The 22nd Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum opened on Oct 18, focusing on the theme "Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence".
Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng, China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) Commissioner Shen Changyu, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Deputy Director-General Wang Binying attended the opening ceremony.
Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng attends the opening ceremony and delivers a speech. [Photo/WeChat ID: Shanghai_IPA]
Gong highlighted Shanghai's ambition to become a world-influential modern metropolis, and stressed building stricter IP protection, improving IP transformation efficiency, fostering an open IP ecosystem, and promoting AI-IP mutual empowerment.
CNIPA Commissioner Shen Changyu participates and addresses the forum. [Photo/WeChat ID: Shanghai_IPA]
Shen said CNIPA is refining AI-sector IP rules, strengthening high-value IP supply, and applying AI large models to improve governance. Shanghai, an early AI hub, shares experience, urging strategies for global IP-AI integration.
WIPO Deputy Director-General Wang Binying speaks at the opening event. [Photo/WeChat ID: Shanghai_IPA]
WIPO Deputy Director-General Wang emphasized that China's growing AI influence reflects its rising IP strength. Shanghai-Suzhou ranks sixth among global top 100 tech clusters, hosting over 10,000 AI enterprises, 20,000 patents, and 300,000 professionals, with WIPO promoting deeper IP cooperation.
The three-day forum, co-hosted by CNIPA, WIPO, and Shanghai Municipal People's Government, includes keynotes, thematic talks, and roundtables on AI-era IP governance and innovation, with the fifth WIPO-SMPG Shanghai IP Innovation Awards and Belt and Road Patent Excellence Cases presented.
