On 19 September, the fourth session of the "Lakeside Saturday" Intellectual Property Lecture — held in conjunction with the unveiling ceremony for the second cohort of Suzhou institutions approved as Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) — took place at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). More than 100 attendees, including core decision-makers from enterprises across the Yangtze River Delta, representatives of the Jiangsu Provincial Intellectual Property Office, and officials from relevant Suzhou municipal departments and bureaus, gathered for this highly practical course focused on trade secret protection.
On 29 August, the 3rd session of the "Lakefront Saturday" IP Lecture Series was successfully held by the Dushu Lake. Hosted by Suzhou Administration for Market Regulation (Intellectual Property Bureau) and undertaken by the Practical Base (Yangtze River Delta) of China Intellectual Property Training Center, the event was co-organized by Suzhou Industrial Park Library. More than 60 participants, including senior decision-makers from enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region and representatives of relevant municipal authorities, gathered to discuss new prospects for intellectual property strategies in the AI era.
On the afternoon of 31 July 2026, the XJTLU Intellectual Property Information Service Centre (XJTLU-IPISC), upon the invitation of GN (Beijing) New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., delivered an online training session titled Intellectual Property Empowerment in Materials R&D for the company’s R&D personnel.