Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong Province in southern China agreed on Thursday to strengthen their cooperation in cracking down on copyright piracy and giving a better protection umbrella for intellectual property rights in both places.

Reviewing the latest developments of intellectual property in Hong Kong and Guangdong at its 5th meeting Thursday, the Guangdong-Hong Kong Expert Group on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights concluded that many intellectual property cooperation efforts had been successfully completed, citing achievements in an education-sharing program for teachers from primary and secondary schools of both regions together with a training and exchange program for officials of both sides.

The expert group also discussed projects for the second half of the year, including enhancing the intellectual property education-sharing program and organizing a seminar on intellectual property and the development of small and medium enterprises in Guangdong.

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