The IP authority in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region announced that regional companies and individuals filed 10,210 patent applications last year. The number has increased 284 times compared with 1985, when the Patent Law took effect. More than 5,200 patents were granted last year, growing more than 1,300 times from 1985. To encourage innovation, the Xinjiang government has launched a program to fund patent applications.

(Source: China Daily)