On July 13, the Boao Forum for Asia held the first Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection Conference in Guangzhou. Ho Hau Wah, Vice Chairman of the 13th CPPCC National Committee and Chairman of the International Science, Technology and Innovation Forum, attended the plenary session. Li Baodong, Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia, Wang Binying, Deputy Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Liu Hua, Director of the China Office, Tian Lipu, Chairman of the China Intellectual Property Research Association, Zhang Zhicheng, Director of the Intellectual Property Protection Department of the State Intellectual Property Office , Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology Second-level Inspector Gong Jianwen, Executive Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia International Science and Technology and Innovation Forum Conference Liang Weit, University of Macau President Song Yonghua and Dean of the School of Intellectual Property of Renmin University of China Liu Chuntian, etc. Guests spoke at the plenary session.
This conference is hosted by the Boao Forum for Asia and supported by the State Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization China Office. The conference was held in a combination of online and offline methods, including the plenary session and the digital economy intellectual property sub-forum, the China Intellectual Property Deans sub-forum, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area green development and intellectual property regional innovation sub-forum and other series. Activity. About 200 people from the Chinese government, international organizations, scientific research institutes, industry organizations, well-known enterprises and officials from foreign consulates in Guangzhou attended the event. Focusing on the theme of "global technological innovation and intellectual property system construction", the guests discussed "grasping the international technological innovation trend", "improving the global intellectual property system", "supporting high-quality development of the world economy with the intellectual property system" and "intellectual property rights". There were heated discussions on topics such as "Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Field" and reached broad consensus.
Secretary-General Li Baodong said that since the 21st century, intellectual property rights, as the power source of scientific and technological innovation, have gradually become a core element of international competitiveness and an important global trade resource. In the future world without intellectual property protection, it will be difficult for scientific and technological innovation to unleash its majestic power, and it will be difficult for economic and social development to have a solid foundation. In recent years, Asian economies have performed outstandingly in technological innovation and intellectual property system construction. Through mutual learning, exchanges and cooperation, Asian countries will comprehensively improve the overall level of regional intellectual property protection. In order to maintain Asia's innovation vitality and advantages, promote Asia's scientific and technological progress, Industrial upgrading and sustainable development provide sufficient power sources. At the same time, China has established itself as a global innovation leader and has become the main driving force for the development of intellectual property rights in the world. On May 5, 2022, the "Hague Agreement" and the " Marrakech Treaty " officially entered into force in China, which will play a strong role in promoting China's in-depth participation in global intellectual property governance under the framework of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Liu Hua, Director of the WIPO China Office, read out a congratulatory letter from Deputy Director-General Wang Binying. Wang Binying said that innovation and intellectual property play an increasingly important role in post-pandemic economic recovery and are key to promoting future sustainable development. The World Intellectual Property Organization has proposed a new vision through its medium-term strategic plan, that is, to enable innovation and creation around the world to benefit everyone with the support of intellectual property rights. It has always promoted a series of global dialogues on cutting-edge technologies and is committed to improving Global IP Awareness allows stakeholders from around the world to discuss the latest IP trends and shape the future of the global IP ecosystem.
Director Zhang Zhicheng said that the Chinese government has always attached great importance to intellectual property protection and will strengthen intellectual property protection as an important aspect of creating a good innovation environment and business environment. In recent years, the Chinese government has made comprehensive efforts to comprehensively improve the level of intellectual property protection by strengthening top-level design, improving laws and regulations, improving work systems, and strengthening international cooperation. At the same time, the Chinese government also actively participates in the formulation of international intellectual property rules and standards under the framework of the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization. In the future, the Chinese government will strengthen intellectual property protection more comprehensively, improve laws, regulations and policies on intellectual property protection, improve the intellectual property protection system, and deepen the reform of systems and mechanisms to provide a more powerful guarantee for high-level opening up and high-quality development.
Chairman Tian Lipu pointed out that after 40 years of rapid development, China's intellectual property industry has made amazing progress. Both in scale and speed, it is unique in the hundreds of years of intellectual property system development history in the world. The development of China's intellectual property system in the new era reflects three distinct characteristics: the strong drive of the government and the market, institutional changes that adapt to the new technological revolution and the digital economy era, and coincide with major changes unseen in a century. China's intellectual property system is evolving into a powerful system that is suitable for China's national development conditions and its own development characteristics, and has promoted the most exciting and magnificent historical development process in the world, which is unique in the history of the world's intellectual property system.
Inspector Gong Jianwen believes that intellectual property rights are an important institutional guarantee for innovative development and always resonate with technological innovation, providing a steady stream of power for high-quality development. Guangdong Province has deeply implemented the innovation-driven development strategy, further increased policy support for scientific and technological innovation and the protection of intellectual property rights, promoted more open, inclusive, and mutually beneficial international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, and developed a path integrating "basic research + technological research + achievements" The entire chain of "industrialization + technology finance + talent support" is an innovative development path unique to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, sharing more of Guangdong's scientific and technological achievements with the world and contributing "Guangdong wisdom".
Chairman Leong Wai Vai pointed out that since the " Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan " was released more than three years ago, the three places have vigorously promoted Greater Bay Area intellectual property exchanges and cooperation, played an important role in supporting innovative development of intellectual property, and actively promoted The high-quality development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will help build the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao world-class bay area and international science and technology innovation center. He suggested that in line with Macau’s positioning as a Sino-Portuguese business cooperation service platform, select sites in the Greater Bay Area and Portuguese-speaking countries, and establish service systems for full-chain protection of intellectual property rights, and accurately connect the mainland and Portuguese-speaking countries through Macau. The path of EU strengthens the connection and cooperation between China, Portuguese-speaking countries and EU intellectual property rights, and provides comprehensive services for Chinese and Portuguese enterprises to enter each other's markets.
President Song Yonghua said that most breakthroughs in the new round of scientific and technological revolution and disruptive technologies will occur in the cross-evolution, mutual promotion and integration of multiple disciplines, which will drive changes in research paradigms and play a decisive role in the success or failure of scientific and technological innovation. There are three points worth thinking about in moving from building an intellectual property power to building an intellectual property power. The first is the most important form of protection of intellectual property, which is characterized by the protection of inventions and their related details within a specific scope. Second, the intellectual property rights generated and protected by scientific and technological innovation will inevitably be generated at an accelerated rate. The third is to trace back to the source. The foundation of scientific and technological innovation is the expansion of territory at the scientific and technological level.
Dean Liu Chuntian believes that innovation is the new allocation of resource elements such as material, information, and energy by human beings, and is the core element of wealth production. Scientific and technological innovation is the foundation of all innovations. We should broaden our horizons and establish a concept that innovation is everywhere. It is necessary to establish the concept that protecting intellectual property rights is to protect property, and to establish the awareness of extensive and effective protection of the basis of micro innovation and reasonable and scientific regulation of the macro overall situation. Coordinating the relationship between macro-control and micro-innovation plays a very important role in implementing the national intellectual property power strategy and developing the knowledge economy.
Scientific and technological innovation has been a key focus area of the Boao Forum for Asia in recent years. The forum has specially set up the International Science and Technology and Innovation Forum Conference, and held special conferences on innovation and intellectual property protection under the framework of the Science and Technology Innovation Conference, aiming to encourage innovation on a global scale. Scientific and technological innovation and respect for intellectual property rights create a good atmosphere and environment.
