Reconstruction of regional network in Asia and the Pacific : its past and present, future prospect

太平洋关系研究所（IPR）成立于1925年，是正统国际非政府组织（INGO）的先驱。我们评价它为今天的PBEC、PAFTAD、PECC、东盟和亚太经合组织的先驱机构。我们的研究项目旨在调查知识产权的历史，并从当代的角度考虑知识产权与当今国际非政府组织之间的关系。我们也在思考未来亚太地区有关区域主义的各种问题。在三年的研究中，我们收集了夏威夷、美国本土、加拿大、英国、澳大利亚、新西兰的知识产权文件，并从不同的角度研究了知识产权协会主办的国际会议。我们还研究了知识产权国际秘书处以及英国、澳大利亚和新西兰的国家理事会的活动。知识产权组织得到了许多有影响力的民间人士的支持，他们来自不同的国家，在亚太地区有利益。虽然我们在恢复知识产权文件方面做了很多工作，并利用这些文件为这个被遗忘的机构提供了新的历史线索，但仍有许多问题需要探索。我们想在这里报告我们目前在重要主题和议题上的发现。不过，我们已经开始收集有关东盟、亚太经合组织和相关组织的补充文件。我们的项目将继续研究知识产权的历史和意义，并试图展示其在亚太地区未来的相关性。

The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) started in 1925 as a pioneer orthodox International Nongovernmental Organization (INGO). We have evaluated it as a pioneer institution to today's PBEC, PAFTAD, PECC, ASEAN and APEC. The aim of our research project is to investigate the history on the IPR and to consider, from a contemporary standpoint, the relations between the IPR and today's INGOs. We are also contemplating the various issues regarding regionalism in the Asia-Pacific in the future.In our three-year research project, we have collected the IPR documents on Hawaii, mainland of USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and have examined, from different perspectives, the international conferences hosted by the IPR. We have also studied the activities of the IPR international secretariat as well as the national councils in UK, Australia and New Zealand.The IPR had the support of many influential nongovernmental people who came from different nations with interests in the Asia-Pacific region. Though we have gone a long way to recover IPR documents, and used these documents to throw new historical light on this forgotten institution, there are still many topics to be explored.We want to report here our findings on significant themes and topics at the present time. Nevertheless, we have already started to collect additional documents on ASEAN, APEC and related organizations. Our project will continue to research the history and significance of the IPR and attempt to show its future relevance in the Asia-Pacific region.