What they say

The conference, with its comprehensive vision, will benefit the public and private sector as it aims to integrate capacity building with a healthy innovative IP ecosystem, both regionally and globally. It is crucial for IP management to constantly evolve toward more pragmatic and mutually beneficial cooperation within the region.

Cham Nimul, under secretary of State, Cambodia

It is my deep conviction that the Belt and Road Initiative will have a unique significance as it will entail not only the movement of products, but also intellectual potential.

Alicja Adamczak, president of the Patent Office of Poland

Due to the accumulated expertise and advanced capabilities in the IP field in the Belt and Road countries, especially with China having been recorded during the past years as one of the largest countries in the world in international patent filings in the framework of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, I can see that there are large and ambitious prospects for cooperation between concerned parties in intellectual property and innovation in the countries and economic groups of this region.

Abdullah Juma Al Shibli, assistant secretary general for economic and development affairs at the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

The cooperation with other countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative may vary, as China can bring in advanced technologies from mature markets, partner with countries with complementary resources, and export or offer technological aid to those in need that, in turn, may also have an edge in some sectors and are thus worth studying.

Lyu Wei, director of the Department of Technology and Economy at the Development Research Center of the State Council

(China Daily 07/21/2016 page12)