Abstract: In the IP management of public research organisations and projects in China, China still has the problem of inconsistency between the IP laws and policies and the management practices at the institutional level. The study aims to analyse the relevant IP management rules and practices of the European Commission and to analyse the management rules from the perspective of IP-related management departments to encourage China’s research organisations to incorporate the national laws and policies into their IP management policies and processes and to improve the IP management level of their organisations and projects. The study adopts a network survey method to select representative management policies and practices of the European Commission and to investigate how it implements IP laws and policies into the management rules of EU programmes. The research includes IP management guidelines and IP asset management guidelines for public research organisations focused on knowledge transfer activities, IP management rules for the EU Horizon Europe project and its IP services funded by the Horizon project. The results suggest that China can strengthen the guidance and demonstration of intellectual property management and project intellectual property management in public research organizations, such as formulating guidelines for intellectual property management of institutions and projects, guidelines for the appreciation of intellectual property assets, or funding highly professional intellectual property services. In particular, policy toolkits are provided in specific operational processes to improve the efficiency of IP management.

Key words: Public Research Organizations, Scientific Research Organizations, Intellectual Property Management, European Commission, Horizon Europe