Numbers

• 2013-07-17 77.64% Reports from Industrial Information Center of National Bureau of Statistics of China on March 18th showed that, within 80 major consumer products, household appliances with well-known brands were largely acknowledged, with top ten brands taking 77.64% market share.
• 2013-07-17 32

  Tianjin Customs spotted 32 trademark infringement cases in the import & export process in clothes, shoes, hats and other goods with a total value of RMB 24,267,00. This action protected the famous international trademarks such as "ADIDAS" and "NIKE".

• 2013-07-17 1,909 In 2006, the State Standardization Commission approved 1,909 national standards, 589 more than 2005.  The formulation of national stands is apparently on the fast track.
• 2013-07-17 40,000 Tianjin is in possession of 40,000 registered trademarks, 15 of which are well-known marks and 333 of which are famous marks .
• 2013-07-17 3,700 Guilin, Guangxi，is in possesion of 3,700 registered trademarks, 3 of which are well-known marks and 24 of which are famous marks.  The city paces Guangxi in all three categories.
• 2013-07-17 310,000 In 2006, Hainan seized 310,000 illegal publications of various kinds  while sweeping pornography and combating illegal publications.
• 2013-07-17 636 In 2006, customs across Guangdong handled 636 IPR violations, a 40% surge over 2005.
• 2013-07-17 19,000 In 2006, Shenzhen, Guangdong，filed 19,000 patent applications, 14,400 of which were invention applications, leading all the cities across the nation.
• 2013-07-17 85 Beijing garnered 85 awards at the recent 2006 Naitonal Science-Technology Prize Awarrding Ceremony, ranking first among all provinces and accounting for 33.5% of the nation's total.
• 2013-07-17 8,223 In 2006, Jinan, Shandong，filed 8,223 patent applications with 41.7% increase of invention applications, ranking fourth among the 15 vice-provincial cities in term of increasing rate.
• 2013-07-17 6,471 In 2006,SIPO received 6,471 patent applications from the southwestern municipality Chongqing.
• 2013-07-17 36th China ranked 36th in 2006 in the Global Innovation Index recently released by the European Union.
• 2013-07-17 1,410,000 Zhuhai Border Patrol of Guangdong Police seized 1,410,000 pirated optical disks stored in 984 cartons which were smuggled by boat in a recent inspection.
• 2013-07-17 447 In 2006, industry and commerce enforcement officers from Guizhou handled 447 trademark violations with the goods value of 11,127,300 RMB, confiscated 199,500 counterfeit trademark labels and destroyed 31.74 tons of infringing goods.
• 2013-07-17 535 The trend of patent filing from Xi'an in 2007 is very promising for 535 applications in January only, representing a 259% or 3.59 times leapfrogging year on year.
• 2013-07-17 146 In 2006, industry and commerce administrations in Xiamen, Fujian handled 146 IPR infringements, confiscated numerous illegal trademark labels, and seized 90,000 infringing goods with a value of 14,819,200 RMB.
• 2013-07-17 209 In January, Wuhan-Hubei Service Center for Intellectual Property Protection received 209 different requests, namely 3 violation reporting, 1 complaint, 63 IPR queries and 142 other queries.
• 2013-07-17 250 In 2006, Chongqing High People's Court provided guidance to the local intermediate courts in trying 250 copyright, patent, trademark, technology contract and unfair competition cases.
• 2013-07-17 15 15 Chinese customs officers were awarded as outstanding enforcement officers for their notable performances in IPR protection by the World Customs Organization
• 2013-07-17 8th In 2006, international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) reached a new record high. 3,910 applications from China ranked 8th with a surge of 58.6% over the previous year.
• 2013-07-17 6,148 6,148 works and contracts were registered in 2006.
• 2013-07-17 23,000 Copyright registrations of computer software logged a new historical high at 23,000, a 27% hike year on year.
• 2013-07-17 48,000,000 Beijing Industrial Promotion Bureau appropriated 48,000,000 RMB from the Beijing Industrial Development Fund to reward the 24 companies granted the title Brand of China or Chinese Well-Known Mark.
• 2013-07-17 17 In 2007, Shandong Province will establish public service platform network majoring in patent information sharing and minoring in patented technology transaction for 17 cities to speed up the development of IPR intermediary service.
• 2013-07-17 2,217 43,100 various kinds of economic violations were handled in Shanghai in 2006, 2,217 of which were relating to trademark.
• 2013-07-17 20.9% Nankai District of Tianjin continued to pace the city in patent filing, accounting for 20.9% of all the patent applications from the city.
• 2013-07-17 65 Texts The Supreme People's Court recently awarded 65 judgment texts for the Second National Contest of IPR Court Judgment Texts.
• 2013-07-17 284 Seizures Shanghai Customs had a fabulous year in IPR protection in 2006 by making 284 seizures with cargo value of 40 million RMB.
• 2013-07-17 13,109 Applications Sichuan province filed 13,109 patent applications in 2006, including 2,903 inventions, 4,401 utility models and 5,778 designs.
• 2013-07-17 38,284 Applications Shandong province filed 38,284 patent applications in 2006, 9,449 year on year and ranking the fourth following Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
• 2013-07-17 2,938 Applications Enterprises from Nanjing, Jiangsu filed 2,938 patent applications in 2006, accounting for 43.25% of the city total.  Their patents granted were 1,032, accounting for 36.25%.
• 2013-07-17 32% According to the statistics from the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court, the Court received 400 IPR cases and concluded 370 (212 patent, 158 others) in 2006.  Copyright disputes increased 32%.
• 2013-07-17 1,000 Applications As shown by statistics,Chinese companies tended to file more patent applications abroad in the recent years with the annual growth of over 1,000 applications. 
  
• 2013-07-17 636 Seizures In 2006, customs in Guangdong made 636 IPR seizures, a 40% hike over that 2005.
• 2013-07-17 88% From 2005 to 2006, there is a sharp increase in defense patents.  The number of patent applications of the entire defense industry increase 88%  over that of 2004 ， an equivalent of the cumulative number of the previous 20 years, 1985-2004. 
• 2013-07-17 2,000 RMB From February 11, Beijing citizens may obtain a financial assistance with 2,000 RMB maximum for applying for an invention patent.
• 2013-07-17 3,000 Applications In 2006, PCT applications filed from China recorded at 3,826 with 56.9% increase year on year and climbed over the 3,000 plateaus for the first time in history.
• 2013-07-17 4,345 Trademarks In 2006, Zhejiang companies registered 4,345 trademarks abroad.  The cumulative number of registered trademarks belong to Zhejiang companies is 9,957, 780 of which were registered via the Madrid route.
• 2013-07-17 69 Seizures In 2006, Lhasa (Tibet) Customs made 69 IPR seizures with the cargo value of 631,073 RMB.
• 2013-07-17 10,330 Cases Since March 2006, the cultural administrative agencies nationwide have been conducting a Sunshine Campaign to rectify the order in the AV publication marketplace, bringing 10,330 cases.