2018 China-Africa High-Level Seminar on Intellectual Property System and Policies was held in Guangzhou on November 11. Commissioner Shen Changyu of China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and Director General Dénis Loukou Bohoussou of African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. CNIPA Deputy Commissioner He Zhimin hosted the opening ceremony. Director Chen Hongbing of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Office in China attended and addressed the opening ceremony. The seminar, with the theme of "IP System and Policies", was co-hosted by CNIPA and WIPO. The week-long seminar will, in forms of special lectures, field researches and panel discussion, provide full communication on issues of development and practice of IP including patent, trademark and geographical indication, IP services, improvement of IP awareness of the public, and promotion of middle and small-sized enterprises. Over 50 members, including IP commissioners or high representatives from WIPO, OAPI and its 17 member states, Morocco and Tunisia, and Chinese IP experts and scholars, attended the seminar.

Source: CNIPA