June 20–22 — A delegation of 16 facult y members and students from Kangwon National University (Korea), led by Vice President Zheng Zhengen and Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Intellectual Property S u n Hanji , visited the Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property, Tongji University, for a three-day academic exchange program featuring multi-level and comprehensive activities. The program comprised two main components: the WIPO–Tongji International Intellectual Property Forum and practice-oriented visits to enterprises and law firms. During the visit, the two institutions formally signed a China–Korea Intellectual Property Cooperation Agreement, establishing a long-term platform for the joint cultivation of intellectual property professionals between China and Korea.
Following the opening remarks, the Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property and Kangwon National University officially signed the China–Korea Intellectual Property Cooperation Agreement, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the two universities' collaboration on international talent development.
During the thematic sessions of the forum, two professors from Kangwon National University with extensive expertise in the interdisciplinary field of data and intellectual property delivered keynote presentations under the forum's two major themes.
On the morning of June 21, the WIPO Master's Program Student Seminar was successfully held, where faculty and students from both countries presented and discussed research on emerging issues in intellectual property law. Four students from Kangwon National University shared their research findings in turn.
On the afternoon of the same day, the delegation visited Unitalen Law Office for an exchange on intellectual property practice. Participants engaged in in-depth discussions on judicial practice in intellectual property law in China and Korea, as well as university–law firm collaboration in practice-oriented research. The exchange facilitated the sharing of perspectives and explored practical approaches to establishing a long-term cooperation mechanism between academia and legal practice.
On the morning of June 22, the delegation visited two leading Chinese digital cultural and creative enterprises, China Literature Limited and Shengqu Games. Through site visits and seminars, participants exchanged views on frontier topics including copyright protection for online literature and video games, full-industry-chain IP commercialization, and copyright regulation of AI-generated content (AIGC), thereby establishing new channels for academic exchange and industry–academia collaboration in the field of intellectual property between China and Korea.
The delegation subsequently visited Shengqu Games. During the discussions, faculty and students from Kangwon National University introduced Korea's legislative developments on copyright protection in the online literature and gaming industries, as well as its regulatory practices concerning artificial intelligence. Through a comparative discussion of the shared challenges and institutional differences between the two countries in IP commercialization, digital copyright, and AI regulation, both sides reached a consensus that the cross-border dissemination of digital cultural and creative content has generated an increasing number of transnational intellectual property disputes.
At noon on the same day, the Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property held a bilateral discussion with the delegation from Kangwon National University. The two sides engaged in in-depth exchanges on key topics including discipline development, international talent cultivation, academic and research collaboration, and mechanisms for faculty and student exchanges, sharing insights and exploring future cooperation. At the conclusion of the meeting, the two universities exchanged commemorative gifts, further strengthening their institutional friendship and laying a solid foundation for long-term collaboration.
On the afternoon of the same day, the delegation attended the 2026 Graduation and Degree Awarding Ceremony of the Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property (SICIP), together with the Closing Ceremony for the 9th WIPO-Tongji Master’s Program and Chinese Government Scholarship Program. Throughout the ceremony, the Korean delegation gained a comprehensive understanding of the College's international model for cultivating intellectual property professionals and its distinctive educational approach, further enhancing mutual understanding of future collaboration in joint talent development.
The three-day exchange program concluded with fruitful outcomes and significant achievements. Building upon the signing of the Cooperation Agreement, both sides will continue to deepen comprehensive cooperation in faculty and student exchanges, joint research, academic forums, and professional training, thereby promoting bilateral academic and educational collaboration in the field of intellectual property between China and Korea and jointly cultivating high-caliber international intellectual property professionals with expertise spanning both legal systems.
