On September 18，2025, the Yangtze River Delta Intellectual Property Protection Cooperation Seminar, together with the onsite promotion meeting for the national standard Specification for Intellectual Property Protection of Commodity Trading Markets, was held in Changzhou, Jiangsu.

The meeting emphasized that deepening IP protection cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta is an important measure to implement the national strategy for integrated regional development. The goal is to establish a closer regional cooperation mechanism, promote the sharing of IP resources and complementary advantages, provide a better development environment for innovation entities, and fully stimulate innovation vitality across the region. The IP protection authorities of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui (“three provinces and one municipality”) will further deepen communication and cooperation by strengthening collaboration in areas including patent administrative adjudication, administrative protection for trademarks, supervision of commercial circulation, foreign-related intellectual property protection, and targeted service for patent applications supporting innovation trial programs. They will also further improve cooperation mechanisms by jointly establishing a technical investigator pool for the Yangtze River Delta region, implementing joint disciplinary measures based on IP credit systems, mutually recognizing lists of key trademarks for protection, and carrying out joint mediation and infringement determination guidance for complex cases such as cross-border e-commerce disputes and foreign-related patent disputes. Furthermore, the region will intensify resource sharing by jointly conducting training sessions attended by both administrative and judicial personnel, strengthening joint cultivation of professionals in foreign-related IP protection, and contributing replicable and scalable experience and case studies for national IP protection work, building the “Yangtze River Delta Model” for high-standard IP protection nationwide.

At the meeting, representatives exchanged progress on the pilot implementation of the national standard Specification for Intellectual Property Protection of Commodity Trading Markets. They introduced practices and achievements in establishing IP management structures in commodity trading markets, system development, daily supervision, merchant guidance, rights-protection services, and publicity and training. They also shared implementation guidelines and evaluation manuals for the standard.

Officials from the Department of Intellectual Property Protection of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, IP authorities from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui, and representatives from pilot units for the implementation of the Specification for Intellectual Property Protection of Commodity Trading Markets participated in the meeting.