Representatives of intellectual property authorities in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao visit UM

A delegation from the Mainland and Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR Intellectual Property Symposium, consisting of representatives of China National Intellectual Property Administration, provincial-level intellectual property bureaus in the pan-Pearl River Delta region, intellectual property bureaus within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Intellectual Property Department of the Hong Kong SAR government, recently visited the University of Macau (UM) and was warmly received by UM Vice Rector Ge Wei. Ge gave the guests an introduction to UM’s history, research layout, campus facilities, and development direction. Both parties had a meeting in the Research Building, where Wang Chunming, interim director of UM’s Research Services and Knowledge Transfer Office, discussed industry-academia collaborations at UM and the recent development of academic units at the university. Members of the delegation then visited UM’s Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, and Faculty of Health Sciences. They spoke highly of the achievements of UM in recent years in the fields of intellectual property and technology transfer.