Chinese Company Again on the List of WIPO Global Awards

On 12 July 2024, the WIPO Global Awards ceremony was held in Geneva, Switzerland during the 65th General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). At the ceremony, WIPO director-general Mr. Daren Tang presented trophies to representatives of nine winning companies in recognition of their positive impact on driving global technological progress while boosting economic growth through technological innovation and use of intellectual property (IP).

This year, 660-odd small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups from 107 countries participated in the WIPO Global Awards, and four Chinese companies were among the 25 finalists. A panel of eight international jurors, after deliberation, selected nine companies from the finalists as winners. Among the awardees was Healinno Tech. from China, whose use of its intelligent image-guided automated waterjet surgical robot provides forward-thinking solutions in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. This marks the third consecutive year that Chinese companies have won a place in the WIPO Global Awards since its launch in 2022.

The other eight winners, whose innovations relate to health, agri-food, and quantum technology, came from Argentina, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, and Turkiye.