The 2019 China Intellectual Property Commercial Operation Conference is held on June 21 in Juyuan New Area, Jiading district of Shanghai to provide insights into recent developments in intellectual property (IP). [Photo/jiading.gov.cn]

The 2019 China Intellectual Property Commercial Operation Conference was held on June 21 in Juyuan New Area, Jiading district of Shanghai to provide insights into recent developments in intellectual property (IP).

More than 400 experts from home and abroad took part in the event and witnessed the opening of the Intellectual Property Law Education Practice Base and the Jiading Branch of Shanghai Technology Brokers.

Topics of discussion included Chinese tech giant Huawei's global deployment of 5G networks.

IP roadshows and auctions were held for the first time as part of the event. A total of 21 patents in eight patent packages were auctioned, five of which were sold for a combined total of 550,000 yuan ($79,913). The patents cover the technical fields of mobile phone/communication/servers, cloud computing, optical communication, Internet of Things, wireless sensors, communications, robotics, and software. A patent enabling the automatic selection of machine learning in a cloud computing environment was the star of the show.

Qiu Jichun, deputy head of Jiading district, delivers a speech on the event. [Photo/jiading.gov.cn]

Qiu Jichun, deputy head of Jiading district, said that Jiading ranked third in Shanghai in terms of the number of patent applications and approvals in the past two years, proof of how far the district has come on intellectual property.

In addition, the China Intellectual Property Commercial Operation Conference and the establishment of the Yangtze River Delta Intellectual Property Operation Alliance promoted a new management mode that focuses on market-oriented operation, government guidance, and alliance-based development. These are considered of great importance in improving services for IP creation, protection and application, Qiu added.