On March 29, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Intellectual Property Development Alliance was founded in E-town, with a ceremony to mark the occasion.

The office of the alliance will be located in E-town, which will attract more intellectual property institutions to locate there.

The alliance aims to improve the management of intellectual property in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. It will provide intellectual property services for foreign trade enterprises to help them expand their international markets.

The founding membership of the alliance consists of 120 new enterprises and 30 intellectual property service institutions. The alliance expects to take over work currently done by the Capital Intellectual Property Services Association.

The alliance will create an online exhibition platform to update news and activities of intellectual property protection work. The activities range from lectures, forums, and seminars to teaching member enterprises how to avoid intellectual property risks internationally. The alliance will also provide one-to-one services for individual companies.