On June 23, Tianjin University of Science & Technology held a symposium on the construction of the School of Intellectual Property. Tian Lipu, a distinguished alumnus of the University and former Director-General and Party Secretary of the State Intellectual Property Office, attended as guest of honour. Ren Hongyuan, Party Secretary and Director of the Tianjin Municipal Intellectual Property Bureau, Deng Yingjun, Director of the Patent Examination Cooperation Tianjin Center of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, Lu Fuping, Deputy Party Secretary and President of the University, and Jia Qijun, Deputy Party Secretary, attended. .

At the symposium, Tian Lipu systematically reviewed and shared the mature models and successful experience of intellectual property schools at universities across China in disciplinary development, talent cultivation, industry-academia-research integration and social services, providing a high-quality reference and clear development path for the high-quality construction of locally run intellectual property schools

Ren Hongyuan introduced the development of intellectual property in Tianjin. He elaborated on the main progress of Tianjin's intellectual property work in five aspects: "creation, utilization, protection, management and services". Deng Yingjun introduced the overall development history, business layout and current achievements of the Patent Examination Cooperation Tianjin Center. Lu Fuping gave a detailed account of the University's heritage and achievements. He said the University has always upheld its original mission of serving local economic and social development, aligned itself closely with regional development strategies, and followed the educational orientation that "whatever the locality develops as an industry, the University must build corresponding disciplines and programs". Leveraging its strong engineering characteristics and deep accumulated expertise, it has precisely matched regional industrial upgrading and innovation needs, continuously optimized its disciplinary and program layout, adjusted its talent development structure, strengthened research and innovation capacity, and integrated itself comprehensively into and served the high-quality development of the regional economy. Lu Fuping emphasized that intellectual property development is an important entry point and key lever for the University to empower local innovation and deepen university-locality integration, and a vital bridge linking scientific and technological innovation with industrial development.

The successful convening of this symposium has clarified the development path and anchored the direction for the high-quality construction of the University's School of Intellectual Property. It opened up channels for the commercialization of university patent achievements, and give full play to the think-tank role of universities, serving the implementation of the regional intellectual property strategy and innovative high-quality development.