On the morning of August 31, the 1st Appointment Ceremony for Specially Invited IP consulting experts & Consultation Seminar was held at Shanghai Intellectual Property Right Court. 18 experts and scholars, including Li Guoguang, former Vice President of the Supreme People's Court, Prof. Pei Gang, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Principal of Tongji University, Prof. Lin Zhongqin, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Vice Principal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Prof. Liu Chuntian, President of the Intellectual Property Academy of Renmin University of China and Chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Association, were engaged as the first batch of specially invited IP consulting experts. Wu Xielin, President of the IP Court, presented appointment letters to the first batch of specially invited consulting experts. Vice President Li Shulan presided over the appointment ceremony and the seminar. With "the 3-year development planning for Shanghai Intellectual Property Right Court" as the theme of the consultation seminar, the specially invited consulting experts offered constructive suggestions and advice revolving around such aspects as the mission, orientation, function, task and developing path of Shanghai Intellectual Property Right Court, and from different perspectives of the national strategy, international horizon and judicial rules.