People's courts from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region sign coordination agreement

The high people's courts from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province signed a framework agreement on Tuesday to improve their collaboration in strengthening judicial protection of intellectual property rights, thereby helping promote the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

According to the agreement, courts from the three locations will collaborate on multiple aspects around IPR, including the improvement of the quality of trials, joint investigation, resource information sharing and the nurturing of judicial talent.

"The agreed collaboration is of great significance for forming a judicial escort for developing the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region into a pilot and demonstration zone of Chinese modernization," said Lin Guanghai, chief judge of No 3 Civil Adjudication Tribunal, a division that specializes in handling IP cases with the Supreme People's Court, during the signing ceremony that was held in Xiong'an New Area.

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