On December 9, shenchangyu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office of China, held video talks with Deng Hongsen, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Shen extended congratulations to Deng Hongsen on his assumption of the position of WIPO director general and the successful formation of a senior management team. He said that novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic was affected by WIPO this year, and the smooth transition of the leadership was achieved, and the service system remained stable and efficient. China highly appreciates this. This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's accession to WIPO. The State Intellectual Property Office of China has maintained a long-term friendly and cooperative relationship with WIPO, and the depth and scope of cooperation have been expanding. We hope that the two sides will continue to maintain close exchanges, further expand the areas of cooperation, improve the level of cooperation and maintain communication on major issues.

Deng Hongsen thanked the State Intellectual Property Office of China for its support to WIPO for many years. He said that in the past 40 years, China has made remarkable achievements in the field of intellectual property and has become an important intellectual property power and a leader in global innovation. Recently, Chinese leaders have stressed that China should strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in an all-round way. The laws of intellectual property such as Chinese patent law have been amended with the times, and the number of patent and trademark applications has been increasing. These measures and progress are impressive. Deng said he would like to further strengthen WIPO's cooperation with China in the future.

One belt, one road, the two sides also exchanged views on issues such as the promotion and use of WIPO intellectual property service system in China, China's accession to the Hague agreement on industrial design, intellectual property rights cooperation along the way, commercialization of intellectual property rights, and intellectual property rights helping to alleviate poverty and poverty.

Ganshaoning, deputy director general of the State Intellectual Property Office of China and wangbinying, deputy director general of WIPO, attended the talks.