With the acceleration of globalization and the emergence of knowledge economy,the international competition came into a new stage.In this thesis,through analyzing the characteristics of national competition in the contemporary era,the author argued that the key factor which deciding the international competition is not the traditional land,capital and labor,but the knowledge and intellectual property.Developed countries and multinational corporations not only firmly controlled over the high added-value industries or production links by their intellectual property advantages,such as intellectual property,brands and standards,but also brought intellectual property institution into the international trade system in order to maintain their predominance,therefore,to comply with the new national competition trend and carry out national intellectual property strategy is not only the key emphasis on China's intellectual property work at present and in the future,but also the basis and core of transforming economic development mode and promoting China's international competition.