Sponsored by SIPO, the Second China Patent Week is held successively in various provinces and municipalities nationwide by IP administrations and national patent technology exhibition and exchange centers of corresponding regions on November 18-24. With a theme of "Implementing IPR Strategies, Developing IPR Market and Building an Innovative Country," the Patent Week this year has a main venue in Nanchang of Jiangxi Province and more than 20 branch venues in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other provinces and municipalities.

During the Patent Week, various activities such as on-the-spot patent technology and product exhibition and exchange, online patent exhibition and exchange and special conference of patent technology promotion are held; meanwhile, a series of activities with special characteristics such as the Forum on IPR Intermediation and Agency Development and the Seminar on the Implementation of the National IP Strategy and the Development of IPR Exchange Market are also successfully held.

Patent technology trade is booming during the Patent Week. At a patent auction held in Shanghai, a total of seven patent technologies are sold with the total sum of money reaching 33.86 million yuan; in Guangzhou branch venue, contracts of six projects are signed on the opening day with deal value exceeding 60 million yuan. Jiaxing of Zhejiang Province totally reaches exchange agreements on 11 patent technologies at the signing ceremony of patent projects, worth 5.17 million yuan.

SIPO Commissioner Tian Lipu notes that SIPO will continue to sponsor China Patent Week according to the requirements of the Scientific Outlook on Development so as to foster the special and unique brand of "China Patent Week" of commonweal and achieve the effect of an annual national great market.