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World Intellectual Property Organisation

The latest news and top stories on World Intellectual Property Organisation. A Geneva, Switzerland based specialised agency of the United Nations, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is dedicated to promoting the protection of intellectual property worldwide. Its main areas of focus include administering international IP treaties, providing global IP services like the Patent Cooperation Treaty, and offering technical assistance to member states. WIPO is recognized for publishing the annual Global Innovation Index, a key benchmark for innovation capacity and success.

China technology

Advanced tech now accounts for 1 in 6 valid invention patents in China

Hi-tech manufacturing and digital industries such as AI have emerged as key drivers of economic growth.

29 Jul 2026 - 4:00PM

Trending in China

How China can safeguard its visual heritage from global brand exploitation

23 Jul 2026 - 11:38PM

Artificial intelligence

The AI industrial revolution: why US faces a historic tech reckoning from China

1 Jul 2026 - 6:47AMvideocam

China’s economic stimulus

China’s newest IP office to cut hi-tech patent approval times ‘by 70%’

Centre in Xiongan New Area projected to fast-track process from 15 months to just three.

28 Jun 2026 - 11:55PMvideocam

Xiongan New Area in Hebei province will be home to a patent centre that is expected to cut assessment times by 70 per cent, according to state media. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong budget 2026-27

Exclusive | Hong Kong to boost IP economy with new academy, patent evaluation support

Initiatives to diversify the city’s economic development expected to be announced by Financial Secretary Paul Chan in his budget address.

24 Feb 2026 - 8:51AM

US-China relations

Chief of UN intellectual property agency wins re-election

Daren Tang secured victory despite questions over his leadership and a whistle-blower letter, as US and China stayed largely on sidelines.

13 Feb 2026 - 6:16AM

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can capitalise on Chinese creative destruction

The Greater Bay Area’s success shows that with the right environment, creative destruction can generate inclusive growth.

14 Dec 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, developed by Chinese drone maker EHang, carries out a demo flight at the urban air traffic operation demonstration centre in Bao’an district, Shenzhen, on April 16. Photo: Xinhua

Technology

China dominates global patent race with record filings

China filed nearly half of all patents worldwide in 2024, outpacing the US by more than threefold, WIPO data show.

13 Nov 2025 - 6:13AMvideocam

Science

Does Switzerland beat China in innovation? Ranking raises questions about bias

China leads in knowledge and tech outputs but takes 10th place overall on Global Innovation Index, leading to doubts about methodology.

24 Oct 2025 - 6:06AMvideocam

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong climbs 3 spots to No 15 in Global Innovation Index

City ranks first globally for credit, while placing third in higher education and fifth in knowledge absorption.

16 Sep 2025 - 7:42PM

The index ranked Hong Kong fifth in Asia. Photo: Sam Tsang

India

The View | Together, China and India can be a tech innovation force

India has shot up in innovation rankings with venture capital as a new metric. More could be achieved if India and China joined forces.

9 Sep 2025 - 6:30PMvideocam

The innovation lab inside the premises of India’s information technology company Wipro in Bengaluru, India, on August 13. India now has four innovation clusters, including Bengaluru, in the top 100 of the WIPO list. Photo: Reuters

China technology

South China’s Greater Bay Area boasts world’s largest innovation cluster

World Intellectual Property Organization based rankings on international patent filings, scientific publications and venture capital deals.

3 Sep 2025 - 3:38PM

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong, 2 mainland Chinese cities named UN body’s top innovation cluster

A ranking process that factors venture capital deals helped to launch the cluster ahead of Tokyo-Yokohama to claim top spot.

2 Sep 2025 - 10:19AM

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong to sign data-sharing deal with UN intellectual property body: Paul Chan

Chan says memorandum of understanding with WIPO will allow city’s judiciary to share relevant landmark judgments with UN body’s database.

31 Aug 2025 - 10:41PM

Looking ahead, Hong Kong’s finance chief has said the city will further leverage the unique advantage offered by the “one country, two systems” governing principle to deepen cooperation with its counterparts in the rest of the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Dickson Lee

Technology

Opinion | Why East Asian integration could be the solution to US tariff threats

As Japan and South Korea struggled to reach trade deals with the US, China’s economic leverage offers an example for the rest of the region.

8 Jul 2025 - 5:28PMvideocam

An employee works on a lithium battery production line at a factory in Huaibei, Anhui province, on April 26. Photo: AFP

World Intellectual Property Organisation

Advanced tech now accounts for 1 in 6 valid invention patents in China

Hi-tech manufacturing and digital industries such as AI have emerged as key drivers of economic growth.

How China can safeguard its visual heritage from global brand exploitation

The AI industrial revolution: why US faces a historic tech reckoning from China

China’s newest IP office to cut hi-tech patent approval times ‘by 70%’

Centre in Xiongan New Area projected to fast-track process from 15 months to just three.

.css-1f6sr3w{color:#727272;}Exclusive | Hong Kong to boost IP economy with new academy, patent evaluation support

Initiatives to diversify the city’s economic development expected to be announced by Financial Secretary Paul Chan in his budget address.

Chief of UN intellectual property agency wins re-election

Daren Tang secured victory despite questions over his leadership and a whistle-blower letter, as US and China stayed largely on sidelines.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Opinion | How Hong Kong can capitalise on Chinese creative destruction

The Greater Bay Area’s success shows that with the right environment, creative destruction can generate inclusive growth.

China dominates global patent race with record filings

China filed nearly half of all patents worldwide in 2024, outpacing the US by more than threefold, WIPO data show.

Does Switzerland beat China in innovation? Ranking raises questions about bias

China leads in knowledge and tech outputs but takes 10th place overall on Global Innovation Index, leading to doubts about methodology.

Hong Kong climbs 3 spots to No 15 in Global Innovation Index

City ranks first globally for credit, while placing third in higher education and fifth in knowledge absorption.

The View | Together, China and India can be a tech innovation force

India has shot up in innovation rankings with venture capital as a new metric. More could be achieved if India and China joined forces.

South China’s Greater Bay Area boasts world’s largest innovation cluster

World Intellectual Property Organization based rankings on international patent filings, scientific publications and venture capital deals.

Hong Kong, 2 mainland Chinese cities named UN body’s top innovation cluster

A ranking process that factors venture capital deals helped to launch the cluster ahead of Tokyo-Yokohama to claim top spot.

Hong Kong to sign data-sharing deal with UN intellectual property body: Paul Chan

Chan says memorandum of understanding with WIPO will allow city’s judiciary to share relevant landmark judgments with UN body’s database.

Opinion | Why East Asian integration could be the solution to US tariff threats

As Japan and South Korea struggled to reach trade deals with the US, China’s economic leverage offers an example for the rest of the region.

Exclusive | Hong Kong to boost IP economy with new academy, patent evaluation support

Opinion | How Hong Kong can capitalise on Chinese creative destruction