A three-minute video message from WIPO Director General Francis Gurry will be aired at the opening ceremony of IP Protection Publicity Week on April 20. The theme of the week-long celebration will be “Creation-Protection-Development.”

To mark the 10th Anniversary of World IP Day, SIPO will also distribute 25,000 copies of a “First Day Cover”, on which will feature the origins and goals of World IP Day, this year’s theme and the WIPO 10th Anniversary poster.

China – Hong Kong (SAR)

To celebrate World IP Day, the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department (IPD) has organized the following activities:

A local radio program, including five two-minute segments and two 15-second promos, was broadcast from April 20 to 26;

two local newspaper supplements (in Chinese and in English) were released on April 26;

a celebratory reception was held on April 26, to which major stakeholders in the IP industry were invited;

a movie screening was organized by the International Federation Against Copyright Theft (Greater China) in collaboration with the IPD, targeting youngsters from Hong Kong, on April 24;

a video clip competition was organized by the Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society and co-organized by the IPD, Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department and Hong Kong Education City Limited. The competition, whose theme was “Respect copyright to promote creativity and awareness of IP protection” among students and young people, was launched at a ceremony on April 27.