The Zhongguancun Intellectual Property Forum 2018 was hosted in Zhongguancun Science Park (Z-Park), China's Silicon Valley, on April 26.

The signing ceremony of the Agreement for China Intellectual Property Protection Center (Zhongguancun, Beijing) & Zhongguancun Intellectual Property Forum 2018 takes place in Haidian district on April 26. [Photo/bjhd.gov.cn]

In celebration of the 18th World Intellectual Property Day, the forum witnessed the inauguration ceremony of the China Intellectual Property Protection Center (Zhongguancun, Beijing).

The forum was co-hosted by Beijing's Haidian district government, the Beijing Intellectual Property Office and the administrative committee of Z-Park to raise the common awareness of IP protection and create an ideal environment for innovative enterprises.

These IP protection centers will offer prioritized consultation and convenient services such as a "green channel" for patent examination and copyright protection, cutting the cost of patent protection, safe-guarding and power-housing industrial innovations.

An IP incubation contest is inaugurated during the forum on April 26. [Photo/bjhd.gov.cn]