On October 26, Saudi Arabia's Intellectual Property Office held a video conference of the world intellectual property challenge forum during the 2020 G20 activities hosted by Saudi Arabia. Shen Changyu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office of China, was invited to attend and delivered a speech in the form of video.
Shen Changyu introduced the work carried out by the State Intellectual Property Office of China in protecting the rights and interests of applicants, supporting scientific research on epidemic prevention and control, promoting market players to return to work and production, and strengthening international cooperation in intellectual property during the epidemic period. In the face of future challenges, it put forward suggestions on improving global governance of intellectual property rights and promoting global scientific and technological innovation, and said that China's State Intellectual Property Office is willing to further strengthen information exchange and experience sharing with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and intellectual property institutions in various countries and regions, including G20 countries, so as to provide high-quality services for global users and promote global innovation cooperation Economic recovery.
The meeting is the first high-level meeting on Intellectual Property Cooperation held under the G20 framework. The meeting discussed the novel coronavirus pneumonia situation in the G20 members in the field of intellectual property rights, and strengthen the G20 members intellectual property cooperation issues, adopted the Intellectual Property Office of Saudi Arabia, the World Intellectual Property Forum (IP20+) joint statement.