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Feb 10, 2022 (Newsletter Issue 2/22)
WIPO
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China Accedes to Hague System


On February 5, 2022, the Government of the People’s Republic of China deposited its instrument of accession to the 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement. The Act will enter into force in China on May 5, 2022.

It should be noted that the 1999 Act will not be applied in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China until otherwise notified by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

China’s instrument of accession includes several declarations which can be seen here

Source: www.wipo.int