Source: China Daily

The latest data from the Anhui Provincial Administration for Market Regulation show that new trademarks surged 74 percent year-on-year to more than 51,570 in the first quarter. That has enabled the province's total registration inventory to have surpassed 484,690 by the end of March, an increase of 47 percent from the same period last year. In 2018, new trademark filings from the province reached 201,000, the first time for it to surpass the benchmark of 200,000 applications. The momentum continued in the first quarter of this year, increasing 19.8 percent year-on-year to more than 48,170 filings.