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.
Find out more: About our office | China country profile
Featured
Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day
World Intellectual Property Day 2024 is an opportunity to explore how IP encourages and amplifies the innovative and creative solutions that are crucial to building our common future.
Other IP events
Our staff regularly participate in other IP events in China:
- 2024 China National IP Publicity Week, China National Intellectual Property Administration, the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of CPC, and the State Administration for Market Regulation, April 20-26, 2024 Beijing
- Forum on Safeguarding the Right to Read for Visually Impaired, National Copyright Administration of China and the China Disabled Persons' Federation, April 23, 2024 Kunming, Yunnan Province
- 2024 ZGC Forum, Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the China Association for Science and Technology, and the Beijing Municipal People’s Government, April 25-29, 2024 Beijing
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