What is the function and significance of intellectual property?

The function and significance of intellectual property: 1. It provides legal protection for the rights and interests of people who have completed intellectual achievements, and mobilizes people's enthusiasm and creativity in scientific and technological research and literary and artistic works. 2. It provides a legal mechanism for the popularization, application and dissemination of intellectual achievements, transforms intellectual achievements into productive forces and applies them to production and construction, resulting in enormous economic and social benefits. 3. It provides legal norms for international economic, technological, trade, cultural and artistic exchanges, and promotes the progress of human civilization and economic development. 4. As an important part of modern civil and commercial law, the legal system of intellectual property rights is of great significance to perfecting China's legal system and building a country ruled by law.