 months from the date the preliminarily approved mark is announced (Trademark Law 2019, Article 33); the revised law adopted on 2026-06-26 shortens this to 2 months from 2027-01-01 (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the registration date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 3 years without use
Good to know
- A foreigner or foreign enterprise without a habitual residence or place of business in China must entrust a lawfully established trademark agency with the application and other trademark matters (Article 18 of the 2019 law; Article 11 of the revised law).
- The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress revised the Trademark Law on 2026-06-26; the revised law takes effect on 2027-01-01 and marks registered before then remain valid.
- WIPO lists the Madrid Protocol for China as not applicable to Hong Kong, China or Macao, China, so a Madrid designation of China does not reach them.
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
China is a member of the Madrid Protocol since 1995-12-01, so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate it.
What Signa holds for China
CNIPA records are not covered by Signa yet. International registrations designating China are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.
Get this data via the API
Query the WIPO records that cover China in the same format as every other office.
GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=CNSearch the trademarks Signa holds that cover China
curl "https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=CN" \
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.