On May 6, INTA Pre-annual Reception was successfully held in Shenzhen, which was hosted by Guangdong Intellectual Property Research Association and Shenzhen Promotion Association for Enterprise Technology Innovation and organized by Johnson IP Agency (Shenzhen) and Fair Law Firm. About 100 people, including representatives of enterprises, IP agencies and law firms from China and Asian-Pacific region, attended this Reception.

Guo SUN, Manager of Johnson IP's International Department, was the host of this meeting. She expressed her warm welcome for the attendees and introduced the guest speakers. "This was the first time that Johnson , as the member of INTA, cooperated with INTA , as well as the first INTA pre-annual reception in Asian-Pacific region." Miss SUN said, "Through this Reception, we hope people will increase the in-depth understanding of INTA and Shenzhen. Besides, we hope to furnish IP's proposals and strategy to enterprises through in-depth communication and exchanging practical experiences ."

Later, Yalian ZHANG from Guangdong IP Research Association and Yongwen WANG, the partner of Johnson IP made the welcome speeches. 

Mr. WANG introduced the increasing number of Chinese (not including Hongkong and Macao) patent applications and trademark registrations, being 1.602 million and about 18 million respectively in 2018.

Chinese governments have adopted various of measures to protect IP rights, such as the amendment of trademark law, severe punishment of infringement act, and enhancement of examination quality and efficiency. Changeyu SHEN, commissioner of CNIPA, indicated that trademark examination period would be shortened to less than 4 months in 2020 and patent examination period would be reduced to 16 months approximately over the next four years.

This pre-annual Reception was separated into two parts- seminar and cocktail party.

At the seminar, Xuebin ZHANG, deputy director of the protection division of Shenzhen IP Office, recommended the current situation and prospect of Shenzhen IP protection. 

Wenqiu LIU from Shenzhen Promotion Association for Enterprise Technology Innovation and Johnson IP, shared IP industry cooperation under the Internet environment. The association and Johnson IP conducted in-depth communication with universities and enterprises by the way of holding regular salons, trainings and speeches. Furthermore, the association and Johnson organize international IP forum each year with Shenzhen universities in order to provide a IP exchange platform for firms and IP associates. Companies from different industries, universities and IP associates asked questions and exchanged ideas with the specialists about matters discussing above.

At the following cocktail party, people shared their INTA pre-annual attending experiences and exchanged hot topics of trademark from all over the world.