The Fuling district of Chongqing municipality recently issued Patent Subsidy Measures to subsidize granted patents and patents awards.

Each of the granted patents at home and overseas will be rewarded 5,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan as a subsidy. Patents winning China Patent Gold Awards will be subsidized to the tune of 500,000 yuan, while those winning China Patent Excellence Awards will be granted 30,000 yuan in subsidies.

(China Daily 02/16/2009 page9)