September 20, 2012, Prof. Xiang Yu was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the University of Alicante, Spain, which was chaired by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Amparo Navarro Faure, Spanish, the Patent and Trademark Office Secretary Ms. Patricia Garcia-Escudero Marquez made a special trip from Madrid to attend this ceremony.

Prof. Xiang Yu made the only report in the opening ceremony of the 19^th Intellectual Property Master Class. It is reported that the WIPO Director-General Prof. Francis Gurry made the special report in the 18^th class graduation.

September 21, 2012, Prof. Xiang Yu was invited to European Trademark Office. The visit not only made the foreign agencies have a deeper understanding of China’s intellectual property development, but also promoted the cooperation between the excellent foreign agencies and HUST, additionally. It improved the reputation of Chinese-German Institute for Intellectual Property at abroad.

The group photo is Prof. Xiang Yu, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alicante, Spain Prof. Faure and Spanish Patent and Trademark Office Secretary Ms. Patricia Garcia-Escudero Marquez.