The seventeenth Shanghai Intellectual Property International Forum opened

On October 20, the seventeenth Shanghai Intellectual Property International Forum with the theme of “Drive the high-quality economic development in the post-epidemic era and strive to build the highland of international intellectual property protection”. Director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration Shen Changyu gave a speech in the opening ceremony that CNIPA has been taken a series of powerful measures to cope with the adverse effect of the pandemic. It aims to support enterprises to resume work and production, and stimulate the enthusiasm of innovation. In this particular moment of the global public health crisis, and hardship in economic growth, the role of intellectual property rights in promoting innovation and economic development is much more in need. It could motivate market vitality and add impetus to innovation in an effective way.