Abstract:    Intellectual property (IP) policies are fundamental conditions for supporting innovation, and local IP system is the practice of national IP system. By applying a local-level perspective, and integrating the theories of innovation system and institutional logics, a framework for analyzing local IP policy system was established, which includes four dimensions: economic and social foundation, innovation elements and entities, IP management institutions, and policy formulation. By taking Shenzhen as an example, the author of this paper divided its IP policy system into four stages from the perspective of evolutionary development: initial stage, improvement stage, maturity stage, and optimization stage. It was found through this study that changes in IP policies lag behind economic development, and innovative resources are the main driving force behind the evolution of local IP policy system. The IP policy system exhibits internal collaborative characteristics during the evolution process, and the multi-dimensional coverage of intellectual property policies continues to deepen. In response to the improvement of local IP policy system, it is proposed that:We should address the issue of policy lag through technological foresight and institutional review, actively cultivate and strive for various innovative resources based on local characteristics, and enhance the matching degree between policies and the entire IP chain, for providing useful references for China′s comprehensive innovative development, for helping China become an innovative country, and for the construction of China into an IP power.

Key words: intellectual property, policy system, Shenzhen experience