The Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances, hosted by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), opened on June 20th in Beijing.
China State Counselor LIU Yandong and Beijing Deputy Mayor LU Wei joined WIPO Director General Francis Gurry and over 700 delegates at the opening ceremony of the Diplomatic Conference, which concluded negotiations on a treaty that will shore up the rights of performers in their audiovisual performances. 721 delegates from 154 WIPO member states, six inter-governmental organizations, some 49 non-governmental organizations attended the Diplomatic Conference. New treaty for audiovisual performers was successfully concluded on June 26, 2012 as negotiators from WIPO’s member states signed the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances.
