Numbers

• 2013-07-17 4,768 Between January and November, China handled 4,768 cases of manufacturing or selling counterfeit cigarettes, seized 821,000 boxes of cigarettes and 647 equipments, placed 5,852 criminal suspects into custody and sentenced 2,903.
• 2013-07-17 50% Ministry of Culture required its local agencies to use at 50% of their enforcement force at AV markets from December 2007 to March 2008 in a recent circular.
• 2013-07-17 100,000 As of the end of November, web site of the IPR information center at China Optics Valley, Wuhan had registered an all-time high of 100,000 annual hits.
• 2013-07-17 1,482 Between January and October, Yichang, Hubei filed 1,482 patent applications, up 21.9% and obtained 750 patents, up 10.3%.  Companies filed 527 applications or 35.6% of the total, up 50.7%.
• 2013-07-17 3,000,000 In 2007, Hunan had dispatched 97,000 officer/times, seized 3,000,000 illegal publications, 1,150,000 of which were books, 1,050,000 were AV products and 270,000 were text books or studying reference books, handled 6,094 cases and handed 75 to judicial authorities.
• 2013-07-17 15 million The new EU-China project on the Protection of Intellectual Property, or IPR-II started with a European Commission contribution of 10 million euros, and a Chinese contribution of 5-odd million euros in a bid to step up IPR protection.
• 2013-07-17 6,938 Between January and October, Wuhan filed 6,938 patent applications, up 52.2% year on year.
• 2013-07-17 6,494 Between January and October, Nantong, Jiangsu filed 6,494 patent applications, 1,274 of which were for invention, up 134.6%.
• 2013-07-17 1.1 million Leading group against pornographic and illegal publications in Zhuhai, Guangdong held a concentrated destruction of illegal AV products, shredding 1.1 million copies.
• 2013-07-17 132,000 Zichuan administration for industry and commerce in Zibo, Shandong weeded out an underground shop dealing counterfeit mineral water and soft drinks, seizing 132,000 counterfeit trademark labels of Master Kong.
• 2013-07-17 2,483 As of November 30, in a special operation targeting street traders since mid November， Hainan had seized 2,483 illegal AV products, 127 optical disks and handed over 4 traders to police.
• 2013-07-17 21,657,700 Tobacco Monopoly Administration in Lvliang, Shanxi smashed 21,657,700 fake cigarettes and raw materials, which were seized in operations since 2006 in an environment-friendly fashion.
• 2013-07-17 9,100 As of now, State Food and Drug Administration of China has certified and enacted 9,100 national standards for traditional Chinese medicine.
• 2013-07-17 24,900
  According to the European Patent Office, Germany tops all EU countries in patent filings in 2006 with 24,900.
• 2013-07-17 19 Jilin Administration for Industry and Commerce waged a special campaign on protecting Olympic IPRs with 19 such cases handled so far.
• 2013-07-17 3,215 Year to date, Zibo, Shandong uncovered 3,215 cases involving counterfeit cigarettes, seized 62,000 boxes, raided 443 underground premises manufacturing, stashing or selling cigarettes.  Sixty-one cases involved 10,000 yuan or above.  Nine illegal cigarette sales networks were paralyzed.
• 2013-07-17 185 Year to date, AICs in Shijiazhuang, Hebei have handled 185 cases of free riding famous brands, involving goods in many areas, such as food, cosmetics, domestic appliances and electronic products.
• 2013-07-17 175,000 As of October, Quanzhou, Fujian checked 13,000 shops of various kinds, 978 printing or copying workshops; seized 175,000 illegal publications; penalized 93 shops and 16 workshops; shut down 558 shops; handled 102 cases, 100 of which were administrative and 2 were criminal.
• 2013-07-17 1,800 China has set 1,800 national standards and 2,900 industry standards for food safety.
• 2013-07-17 76% According to the latest Business Confidence Survey 2007 released by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, 76% of the responding EU companies are either making a profit or at least breaking even.
