From June 12 to 15, the 16th IP5 Heads of Offices Meeting was held in the United States. Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) headed a delegation to the event.

Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) met Jorge Toledo, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to China in Beijing on June 6. Shen said that the CNIPA has maintained good cooperative relationship with IP authorities of the EU and its member states for an extended period of time and achieved many pragmatic results. He hoped that the two sides will continue to deepen communication and cooperation in the IP field and boost the development of China-EU bilateral ties. Toledo said that the cooperation in the IP field constitutes an important part of the China-EU relationship. The development of China's IP system is very impressive. He hoped that the two sides, through dialogues, will discuss issues of common concern in a profound manner and expand common ground. The two sides also shared ideas on trademark protection, pharmaceutical patent protection, protection and cooperation in geographical indication, IPR...

Lu Pengqi, Deputy Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently headed a delegation to visit Portugal, Spain and Switzerland upon invitation.

According to a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) acceleration agreement between the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), the CNIPA-INPI PPH pilot program has come into effect on June 1, 2023 and would last for five years until May 31, 2028.

Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) held a meeting with Yury Zubov, Head of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) in Beijing on May 24.

Lu Pengqi, Deputy Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) met Evgenios Dimitrios, Ambassador of Greece to China in Beijing on May 22.

The 2023 International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting and the Five Trademark Offices (TM5) meetings on cooperation were held in Singapore recently.

Lu Pengqi, Deputy Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently met Sean Murphy, Vice President of Worldwide Government Relations at Dolby Laboratories in Beijing.

Since May 1, 2023, the CNIPA has become the PCT International Searching Authority (ISA)/ International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for international patent applications in English or Arabic.