Recently, an exchange forum on patent examination and patent agency was held in Beijing. Liao Tao, deputy director of the State Intellectual Property Office, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Liao Tao said that to achieve the goal of improving the patent examination ability, reducing the examination cycle and improving the examination quality, it not only requires the full efforts of the examiners of the State Intellectual Property Office, but also requires the joint efforts and full cooperation of the patent agency industry. Patent agency should give full play to the role of bridge and link, work together with the examination, form a joint force, and jointly promote the quality and efficiency of patent examination. (reporter Chen Jie)