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IP Protection to Safeguard the Development of China's Greater Bay Area

January 11, 2023

On January 9, Ms. Liu Hua, Director of WIPO Office in China (WOC) addressed the Opening Ceremony of the 5th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intellectual Property Trade Expo and International Geographical Indications Products Trade Expo (GBAIP Trade Expo) via video.

Photo of Ms. Liu Hua
Photo: GBAIP Trade Expo

Liu Hua mentioned that intellectual property (IP) protection is an institutional design to promote scientific & technological innovation, as well as an important safeguard for the development of the Greater Bay Area. According to the WIPO Global Innovation Index (GII) 2022, Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou ranked second in the world's top science and technology clusters. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Greater Bay Area have played an important role in boosting the local economy via IP commercialization, and the Guangzhou Ehang and Shenzhen Shokz were selected by WIPO as best cases of SMEs using IP to turn ideas into business opportunities and generate value.

Liu Hua said that the WIPO Virtual Exhibition on Geographical Indications, as an important part of the 2021 GBAIP Trade Expo, allowed participants to learn more about the latest developments in the use and protection of geographical indication (GI) products around the world. This year's GBAIP Trade Expo has expanded the scope of GI products display, fully reflecting the important role of GI products in the economic and trade development of the Greater Bay Area. China is rich in GI resources and has great potential to utilize and protect GIs. The Madrid International Trademark Registration System and the Lisbon System of International Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications administered by WIPO can provide international registration and protection for GIs in an economical, convenient and efficient manner.

About the 5th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intellectual Property Trade Expo and International Geographical Indications Products Trade Expo

Photo of GBAIP Trade Expo
Photo: GBAIP Trade Expo

The fifth GBAIP Trade Expo was co-organized by the Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong IP Administration), the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality, the Intellectual Property Department of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR and the Economic and Technological Development Bureau of the Government of the Macao SAR from January 9 to 11 in Guangzhou. With the theme of "Implementing the Outline of Building a Strong Nation and Promoting the Construction of a New Development Pattern," the GBAIP Trade Expo consisted of three major sections, namely the IPR Trade Expo, the Greater Bay Area IP Forum and the IP Special Events, with more than 14,000 exhibits from 4,100 institutions and companies exhibiting online.

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