Numbers

• 2013-07-17 710,000 In first ten months this year, SIPO received 712,300 applications, up 12% over 635,235 year on year, granted 436,932, up 29.7% of 336,811 year on year.
• 2013-07-17 15 million Guangzhou has earmarked cumulative total of 15 million yuan to over 230 projects via a special fund plan in the past 3 years.
• 2013-07-17 8 Chongqing Xiyong Micro-Electronics Industrial Park and other seven ones were identified as IPR model park in the city. Xiyong Micro-Electronics Industrial Park and Wulidian industrial design centers are among the national IPR model parks.
• 2013-07-17 421 Wuhan economic development area filed 421 patent applications in first 3 quarters this year, up 137.85%, 65, 267 and 89 of which were for inventions, utility models and designs respectively.
• 2013-07-17 30 million Jiangsu East China Computer Room Group signed a letter of intent worth more than 30 million yuan with CCTV recently. The company now boasts above 30 patents, 7 of which are for inventions.
• 2013-07-17 28 million Jiangsu Violet Home Textile and Yinhe Flour Company acquire a loan of 28 million yuan from a bank by pledging their exclusive right of trademarks.
• 2013-07-17 500 million Jiangsu Longliqi Company secured a loan of 500 million yuan from Changshu Branch of  Bank of Agriculture by pledging its registration trademark of Longliqi.
• 2013-07-17 58 million Some 12 letters of intent on patent trade were sealed in Shenyang (Liaoning) during the Third China Patent Week, inking 58 million yuan
• 2013-07-17 91% Among the 1,089 IPR civil cases taken by courts in Henan, 91% and 52% were withdrawn during the first and second instance respectively in first half 2009.
• 2013-07-17 210,000 Chengdu Customs handled a case of shipping shoes and clothes infringing 13 famous international designer brands via post channel.  The goods were estimated worth 210,000 yuan.
• 2013-07-17 90 Guangdong presented its 90 high-tech projects with patents pending or patents granted during the 11th China High-tech Fair, representing 76.3% of all items.
• 2013-07-17 26 SIPO locks with 16 organizations as the second group of patent protection partners recently, making the total to 26.
• 2013-07-17 650,000 Some 650,000 copies of documentation on the 3 types of patent were published in 2008, ranking in the lead pack in the world.
• 2013-07-17 5 million Guangdong recently issues a new document for public review. Under the document, Guangdong will award 5 million and 30 million yuan for Nanyue innovation and Nanyue contribution winners respectively.
• 2013-07-17 3310 Yunnan saw a steady growth of the patent applications and authorization during January and September. During which, it filed 3,310 patent applications and obtained 2,000 patents, up 7.33% and 30.46% respectively.
• 2013-07-17 324 million To date, 42 projects from Guangdong are listed in the National New High-tech Industry Program, receiving 324 million yuan of national special fund support, and drawing 3.8 billion yuan of non-governmental investment in total.
• 2013-07-17 5 On Nov. 10, China South Industries Group Corporation (CSIG) and Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) signed an agreement to merge five automobile brands under AVIC with China Changan Automobile group. According to the agreement, two million-units productions will be manufactured annually.
• 2013-07-17 320 Most of 320 key new records in the 14th Chinese Enterprises New Records released on November 7, are original and integrated innovation with self-reliant IPRS. 1,370 records from 357 companies are in the list.
• 2013-07-17 11 Shenyang applied 11 intangible culture items for the third group of national intangible culture heritage (ICH). Shenyang ICH protection center  gathered a total of above 3,800 ICH clues this year, covering 80 varieties in 16 categories.
• 2013-07-17 177 Tianjin Administration of Industry and Commerce seized 177 of counterfeit cell phones in a special campaign against them, 86 of which were infringing products worth 100,000 yuan.
• 2013-07-17 122 The 5th Cross-Strait Book Fair was closed on November 1 in Xiamen (Fujian). Traders sealed 122 copyright agreements on the event, 45 of which were for outbound destinations, 75 for inbound ones and 2 for others.
