The origin and primary aim of this work is to offer a textbook covering the basic information about Chinese intellectual property to foreign students with or without a legal background. With thesupport of Tongji University, we, the three authors of this textbook, have had the opportunity overthe past four years to offer a course named “Chinese Intellectual Property Protection”. It is one of the nine “General Courses Given in English”, which are open to all the international studentsat Tongji University, and seeks to present a general knowledge on the topic in China. During theteaching, we found it necessary to write a textbook which can meet the requirements of this course and help foreign students to get a better understanding of the landscape of Chinese intellectual property.