香港贸易发展局和香港知识产权署，为提高香港中小企业对知识产权，以及知识产权保护对企业发展的重要性的认识，于２００３年初在香港会展中心举办了为期一天的“知识产权与中小企业发展”大型研讨会。国家知识产权局司长乔德喜应邀在研讨会上介绍了目前祖国大陆对知识产权保? Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department, in order to raise awareness of the importance of Hong Kong SMEs in intellectual property and intellectual property protection to their business development, HKTDC organized a one-day “Intellectual Property and Small and Medium Enterprise Development ”large-scale seminar. Qiao Dexi, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, was invited to introduce at the seminar the mainland's protection of intellectual property right now.