Chinese experts and professionals in opto-electronics will be able to check information in the country's first opto-electronic intellectual property rights (IPR) information center, which opened Tuesday in the capital of central China's Hubei Province, Wuhan.

China Guanggu Intellectual Property Rights Information Center stores 30 million pieces of global patent information, one sixth of which is opto-electronic IPR information.

The center, jointly organized by State Intellectual Property Office and Wuhan City Government, is expected to further adopt a patent system for China's opto-electronic industry as well as promote innovation in the field.

Local sources say that the newly established center will help to organize opto-electronic experts to serve enterprise and individual needs as well as meet specific corporate needs by establishing various information data banks.

(Xinhua News Agency June 19, 2002)