Numbers

• 2014-12-03 351,000 According to the data of SIPO, in the first half of this year, China received 351,000 invention  patent applications, with an increase of 10.8% from last year.
• 2014-12-03 16,600 The Customs across the Chinese nation seized cumulatively 16,600 patches of 1.21 million IPR infringement goods in 2013, up 124%.
• 2014-12-03 97.83% Data shows that, among the new plant varieties granted by China in 2013, 97.83% were from domestic and the rest 2.17% were from abroad. The domestic companies contributed 71.74% of the total, and scientific research and educational institutions contributed 18.84%.
• 2014-11-26 144,200 Data shows that, in 2013, the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of China made 144,200 case adjudications, up 174.61%.
• 2014-11-26 1.2354 billion The National Development and Reform Commission of China recently made foreign companies a total of 1.2354 billion RMB Yuan fine over price monopoly. It is the biggest fine that China has imposed on companies under the anti-monopoly law.
• 2014-11-26 2.1 Data shows that, in 2013, the agricultural IP creation index of China reached 128.29%. The Chinese Academy of Science ranked the first position with 99%, 2.1 times than that of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
  
• 2014-11-26 41.18 million According to the Custom of Nanning, Guangxi province, from 2009 to 2013, the Custom investigated and confiscated 750 batches of infringing goods, totally 1.96 million units, valuing 41.18 million Yuan.
• 2014-11-26 60% Over 180,000 patents were applied by small and medium-sized enterprises in 2013 in Zhejiang Province, 60% of the total. 125,800 patents were authorized, with a more than 60% average growth by three consecutive years.
• 2014-10-16 78 Recently, the 21th Beijing International Book Fair was held. There were 78 countries and districts taking part in the fair. 2,162 businesses took part in the fair, over half of which were overseas.
• 2014-10-16 38 There are 78 academician experts workstation in Beijing as of now, among which 38 are patent experimental and demonstrate enterprises, 48.7% of the total. 20 of them are patent demonstrate enterprises and 18 of them are patent experimental enterprises.
• 2014-10-16 3,617 Shanghai examination site registration validation work of 2014 National Patent Agent Qualification Examination is finished. There are 3,617 examinees registering in Shanghai site, with a year-on-year growth of 32.3%.
• 2014-10-16 1.96 million From 2009 to 2013, Nanning Customs, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region seized 750 patches of 1.96 million infringement goods, with a value of 41.18 million yuan.
• 2014-10-16 1.323 billion yuan Five companies in Guizhou Province have secured a loan of 63 million yuan by pledging their IPRs, during 2011 to 2013, Guizhou making the total to 46 loans of 1.323 billion yuan.
• 2014-10-16 1.6 million As of the end of 2013, Guangdong Province filed cumulatively 1.6 million patent applications. The number of valid invention patents totaled 95,474, ranking the top in the nation for consecutive four years.
• 2014-08-07 5,000 As of June this year, there were above 1,100 SMEs filed cumulatively more than 5,000 patent applications in Tianjin.
• 2014-08-07 95.05 million yuan As of the end of June this year, the patent execution insurance has been carried out in 34 cities in the nation and the guarantee amount reached 95.05 million yuan.
• 2014-08-07 81.8 Recently, the 2013 Annual Report of Public Satisfaction Concerning Chinese Patent examination Quality has been released. The report indicates that the index of public satisfaction concerning Chinese patent examination has increased over years. The satisfaction index in 2013 reaches 81.8, superior than 81.6 in 2012.
• 2014-08-07 1,600 By the end of 2013, over 1600 products has been approved as the China Certificate of Origin Geographical Indication Products.
• 2014-08-07 16,227 In 2013, the patent administrative system all over China has dealt with 16,227 cases in total, demonstrating a 79.8% year on year increase, including 5,056 patent dispute cases with year on year increase of 101.4%.  In the meantime, the growth rate of newly accepted intellectual property cases of first instance trial at the magistrate's courts has dropped from 45.99% to 1.33% in 2013.
• 2014-08-07 40,000 According to the data provided by Chinese Anti-Counterfeiting Infringement Meeting, from January to April this year, the National administrative executives in the whole country have investigated and dealt with over 40,000 cases of counterfeiting infringement in total. The public security organs nationwide have uncovered more than 3,700 counterfeiting infringement cases, capturing about 6,000 suspects.
• 2014-08-07 87.82 In May 2014, the monthly rate of E-filing of China is 87.82%. There are 20 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have a rate over 85%. The monthly rate of E-filing of Chinese patent agencies is 99.66%, 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have a rate over 98%.
• 2014-08-07 4,180 The Recruitment Program of Global Experts of China has been practicing for 5 years up to now. Many overseas talents were attracted to come or come back to China to start their careers. 4,180 global experts came to China in these years, and made great achievements in science, education, industry development and other fields. 
• 2014-08-07 90,000 According to the data from the Supreme People's Court of China, the number of IP civil cases concluded by first trial courts has been increasing from above 30,000 to nearly 90,000.
• 2014-08-07 408,768 As the end of 2013, the number of agriculture patent applications of China reaches to 408,768, 284,443 of which are inventions. Most of the applications are from domestic. Nearly one third of the those are directly involved to technologies of seed breeding.
• 2014-08-07 40% Recently, WIPO published a research of Chinese residents' international patent application strategy.  It is showed that the number of China's international patent application grows up rapidly between 2000 to 2005 with a average annual growth rate of 40%. The rate is still maintaining on a high level of 23% since 2005 so far.
• 2014-08-07 154,315

  The annual IPR report on Chinese forestry 2013, complied by State Forestry Bureau, has been released recently. According to the report, as the end of 2013, SIPO has received 154,315 forestry-related patents applications, 73,531 of which are inventions.

• 2014-08-07 100,869 As of the end of April, Guangdong province has owned 100,869 living inventions, breaching the threshold of 100,000.
• 2014-08-07 2% Sources from the just concluded 115th Canton Fair said that, the reception center for IPR complaint received 490 IP infringement complaints. The number decreased by 2% over the last fair.
• 2014-08-07 54.9% