The provincial intellectual property office recently announced that 1,719 invention patents from the province were granted in the first five months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 67.7 percent, the highest growth rate across China. In the same period, 8,383 invention patent applications were filed, ranking the seventh nationwide, up 72.2 percent. Last year the government issued policies to shift its focus from sponsorship of patent applications to granted inventions.

(Source: China Daily)