WIPO China: IPR Stimulates Innovative Vitality in Developing New Quality Productive Forces

April 30, 2024

To commemorate the World Intellectual Property Day, the 2024 High-level Forum on China Intellectual Property Protection, co-hosted by the WIPO Office in China and the China Intellectual Property News, opened in Beijing on April 23. Ms. Wang Binying, Deputy Director General of WIPO, delivered a written keynote address. Distinguished attendees included Mr. Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration(CNIPA); Ms. Tao Kaiyuan, Vice President of the Supreme People's Court; Mr. Shi Weizhong, permanent member at the deputy-ministerial Class of the Procuratorial Committee of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate; and Mr. Mu Peng, Vice Mayor of Beijing. Mr. Hu Wenhui, Deputy Commissioner of the CNIPA, chaired the opening ceremony. The theme of the forum was "Revolution and Sustainability: IPR advances new quality productive forces."

At the opening, Ms. Liu Hua, Director of the WIPO Office in China, delivered a speech on behalf of Ms. Wang Binying. She remarked that new innovation waves are profoundly reshaping the global innovation landscape, where technological innovation continually gives rise to new industries, models, and dynamics, and is central to the development of new quality productive forces. IPR provides solid protection for innovators, stimulating the innovative vitality necessary for developing these new forces.

In his remarks, Mr. Shen Changyu highlighted China’s strategic initiatives aimed at high-quality development through new quality productive forces. He emphasized that intellectual property, as a basic guarantee for fostering innovation, provides crucial institutional and technological support, driving the development of new quality productive forces. 

The forum featured insights from over 30 experts and representatives from intellectual property management sector, government departments, both domestic and international businesses, and agencies. Ms. Florence Rojal, Senior Legal Officer at the Lisbon Registry of WIPO, contributed a video presentation on "Geographical Indications Protection for Regional Development" during a panel discussion.