On May 14, 2017 at the “The Belt and Road” International Cooperation Summit Forum in Beijing, SIPO director and WIPO Director-General signed “IP Cooperation Agreement for strengthening the Belt & Road”. This is the first Belt & Road related IP cooperation agreement signed by the Chinese government with international organizations, marking the two sides will carry out comprehensive and in-depth cooperation to promote IP development among the countries and regions round Belt & Road.

(Source: SIPO website)