China’s trademark laws require fees to be paid to the trademark office for any trademark examination, trial, or appeal services it provides. These trademark fees are remitted in full by the trademark office to the central government treasury.
Trademark agents are required by law to pay trademark fees to the trademark office after the initial filing is completed, and they have the option to prepay the required fees for the selected trademark process. The trademark agent making an application to the trademark office must pay the fees using their organization’s name, not under the name of a statutory representative, manager, or staff member. The trademark office payments system will credit the payment within four business days. Once the application appears in the online trademark system, the payment method will be locked. Only bank transfers are accepted at the trademark office.
There is no minimum amount for payments made by a trademark agent. They must pay these amounts in full and on time, otherwise, applications with insufficient payments will be rejected.
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