SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-SHANGHAI-1ST WIPO CITY INNOVATION AWARD

(261012) -- GENEVA, Oct. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People attend the Inaugural Award Ceremony for the first WIPO City of Innovation award at the headquarters of the WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 12, 2026. Chinese city Shanghai, Britain's Liverpool and Belgium's Charleroi were announced Monday by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as winners of the first WIPO City of Innovation award. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)