The Guangdong/Hong Kong Expert Group on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights was set up after the Sixth Plenary of the Hong Kong/Guangdong Co-operation Joint Conference held in August 2003. The Expert Group aims at enhancing exchanges and cooperation on various aspects of intellectual property, including promotion and education, training, enforcement and information dissemination.

Members from the Guangdong side include officials from the Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration), Guangdong Copyright Administration Bureau, the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province and the Guangdong Sub-administration of Customs General Administration. The delegation is led by the Director General of the Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration). Members from the Hong Kong side include officials from the Intellectual Property Department, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and the Customs and Excise Department and the delegation is led by the Director of Intellectual Property.

Since the inception of the Guangdong/Hong Kong Intellectual Property Cooperation, various cooperation items have been completed successfully or are under sustainable development. The cooperation helps to build up a close partnership between the intellectual property-related authorities in the two places, and enhances the knowledge of the enterprises, the public and the intellectual property owners in area of intellectual property in the two places.

The Guangdong/Hong Kong IP Cooperation Corner covers information about the meetings of “Guangdong/Hong Kong Expert Group on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” and the cooperation items under the framework of the Expert Group. The said cooperation items include seminars, talks, forums, and exchange programmes. Users can obtain information about the protection and management of intellectual property as well as the latest cooperation items of the two places from the Cooperation Corner so that the public can keep abreast of the latest development of intellectual property cooperation in the two places.

• Co-operation Items relating to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area Development
• The Qualification Examination for Patent Attorneys
• Seminars on Intellectual Property and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises
• "No Fakes Pledge" Scheme
• Implementation of the National Standards for “Enterprise Intellectual Property Management” by Mainland enterprises (including Hong Kong-invested enterprises in Guangdong)
• Enforcement Cooperation
• Intellectual Property Database for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao
• Designated Electronic Mailbox for handling General Enquiries relating to Application for Trademark Registration in the Mainland