The National Development and Reform Commission announced on March 23 that China has organized important projects to create core and essential technologies and now sees fruitful achievements that a group of innovations with proprietary IPRs were produced during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period. Research projects on core electronics device, general-purpose chips for high-end usage and basic software in particular have filed 2,247 patents in total.

In a bid to develope strategic new industries, high and new technologies, China launched the research on development of important projects of core and essential technologies represented by core electronics device, general-purpose chips for high-end usage and basic softwares. As of December 2010, the budget funds for these projects amounted to 19.6 billion yuan and 2,247 patents had been filed, 2,123 of which were inventions while 220 patents were granted. 

(China IP News)