On the morning of November 17, 2008, Shantou Municipal Committee and Municipal Government held a meeting in the Municipal Committee conference center for the mobilization of building Shantou into a national intellectual property model city. On behalf of the State Intellectual Property Office, Xing Shengcai, the Deputy Director of the State Intellectual Property Office, presented the plaque of "National Intellectual Property Model City" to Mayor Cai Zongze. This signified the official recognition of Shantou City as a national intellectual property model city and a new start for the intellectual property work for Shantou. Huang Zhiguang, the Secretary of the Municipal Committee, emphasized that Shantou shall adhere to the Scientific Outlook on Development and take this opportunity to implement overall intellectual property strategies, speed up the construction of a new Shantou, make sure the quantity and quality of independent intellectual properties and independent brands fitting in the social and economic development of Shantou, boost the significant improvement of Shantou＇s independent innovation capacities and industrial competitive strengths, and strive to develop Shantou into a city with strong innovation vitality, smooth transformation channels, and robust intellectual property protection mechanism.

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　　2008年11月17日上午，市委、市政府在市委会议中心召开创建国家知识产权示范城市动员大会。国家知识产权局副局长邢胜才代表国家知识产权局向市长蔡宗泽颁授“国家知识产权示范城市创建市”牌匾，这标志着我市被正式批准为国家知识产权示范城市创建市，汕头知识产权工作又迈上了一个新起点。市委书记黄志光在会上强调，要以科学发展观为统领，以创建国家知识产权示范城市为契机，全面实施知识产权战略，加快建设创新型汕头，实现自主知识产权和自主品牌的数量和质量与汕头经济社会发展水平相适应，促进我市自主创新能力和产业竞争力显著提高，努力把汕头建设成为创新活力强劲、转化渠道顺畅、知识产权保护有力的知识产权强市。

来源：汕头日报