As of the end of June, the number of invention patents per 10,000 heads in China has reached 2.0, up 0.3 from 1.7 at the end of 2010. "The main reason is that China granted 48.2% more invention patents in the first half of this year", according to a principal of Planning and Development Department under SIPO.

As of the end of June, SIPO granted and remain effective patents for the three kinds are 2.496 million,   627,000 of which are inventions, up 12.6% and 11% from 2.216 million and 565,000 of the end 2010 respectively. Among the 627,000 granted inventions, 302,000 were granted to domestic, up 17.1% from 258,000, accounting for 48.2% of the total; 325,000 of which were granted to foreigners, up 5.9% from 307,000, accounting for 51.8%. 

(China IP News)