• 2013-07-17 1,706,500 Since the Regulations on the Protection of Olympic Symbols became effective, Shanghai customs have uncovered 11 infringements of Olympic symbols, seized 156,000 pieces of goods which value totaled 1,706,500 yuan.
• 2013-07-17 510,000 As of October, Guangdong had filed cumulative 510,602 patent applications, becoming the first province to pass the 500,000 mark and accounting for 16% of the nation's total.
• 2013-07-17 5,003 As of October, Deyang, Sichuang had filed 5,003 patent applications with an annual growth of 16% while registering 4,300 trademarks, 4 of which were determined well-known marks, 44 famous marks.
• 2013-07-17 309 As of October, Gaogang District in Taizhou, Jiangsu had filed 309 patent applications, up 47.1%, 57 of which were for invention.
• 2013-07-17 15,000 Kaiping, Guangdong weeded out a number of underground wholesalers of AV products and seized 15,000 copies of AV products.
• 2013-07-17 2,356 The Ministry of Culture has received 2,356 applications for the second group of state intangible cultural heritage.  In addition, as of August, the number of provincial intangible cultural heritage registered at 3,832.
• 2013-07-17 486 By the end of October, Quanshan District in Xuzhou, Jiangsu had filed 486 patent applications, up 27.5%, 329 of which were service patent applications.
• 2013-07-17 34,751 Urumchi Cultural Market Enforcement Team seized 34,751 pirated books, all of which were studying aides for college text books.
• 2013-07-17 182 As of now, the economic development area in Zoucheng, Shandong has commercialized 176 patents out of the 182 owned by them, registering a commercialization rate of 96.7%.
• 2013-07-17 4.5 million The newly revised Measures on Science and Technology Reward for Jinan, Shandong significantly pushes the limits of monetary rewards for R & D findings with the gross amount growing from 1.8 million yuan to 4.5 million yuan and the highest reward growing from 300,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan.
• 2013-07-17 22,000 Dalian, Liaoning Office against Pornographic and Illegal Publications dispatched 60 enforcement officer-times and 13 vehicles in an operation to check publications markets in the city's four urban districts, ending up seizing 22,000 illegal publications, 20,000 of which were pirated AV products and 310 were illegal newspapers.
• 2013-07-17 16,700 Since 2006, China has dispatched 45,000 scientists to work in rural areas.  They introduced 16,700 new varieties of plants, promoting new technologies on 14,100 acres of land, implementing scientific projects on 11,000 acres of land and gained earnings of 4.84 billion yuan.
• 2013-07-17 60 The Yunnan Spark Flower Belt Project is about to cultivate 60 new varieties of plants owned by locals in the next five years.
• 2013-07-17 14 As of now, 14 Shanghai companies have designed their own patent strategies.
• 2013-07-17 30.463 million Between August and October 2007, China seized 30.463 million illegal publications of all sorts, including 1.24 million newspapers and magazines of 150 kinds and 29.223 million other illegal publications.
• 2013-07-17 2,571 Since last August, Jiangsu checked 39,700 companies, traders and restaurants, uncovered 1,674 violations and weeded out 2,571 businesses which operated without a permit and underground counterfeit manufacturers or sellers.
• 2013-07-17 9,000 Qingdao, Shandong Police raided an underground seller of pirated optical disks and seized 9,000 copies.
• 2013-07-17 30 Yentai, Shandong mediated 30 patent disputes, uncovered 180 cases of faking patent identity and recovered lost revenues of 5 million yuan.
• 2013-07-17 245 million As of October, Bank of Communications had approved 245 million yuan IPR collateral loans to 28 clients, 150 million yuan had been granted.
• 2013-07-17 8,825 A total of 8,326 people registered for the Chinese Patent Bar Exam.  As of now, there are 8,825 registered patent attorneys in China.