At the request of World Intellectual Property Organization, all member states of the Nice Union shall adopt version 2023 of the 12^th edition of International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (i.e., the Nice Classification) as of January 1, 2023. Applications for trademark registration filed on and after January 1, 2023 shall apply to the new version of the Nice Classification for classification of goods and services, and applications for trademark registration filed prior to this date shall apply to the previous version of the Nice Classification. Based on the Nice Classification, Trademark Office of China National Intellectual Property Administration has made corresponding adjustments to the Classification Table of Similar Goods and Services and has published the Nice Classification together with the revision of the Classification Table of Similar Goods and Services.

Attachment: NCL(12-2023) Chinese version and revision in Classification Table

Trademark Office of China National Intellectual Property Administration

December 26, 2022