On the morning of October 18, the 30th anniversary of China's accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) was held in Beijing. Shen Changyu, Director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration , Lisa Jorgensen, Deputy Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and Christopher Ernst, Deputy Director of the European Patent Office (EPO), attended the event and delivered speeches. Lu Pengqi, Deputy Director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration , presided over the event.

Shen Changyu said that this commemorative event is another concrete action to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the 50th anniversary of China-WIPO cooperation and to deeply participate in the global governance of intellectual property rights. PCT is one of the most important international treaties in the field of intellectual property rights. Since China officially joined the PCT system in 1994, PCT has taken root and developed in China for 30 years, promoting China to become a world intellectual property power and promoting the continuous improvement of China's intellectual property system. Chinese applicants have maintained rapid growth in overseas patent layout through the PCT system and foreign applicants have maintained rapid growth in patent applications in China. At the same time, China and WIPO have carried out a series of fruitful cooperation and continuously contributed Chinese wisdom and solutions. China is willing to further deepen cooperation with WIPO and jointly create a fair, just, open and non-discriminatory global innovation environment and intellectual property ecosystem, so that innovation and creation can better benefit people of all countries and promote common development.

Lisa Jorgensen said that over the past 30 years, China's intellectual property cause has made amazing progress. The number of applications from China has ranked first in PCT applications for five consecutive years. The number of PCT applications accepted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration  exceeds 1/4 of the global total, and a group of Chinese applicants with the highest number of PCT applications have emerged. China has become a veritable patent power and a model for developing countries. China has not only relied on the PCT system to vigorously promote global scientific and technological innovation, but also made great contributions to the improvement of the PCT system. At the same time, WIPO looks forward to further deepening cooperation with China and jointly promoting development.

Christopher Ernst said that China's accession to the PCT has enabled Chinese innovation entities to achieve industrialization more efficiently in the global market, and has also provided innovation entities from all countries with the opportunity to share China's rapid development. China's use and improvement of the PCT system has further promoted global scientific and technological progress and economic and trade exchanges. The EPO is willing to further deepen cooperation with China, work together to improve the global intellectual property governance system, jointly promote technological progress and market prosperity, and work together to create a better future.

During the event, representatives of WIPO and the China National Intellectual Property Administration  reviewed the process of China's deep integration with the PCT system and its active participation in the improvement of the PCT system over the past 30 years. In the round-table discussion, representatives of PCT international units of participating countries, local intellectual property management departments in China, domestic innovation entities, and patent agencies conducted in-depth exchanges on how the PCT system can cope with new technological challenges in the new era and provide better services to users.