China's release丨The Executive Vice President of the Supreme People's Court He Rong and the Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Court of Final Appeal Zhang Juneng and his party held a discussion

On the morning of May 20, He Rong, a national first-class justice and executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court, and Zhang Juneng, chief judge of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and their party held discussions and exchanges in Beijing on deepening cooperation in judicial protection of intellectual property rights between the mainland and Hong Kong and the construction of smart courts. The delegation also visited the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court and the Beijing Internet Court.

He Rong said that in recent years, the people's courts have faithfully performed the duties entrusted by the Constitution and laws, based on serving the overall situation of the national development strategy, and have successively established special adjudication institutions such as intellectual property courts and Internet courts, promoting the formation of a rule of law environment that encourages independent innovation, promotes scientific and technological progress, and prospers the digital economy, and strives to build a new model of Internet justice with Chinese characteristics and the world's leading, and has achieved remarkable results. The Supreme People's Court supports the deepening of exchanges and cooperation between the Hong Kong judiciary and the mainland people's courts on the judicial protection of intellectual property rights and the construction of smart courts, and supports Hong Kong in consolidating and enhancing its competitive advantages, building an international innovation and technology center, and better integrating into the overall situation of national development.

Zhang Juneng said that in recent years, the construction of smart courts in the people's courts has achieved remarkable results, and the judicial protection of intellectual property rights in the country has made great progress, which is worthy of reference by the Hong Kong judicial institutions. In the future, it is necessary to further strengthen exchanges and sharing with the people's courts of the mainland in relevant fields, hoping to achieve fruitful results.

(Editor: Peng Yao)