The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) hosted the 7th annual meeting of the Industrial Design 5 Forum (ID5) from Beijing by video conference, November 1-2, 2021. The forum consisted of representatives from the CNIPA, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

Acknowledging the growing importance of industrial design, the five largest trademark offices in the world (TM5) created the ID5 forum. The forum focuses on improving consistency in registration policies, cataloging office practices, promoting interoperable procedural frameworks, and protecting emerging designs such as graphical user interfaces (GUIs), animations and other new technology designs.

The WIPO delegation led by Director General Daren Tang attended the meeting as an observer. During the course of the ID5 conference the CNIPA along with the USPTO, the EUIPO, KIPO and JPO signed an Agreed Statement on the ID5 Cooperation 2021. The Agreed Statement recognized the importance of cooperating on the use of digital and emerging technological means to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and facilitate economic recovery between the five offices.