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WIPO-China summer school opens in Nanjing

english.jsjyt.edu.cn| Updated: September 20, 2022 L M S

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The opening ceremony for the 2022 WIPO–China Summer School is held at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. [Photo/ourjiangsu.com]

The opening ceremony for the 2022 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – China Summer School was held at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province on Sept 19.

Organized by the WIPO and leading universities around the world, the summer school program provides college students and young professionals with the opportunity to acquire more knowledge about intellectual property.

The program has been carried out in China for four consecutive years since 2018 and this is the first time it is being conducted at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology.

The 2022 summer school will focus on digital economy. Renowned experts and scholars in the IP sector from China, the United States and Europe will be invited to give lectures to 130 students from 18 countries.

Qi Yong, deputy head of the School of Intellectual Property at the university, said it is a strategic subject that how the IP sector can lead and support the development of digital economy in the future.