Yang Hui (2nd, right), deputy director general of SIPA meets a delegation from the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China on Nov 26. [Photo/WeChat account: Shanghai_IPA]

A delegation from the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China on Nov 26 visited the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, or SIPA, according to local officials in the southern Chinese megacity of Shanghai.

Yang Hui, deputy director general of SIPA, received the delegation and presented a briefing on the recent progress Shanghai made in IP protection and on IP international cooperation and exchanges.

Ioana Kraft, general manager of the Shanghai office of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, spoke highly of the city's efforts in IP and expressed her hope to further cooperation with SIPA.

The two sides also exchanged views on the application and protection of European companies' IP apps and protection in China and work related to IP during the COVID-19 outbreak.