The government of Shenyang has issued detailed regulations covering patent subsidies for local small companies and startups. A company will get a subsidy of 80 percent of the patent fee when it acquires an invention or utility patent, and 50 percent of the fee when it renews the patent. Shenyang is one of the first pilot cities in a national program launched in June last year to promote the innovation of small companies.

(Source: China Daily)