Shanxi province's first Intellectual Property Services Alliance was established recently, according to the intellectual property office of the Shanxi Science and Technology Department.

A total of 17 members, involving various fields such as the intellectual property agency and training and assessment, are included in the alliance. Through strategic cooperation, the alliance will provide a full range of intellectual services for the enterprises.

The alliance's establishment will promote the sharing of resources and cluster the advantages among its members, according to the intellectual property office. The alliance is expected to create a favorable condition for Shanxi's innovation-driven and intellectual property strategies, and to accelerate the intellectual property service industry's competiveness in the province.

(Source: China Daily)