As of September 2009, China had housed 1,422,787 living patents of which 1,107,371 from home. Among the domestic living patent 776,481 from eastern China, 96,162 from middle region, 53,710 from western part and Hongkong and Macao contributed 77,546, representing 70.1%, 8.7%, 9.3%, 4.9% and 7% respectively. 2013-07-17