On August 14, the Summing-up Meeting for Guangdong Regional IPR Development Plan was held in Guangzhou, provincial capital of Guangdong. Tao Kaiyuan, Director of Guangdong Provincial Intellectual Property Office, attended and addressed the meeting.

Tao stressed the importance of regional IPR development plan, and put forward three requirements, namely, elevating understanding, boosting organization and implementation and standardizing the use of capital.

Vice Director of Guangdong IP Office Zheng Liangsheng reported the operation situation of regional IPR development plan, and appraised Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Zhongshan and Dongguan for their outstanding behaviors. He pointed out several problems existing in the process of carrying out regional IPR development plan and presented the requirements of future work.

At the meeting, on behalf of Guangdong IP Office, Zheng Liangsheng respectively signed agreements with all cities in this province about Guangdong Regional IPR Development Plan (Year 2009).

It is reported that, leaders and officials from inferior IP offices and principals from Guangdong Provincial IP Office took part in the meeting.

                                                                                                     Source: IPR in China