Officials from Henan intellectual property office went to a number of counties in the province last week to give lectures to promote IP ledge financing, marking the start of this year's IP ledge promotion campaign. Organized by the office and Bank of China's Henan branch, the annual tour aims to help local small hightech companies seek new approaches to financing. During the past three years, 22 lectures have been given to more than 1,300 people from some 400 companies in the province.

(Source: China Daily)