According to the Project of Deepening Cooperation in the Patent Examination Field and Extending the PPH Pilot between the SIPO and the Japan Patent Office (JPO), SIPO and JPO reach a consensus of extending the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot between the JPO and the SIPO for another two years, namely, the PPH Pilot between JPO and SIPO will not due until October 31, 2015.
Meanwhile, the requirements and procedures to file a request to the SIPO and the JPO for PPH remain the same.
(Source: SIPO)