On February 21, Commissioner Shen Changyu of China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) met with a delegation of Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) led by Chief Executive Officer Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al Suwailem in Beijing. The two sides communicated on the latest developments in the work of the two offices, and exchanged views on future cooperation. Shen Changyu spoke highly of the IP cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia and under the Belt and Road Initiative. He remarked that the two offices have both carried out important institutional adjustments in the past year, providing a broader space for the cooperation between the two offices. He believed that with the joint efforts of CNIPA and SAIP, the IP cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia will continue to deepen and better serve the innovation and people’s well-being of the two countries. Suwailem highly commended China’s great achievements in the IP field. He expressed that the strengthening of IP cooperation between the two countries is conducive to the development of Sino-Saudi economic and trade relations, and hoped that the two sides may carry out more cooperation in fields of personnel communication and training, application of artificial intelligence technology as well as IP protection. (Translated from CNIPA Website Chinese Version)