Complementary economies united through cooperative framework as authorities turn eyes toward new ways to seize opportunities. The State Intellectual Property Office and the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of Hong Kong signed the Cooperation Arrangement in the Area of Intellectual Property recently, with the aim of strengthening IP exchanges and cooperation between the mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The mainland and Hong Kong IP authorities have launched a series of exchanges and cooperative measures on laws and regulation, training and patent management since the two parties signed their first cooperation agreement in November 2011.

Source: SIPO