PCT Union: Meeting of International Authorities under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Thirty-First Session
October 16 to October 17, 2024 - Beijing, China
WIPO Office in China
The WIPO Office in China opened in Beijing in July 2014. We promote WIPO's international intellectual property (IP) services and products in China.
The services we support include:
- international patent registration via the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- international trademark registration via the Madrid System
- international design registration via the Hague System
- alternative IP dispute resolution and arbitration.
The products we promote include PATENTSCOPE, the Global Brand Database and the Global Design Database.
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WIPO Magazine
WIPO Magazine is available online in Chinese, providing our users with more content on IP in their local language. The Magazine provides up-to-date information on creativity and innovation in action, exploring the advantages of IP.
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WIPO events in China
Advanced Roving Seminars on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
June 19, 2024 - Tianjin, China | June 20, 2024 - Wuhan, China
International Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property
May 29 to May 30, 2024 - Hangzhou, China
Other IP events
Our staff regularly participate in other IP events in China:
- 2024 CIFTIS Global Trade in Services Summit, MOFCOM, Beijing People's Government, September 12, 2024 Beijing
- Professional Salon on "Cultural Trends: Innovative Development and Protection Governance of Copyright in the Digital Age", Beijing Municipal Copyright Bureau, September 20, 2024 Beijing
- 2024 AIPPI World Congress, CCPIT, AIPPI, October 19-22, 2024 Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
WIPO services and products in China
PCT system for patents
China joined the PCT in 1993 and has been the third largest user of the System since 2013. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd was the largest PCT applicant in 2014.
- PCT System procedures in China
- PCT applications with China as office of origin
- PCT applications with China as designated office
- Use PATENTSCOPE to search in over 100 million patent documents (including China's national patent collection) in Chinese, English and more.
Madrid System for trademarks
China joined the Madrid System in 1989. It has been the most designated Madrid member since 2012 and became the seventh office of origin in 2014.
China and WIPO initiatives
IP summer schools
The WIPO Academy Summer School program provides an opportunity for senior students and young professionals to acquire deeper knowledge of each domain of IP and of the role and functions of WIPO.
WIPO GREEN
Through this online marketplace, we help connect Chinese seekers and providers of new environmental solutions with other seekers and providers of cutting-edge green technology and services around the world.
- List of green technologies and needs from China in the WIPO Green marketplace
WIPO Re:Search
Chinese partners have already established collaborations with African universities through this consortium, which promotes the development of new drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics in the fight against neglected tropical diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis.
- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases
- Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH), Chinese Academy of Sciences