Written on the occasion of my retirement

Xu Shu- Partner and patent attorney

Time flies, and my 18 years for Panawell & Partners and 39 years in the intellectual property industry is like a long journey, amazing and fantastic. Today, when I am about to say goodbye to this journey, my heart is filled with infinite gratitude and reluctance.

Walking on the road to perfection, I have exerted my utmost for my lifelong pursuit to make the ordinary extraordinary and the simple not simple. Here and now, we are together, striving for excellence, standing up to challenges, rejoicing in every progress, celebrating every achievement and getting to the unreachable all along.

I would like to express my deepest respect, with sincere gratitude, to everyone who has given me life guidance and help, and to my colleagues and all the partners for your friendship, trust, support and cooperation. It is you who encouraged me in time of difficulty and shared my joy in time of achievements, and it is you who have made my career so wonderful. All our concerted efforts and cooperation will become my lasting warm memory.

In the future, we will continue to share our stories with each other, no matter where we are. We have gone through spring, summer, autumn and winter one after another as winter goes and spring comes. I’m sure a brand-new life and a more beautiful spring will arrive as anticipated. Our future will be bright and hopeful, and Panawell, our big family as warm as spring, will forever go courageously forward, with efficient, fruitful and prosperous practice. Goodbye, my friends.