Hangzhou has recently won the bid to host the 2020 congress of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, which is known as AIPPI for its French acronym. Hangzhou's trade promotional association said the successful bid came after competition with Lisbon and Amsterdam at an AIPPI meeting in Seoul in late October. The congress is held every other year with wide participation by governments, companies, IP agencies and research institutions. Hosting the event is expected to promote IP progress in the city and at the same time help improve China's status in the IP domain, local officials say.

(Source: China Daily)