On September 1, 2018, the international summer course "Innovation, Institutional Change and Intellectual Property Rights" was successfully held at the university of bologna, Italy, jointly organized by the faculty of law and the School of law and economics of the university of political science and law of China. Professor Xu Wenming, associate professor of The School of Law and Economics, and Li Wenjing, assistant professor of the Institute of Law and Economics, were invited to give lectures. More than 10 outstanding students from China University of Political Science and Law and The University of Bologna each participated in this course.