Ding Xuezhi met with Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

On the 27th, Ding Xuxiang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, met with the Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Dang Hongsen, in Beijing. Ding Xuxiang stated that protecting intellectual property is protecting innovation. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will continue to strengthen the protection and utilization of intellectual property, deepen the construction of an intellectual property powerhouse, better support high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, and promote high-quality development. China is willing to further strengthen friendly cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization and achieve more practical results. China supports the World Intellectual Property Organization in fully leveraging its multilateral platform and professional agencies to provide more efficient and convenient services to global innovators. Dang Hongsen highly praised China's work on intellectual property and expressed the hope for deepening cooperation with China to enhance the global intellectual property ecosystem and better promote scientific and technological innovation and economic development.