In June 2025, under the auspices of the Beijing Municipal Intellectual Property Office (BIPO) and Haidian District Administration for Market Regulation (Haidian District Intellectual Property Office), the 3rd Intellectual Property Vocational Skill Contest is jointly held by Capital Intellectual Property Services Association (CIPSA), China Intellectual Property Society (CIPS) Patent Committee and Beijing (ZGC) International Intellectual Property Hall.

The contest aims to find outstanding IP practitioners through three competitions, namely “Patent Competence Competition”, “Trademark Competence Competition” and “Professional English Speaking Competition”. The “Patent Competence Competition” assesses the contestants’ capabilities in searching patent literature, formulating invalidity strategy, as well as their familiarity with and application of patent laws and regulations. The “Trademark Competence Competition” scrutinizes the contestants’ capabilities in conducting trademark clearance search, formulating prosecution strategy, as well as drafting legal analysis report and proposing viable solutions. The “Professional English Speaking Competition” focuses on the contestants’ proficiency of oral English skills.

The contest attracts a total of 32 competing teams and 16 individual contestants.

On Tuesday June 24, an award ceremony is held. Gan Shaoning, CIPS Deputy President, Huang Jianjun, BIPO Inspector, Zhang Fangying, Associate Director of Haidian AMR and Director of Haidian IPO are present.

Gan Shaoning

Gan Shaoning presenting awards to winning contestants

Huang Jianjun

Zhang Fangying (L1) & Huang Jianjun (R1) presenting awards to winning contestants

Bai Gang, Founding Partner and Management Committee Chair of Wanhuida Intellectual Property also attends the award ceremony in the capacity of CIPSA President.

Bai Gang (R1) presenting awards to winning contestants

The firm’s Senior Trademark Counsel Li Yifei, Trademark Attorneys Lin Yafeng and Wang Nan win the third prize in the “Trademark Competence Competition”.