On April 23, the Quality Brands Protection Committee of China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment (QBPC) co-hosted an online enforcement skills training and exchange meeting with Kunming, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanning, Changsha and Wuhan Customs. QBPC Customs Committee Vice Chair Wendy Lin attended this meeting and made an opening speech. She said that over the years, QBPC had actively carried out cooperation with all levels of customs in the field of intellectual property protection, jointly organized various forms of law enforcement trainings and communication activities which yielded positive results. The achievements made by the customs had been well recognized by the members. In particular, she mentioned that the number of customs seizures increased by 20% to 30% compared with the previous year, indicating that the customs had never slackened its IPR protection and that the right holders of enterprises would continue to cooperate with the customs to help protect IPR in China.
Representatives of Amazon Kindle Business, L Brands, Procter & Gamble, Qualcomm, Schneider Electric, Allergan, Canon, Dyson, Epson, Hasbro, Inc., Kering, Lacoste, Longchamp, Moet Hennessy, Nikon Imaging, Underwriters Laboratories, Valeo, Wahl Clipper, WD-40, Zegna and US Golf attended this event. Speakers from above companies each made a 5-minute presentation about how to identify fake products and the features of counterfeiting activities.
Following the first training in 2020, QBPC worked again with Kunming, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanning and Changsha Customs, joined by Wuhan customs this time. During the training, customs officials listened carefully to the presentations by the right holders to further improve their enforcement skills and support the innovation of enterprises. There were nearly 1,000 viewers in total.