On November 17, Shen Changyu, director of China's State Intellectual Property Office, held a video conference with Loreto brewski, director of Chile's Industrial Property Office. The two sides reviewed the cooperation between the two bureaus in recent years, discussed the main contents of future bilateral cooperation, and exchanged views on issues such as AI related patent examination and strengthening support for small and medium-sized enterprises. After the meeting, the two sides jointly signed the "joint statement of intent between the State Intellectual Property Office of China and the Chilean Industrial Property Office to extend the pilot project of patent examination expressway for deepening cooperation in the field of patent examination".

Shen Changyu briefly introduced the general situation of China's intellectual property field and the latest progress of intellectual property work. He said that Chile's Industrial Property Office is an important partner of China's State Intellectual Property Office. The two bureaus have maintained a good cooperative relationship over the years, and have achieved fruitful results in terms of business review, personnel training and data exchange. The joint declaration of intent to extend the pilot project of patent examination Expressway signed this time will provide great convenience for the applicants of the two countries. It is hoped that the two sides will further deepen their cooperative relations, achieve more pragmatic cooperation results, and provide high-quality and efficient services for innovation subjects of the two countries.

China novel coronavirus pneumonia attaches great importance to the friendly cooperation between the State Intellectual Property Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of China. Loreto Breski appreciates the State Intellectual Property Office's efforts to deal with the new crown pneumonia epidemic situation, the patent protection in the field of artificial intelligence, and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

It is reported that China's State Intellectual Property Office and Chile's Industrial Property Office signed a memorandum of understanding on patent examination highway (PPH) cooperation in 2017, and officially launched the China Chile PPH pilot project on January 1, 2018. After the signing of the joint statement of intent, the new China Chile PPH pilot project will be officially launched on January 1, 2021.