On November 5-6, the International Symposium on Intellectual Property Awareness for Belt and Road Countries was held in Zhuhai of Guangdong. It was organized by CNIPA and WIPO with the support of the Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Intellectual Property Office) and Zhuhai Municipal Government.

CNIPA Deputy Commissioner Gan Shaoning attended and spoke at the opening ceremony. He stressed that the purpose of the Symposium was to implement President Xi Jinping's important instruction of "intensifying efforts to enhance international cooperation in intellectual property protection" as well as the outcomes of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and the results of the Belt and Road IP cooperation. He pointed out that the Chinese government pays great attention to raising IP awareness and protecting IP. China has achieved sound results in raising IP awareness of the whole society and strengthening IP protection, which has been highly recognized both at home and abroad. He said that China is willing to join hands with Belt and Road countries, strengthen communication and push cooperation to a new level to jointly promote the development of IP and economic prosperity of Belt and Road countries and regions.

Phork Sovanrith, State Secretary of Ministry of Industry and Handicraft of Cambodia, Vladimir Mari?, Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia, Josip Merdzo, Director General of Institute for Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina and heads of IP authorities of other Belt and Road countries presented.

The two-day Symposium was attended by more than 140 representatives from relevant countries and organizations.