Beijing, 18 Dhu-AlHijjah,1439 AH, 29 August,2018 , SPA -- The General Secretariat of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States, represented by the Patent Office, participated in the 2018 high-level conference on intellectual property held in Chinese capital Beijing on 28-29 August 2018. The participation of the General Secretariat included the presentation of a working paper on cooperation between the GCC countries in the field of intellectual property and patents and their roles in promoting creativity and qualitative innovation in the GCC states. It is noteworthy that this international conference is the second of its kind for the Belt and Road countries including all GCC states and is organized in cooperation between the World Intellectual Property Organization and a number of intellectual property bodies in the People's Republic of China. -- SPA 13:58 LOCAL TIME 10:58 GMT 0009 www.spa.gov.sa/w740107