SIPO Commissioner reelected as President of AIPPI China Branch

On May 4, China Branch of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) held the seventh member congress in Beijing at which new council members were elected. Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Tian Lipu was reelected as the President of AIPPI China Branch.

In the 28-year-long history of China Branch, Tian Lipu said that China Branch gathered insiders from governmental IPR departments, IPR agencies and IPR-related segments and played a positive role in advancing IPR protection, boosting the development of foreign economy and trade and promoting S&T cooperation. Tian particularly stressed that the new council will develop its work considering home and overseas situations. On the international stage, the new council will show the world China's achievements in IPR protection and at home, it will organize an IPR seminar or forum once a year to speed the information exchange among the insiders.