On August 26-27, 2010, the 2nd Congress on Intellectual Property Rights in Medicine and Life Sciences was held at Pullman Hotel in Sgway, Shanghai. During the meeting, Minister Zhang Qingkui of the State Patent Office, Professor Jiang Zhipei, President of the Supreme People's Court, Dr. Lu Guoqiang, Director-General of Shanghai Intellectual Property Office and Novozyme were invited to attend. Professor Deng Jun, Senior Licensing Manager, and Peter L. Dolan, Patent Director of Sanofi-Aventis Asia-Pacific Region gave excellent lectures respectively. At the invitation of the organizer, our intellectual property consultant Li Ji gave a report on the development and status quo of patents in the field of biotechnology in China.