On February 28th, Shanghai Colleges and Universities Intellectual Property Volunteer Association held the first work conference in 2014.

Participants included principals of the Creative Engineering Institute of Shanghai and the Law School of Tongji University, along with the intellectual property volunteers of Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tongji University, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai Institute of Political Science and Law and Shanghai University of International Business and Economics.

The conference specified the main tasks of the Shanghai Colleges and Universities Intellectual Property Volunteer Association in 2014, including operation of microblogs by Shanghai Colleges and Universities Intellectual Property Volunteer Association, the publication of readers of intellectual property volunteers in colleges and universities of Shanghai, and conducting training for volunteers, along with participation in Intellectual Property Publicity Week, and the intellectual property protection and service for the second Shanghai Fair, investigation of the intellectual property protection situation of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, and the investigation and survey of intellectual property protection situation of enterprises and public institutions in Shanghai.