Numbers

• 2013-07-17 1,803,393 Domain Names Informed by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), as of December 2006, there were a total of 4,109,020 Chinese domain names, 1,803,393 of which were registered with .cn.  The growth of .cn is faster than .com.
• 2013-07-17 30 million RMB In 2006, Beijing Xiushuijie market established a specific IPR protection fund of 30 million RMB in support of its shops' transition to carry more domestic brands including prestigious traditional brands and licensed brands.
• 2013-07-17 90,866 Patent Applications Patent Applications filed from Guangdong Province reached 90,866 in 2006, a 25.58% hike year on year, making the southern province nation's top filer for the 12th consecutive year.
• 2013-07-17 157 Products Informed by the Beijing Commission of Science and Technology, 157 products from 101 companies inclusive of Aigo digital camera from Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology were granted the title self-innovated products.
• 2013-07-17 53,267 Applications Patent applications filed from Jiangsu Province recorded at 53,267 in 2006, a 53.05% increase year on year.  The coastal province ranked second among provinces in cumulative patent applications, moving from third place in 2005.
• 2013-07-17 14,219 Cases In 2006, the nation's court system received 14,219 IPR cases of first instance and resolved 14,056，as well as receiving 2,686 of second instance and resolving 2,652.
• 2013-07-17 187 Marks From 2002 to October 2006, the nation's court system had determined 187 well-known marks, facilitating the implementation of brand promotion strategy.
• 2013-07-17 30,000 Cases According to the statistics by the State Office of Sweeping Pornography and Illegal Publications, in 2006, the nation seized a total of 150,000,000 pieces of illegal publications of various kinds, located 14 illegal production lines of optical disks and handled 30,000 cases involving pornography or illegal publications including 1,712 happened on the Internet.
• 2013-07-17 28,316,000 Pieces According to the statistics by the Ministry of Public Security, during the 100-Day Anti-Piracy Campaign, police nationwide checked a total of 105,000 times of publication markets and shops, seized 28,316,000 pieces of illegal publications such as pirated AV products and computer software and cracked 2,300 cases of infringement and piracy.
• 2013-07-17 220 Brands As informed by the Ministry of Commerce, based on expert review and consumer survey, 220 brands were selected in the Most Competitive Brands of 2006.  Among them, there were thirteen domestic auto brands including Chery, Chang An, Geely and Hong Qi.
• 2013-07-17 64,099 Cases From 2001 to November 2006, the nation's court system had tried 28,758,112 civil cases of first instance, second instance and retried, accounting for 80% of cases of all categories.  Among them, 64,099 are IPR cases.
• 2013-07-17 40% As in the China's National Defense in 2006, a White Book recently released by the State Council Information Office, patent applications from the defense industry grew at a rapid pace, logging an annual rate of 40%.
• 2013-07-17 286 Complaints As informed by the Ministry of Commerce on January 4, by the end of November 2006, the 50 IPR Complaint Service Centers nationwide are running smoothly.  The Centers had received a total of 1,014 complaints, transferred 657 to the relevant enforcement agencies and resolved 286.
• 2013-07-17 1,700,000 Patentees As of December 28, 2006, 1,700,000 patentees had received their Chinese patent certificates.  The total number of patent applications in China had exceeded 3,000,000.
• 2013-07-17 30,000 Applications The patent applications of Shanghai origin exceeded 30,000 in 2006 with inventions accounting for 30%.  Among those invention applications, service inventions accounted for 84%, well over 43.1% of the national average.
• 2013-07-17 1 million RMB As informed recently, Lanzhou city government will appropriate 1 million RMB annually for the construction of a center for the protection of intangible cultural assets.
• 2013-07-17 1,120 Disputes From January to November 2006, local IP administrations received a total of 1,120 disputes of patent infringements, 43 other types of patent disputes，handled 27 cases of faking others' patents and 800 cases of faking patent identity.
• 2013-07-17 17 Cases The Beijing First Intermediate People's Court recently announced the rulings of 17 foreign-related IP cases at one time.  From 2002 to 2006, the Court had received 670 foreign-related IP administrative cases.  Foreign parties had prevailed in 60% of them.
• 2013-07-17 2,760,000 Registered Trademarks According to the statistics released by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) on January 3,2007，the entire industry and commerce administration system received 700,000 trademark applications and ratified 260,000 registered trademarks in 2006.  The aggregated number of registered trademarks in China is 2,760,000.  In 2006, SAIC certified 180 well-known marks.  The entire system seized 33,900 trademark infringements.
• 2013-07-17 89 Cases As of December 20, 2006, administrations for industry and commerce at all levels in Beijing had handled 89 cases of infringement of Olympic symbols, imposed fines of 533,800 RMB, and confiscated 3,225 objects in question.  The total value of goods in question was 553,600 RMB.
• 2013-07-17 430 Companies On December 19, 2006 in Beijing, the Ministry of Commerce granted the title Traditional Company of China to 430 companies including household names Quanjude, Wuliangye and Tongrentang.
• 2013-07-17 1904 Criminal Cases On November 14, the Ministry of Public Security revealed that 1,904 intellectual property criminal cases were brought nationwide in the first 10 months this year, an increase of 31.5% compared to the same period last year.
• 2013-07-17 18 Centers At the Conference on China Patent Technology Demonstration and Trade, SIPO granted licenses to the first 18 state-level patent technology demonstration and trading centers. These 18 centers will become a not-for-profit trading platform for non-service inventors, SMEs and small and medium investors.
• 2013-07-17 2,275 Applications During Jan.-Oct.2006 SIPO received a total of 2,275 applications for reexamination, including 2,226 applications for inventions,35 for utility models and 14 for designs.
• 2013-07-17 5 Bases On December 1, the Ministry of Commerce recognized five cities - Guangzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Jinan - as the "national software bases for export and innovation". Prior to this announcement, the Ministry, together with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of the Information Industry, had already recognized six such bases including Beijing and Shanghai.
• 2013-07-17 500 Products The China Brand Strategy Promotion Committee recently announced the "Guiding Directory of 500 Key  Branded Chinese Products of 17 Industries in the 11th Five-Year-Plan Period". The Directory finalized 500 products from 17 industries, including machinery, electronics and information.
• 2013-07-17 3,189,961 Patent Applications As of October 31, 2006, SIPO had received 3,189,961  patent applications, with 1,045,444 relating to inventions, 1,253,482 to utility models and 891,035 to designs.
• 2013-07-17 1,677,860 Patent Applications Approved As of October 31, 2006, SIPO had approved 1,677,860 patent applications, including 284,654 for inventions, 813,632 for utility models and 579,574 for designs.
• 2013-07-17 1,288 Applications for Integrated Circuit Layout Design As of October 31, 2006, SIPO had received a total of 1,288 applications relating to layout design of integrated circuit, and approved 1,139.
• 2013-07-17 1,432 Foreign Trademark Registrations In the past 18 years, applications originated from China for international registration of marks under the Madrid system have been increasing steadily.. In 1989, there were only nine such cases, while, in 2005 alone, there were 1,334. In the first nine months of 2006, there were already 1,432.
• 2013-07-17 900,000th Trademark The successful trademark registration by a Chinese company recently was the 900,000th in the Madrid System history of over 100 years, according to WIPO on October 27, 2006.
• 2013-07-17 50th IP complaint service center On November 28, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region IP Report and Complaint Center was formally established in the regional capital Hohhot, becoming the 50th of its type in China.