On the afternoon of March 7, Ms. Li Shulan, Vice President of Shanghai Intellectual Property Court, led a delegation to visit China (Pudong) Intellectual Property Protection Center (the Center). Presiding Judge of Intellectual Property Tribunal No. 1 Ding Wenlian and Presiding Judge of Intellectual Property Tribunal No. 2 participated in the research. After visiting the service hall of the Center, Vice President Li Shulan and her delegation had a discussion with Deputy Director of Pudong Intellectual Property Administration Zhang Jun and Deputy Directors of the Center Guo Yuanhua and Song Jia. Deputy Director Zhang Jun introduced the constructionand operation of the Center, the intellectual property protection in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone(Pudong New Area) and the future work plan, and suggested carrying out cooperation between the two sides. He also expressed the hope to enhance cooperation with the court in strengthening official exchange, carrying out pre-litigation and mid-litigation mediation, conducting circuit trial, establishing judge studios and work collaboration system, matching quick right confirmation functions, doing key subject research and expanding reporting channels of judicial and administrative protection and cooperation information, etc. Afterwards, the participants had discussions focusing on the free trade zone’s IPR protection, appointment of pre-trial members, litigation and mediation combination, circuit trial, and the development of judge studios, etc. Vice President Li Shulan expressed that the Center’s orderly work, standardized management, and several innovationsincluding big data application management system, areworth learning, and thanked for the suggestions put forward by the Center. She said Shanghai Intellectual Property Court will give them serious consideration, accept the appropriate ones and carry them out in futurework.