• 2013-07-17 154 At the 106th Canton Fair, Guangzhou Administration of Industry and Commerce received 154 complaints of trademark infringement, 135 of which were handled. According to statistics, Guangzhou ruled on over cumulative 4000 cases during the 85th and 105th Canton Fair.
• 2013-07-17 20 On October 30, the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance and governments in Beijing, Jilin, Shanghai, Anhui, Hunan, Chongqing and Shenzhen jointly launched 20 venture investment funds, aiming to accelerate commercialization of innovation technology.
• 2013-07-17 13 Qujing, Yunnan announced the effectiveness of geographical indications (GIs) of Luoping Small Yellow Ginger. As of now, Yunnan boasts 13 GIs, 5 of which are from Qujing.
• 2013-07-17 403 Tieling, Liaoning registered 403 intangible culture heritage  items from April to September this year.
• 2013-07-17 12,206 Hainan witnessed a fast growing in its trademark registration. As of July 1, 2009, a cumulative total of 12,206 trademarks were registered.
• 2013-07-17 2 SIPO identified Qindao and Weifang (Shandong) as model cities in implementing National Intellectual Property Strategy recently.
• 2013-07-17 20 million Tianjin Weijie Technologies acquired 20 million yuan of bank loan by pledging 3 invention patents, which was the first ever such loan disbursed by the bank this year.
• 2013-07-17 18 The National Development and Reform Commission announced 18 key projects launched in Western China Development, involving a total investment of 468.9 billion yuan. China has invested 1.74 trillion yuan to initiate 102 projects from 2000 to 2008.
• 2013-07-17 13.6 million The Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Finance approved jointly the agricultural projects of transformation of scientific and technological achievements. The 19 projects presented by Henan Province received the financial appropriation assistance from the State, in a total value of 13.6 million yuan.
• 2013-07-17 30 million The first Bank of Science and Technology of Wuhan will open by the end of October, the Wuhan city and district financing departments will appropriate 30 million yuan as subsidy.
• 2013-07-17 164 Hebei Bureau of Quality and Technicial Supervision has seized 164 counterfeit valued 14,078,412 yuan since September.
• 2013-07-17 50 The General Implementing Plan for IPR Protection in Henan was issued recently. According to the general objectives of the plan, to 50 key projects, Henan will process IPR deliberation and forewarning during the following five years.
• 2013-07-17 7.7% For the first three quarters of 2009,China's economic grew 7.7 percent overall year on year, the CPI dipped 1.1 percent and the retail sales rose 15.1 percent.
• 2013-07-17 10 million With the 10,000,000th auto released on Oct 20, 2009, China became the third country in the world whose annual auto output and the sales volume exceed 10,000,000.
• 2013-07-17 70 Tsinghua University and Huawei Technologies were among the the first group of 70 entities crowned IPR model organization recently.
• 2013-07-17 4 billion yuan The 2nd China International Comics Festive was held in Guangzhou. The Animation Copyright Fair, “Golden Dragon” Award Ceremony and Guangzhou Hong Kong and Macao Animation Game Show were among the issues, with copyright transaction volume of more than 4 billion yuan.
• 2013-07-17 80 One year since its foundation, 6 state-level IPR aid stations in Henan, Luoyang, Xinxiang, Nanyang, Zhenzhou and Pingdingshan have handled more than 80 cases, becoming an important force in safeguarding IPR in Henan.
• 2013-07-17 14 At an IPR awarding ceremony in Hunan, 14 people including Wang Xiaoguang, director of Hunan Research Institute of Chemical Industry were granted the title outstanding inventor, 10 organizations including Shaoyang Intellectual Property Office were rewarded advanced organization.
• 2013-07-17 30 The Ministry of Finance issued a circular on statistics of central government’s procurement in 2008, awarding SIPO and 29 other agencies for their outstanding performance in this regard.