WIPO to open HQ in capital

The World Intellectual Property Organization has recently chosen the nation's capital as the site for the WIPO Chinese office, the fifth of its kind to be opened worldwide after offices in Brazil, Japan, the United States and Singapore. The new facility is expected to play an important role in enhancing WIPO's cooperation with China and offering local services, such as arbitration and mediation, collective management and capacity building, according to the Beijing Intellectual Property Office.