At the 59th WIPO Member States Meeting recently held, more than 1,200 delegates from WIPO's 193 Member States gathered to discuss and reach consensus on a wide range of topics, such as the WIPO work plan for 2020-2021 and the related budgets. The number of international treaties added, which will be managed by WIPO, has reached a new high. During the meeting, 7 Member States had submitted 11 letters of accession or ratification.

Vietnam has joined the international industrial design system and became the 61^st member of the Hague System. Samoa has joined “the Patent Cooperation Treaty”, “the Hague Agreement”, and “the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and GI”; Trinidad and Tobago joined “the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances” and became the 28th member, which will be able to enter into force after 30 members have joined. (Source: China Intellectual Property News)