Commissioned by Intellectual Property Office of Jiangsu Province, the first session of Jiangsu patent operation training program opened on July 21 at National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, Suzhou Industrial Park. The 4-day training program involves subjects of technology transfer process, IPR financial management, and IPR investment strategy. It is the first specialized training for patent operation in Jiangsu as well as the first one in the country to adopt AUTM courses. The training organizer invites several international experts, including AUTM's former president Ashley J. Stevens, Ma Mun Thoh and Liang Dong from NUS Intellectual Property & Commercialization, to give lectures to 100-odd people in charge of IPR work from related government departments and enterprises in Jiangsu Province