China's IP system continues to evolve in new and surprising ways. Though the National IP Strategy has been in effect since 2008, the strategy entered its second phase in 2013 to focus less on eye-catching growth like patent filing statistics to more sustainable development such as improving patent quality and the nurturing of commercially successful research and world-renown brands. Other developments, such as the new specialised in IP courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, are further evidence of the continuing evolution of the National IP Strategy.