On August 24, the 13^th Meeting of China-ASEAN Heads of Intellectual Property Offices kicked off both online and offline. The CNIPA Commissioner Shen Changyu led a delegation to attend the meeting. Rowel Barba, Rotating Chairperson of the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC) and Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), chaired the meeting, and the ASEAN Secretariat and the heads of intellectual property offices of ASEAN member states attended the meeting.

At present, ASEAN IP Rights Action Plan 2016-2025 is progressing smoothly. The participating IP Offices reviewed and summarized the implementation of the China-ASEAN intellectual property cooperation work plan 2021-2022, and discussed and adopted the work plan 2022-2023.

(Source: the CNIPA Official WeChat Account)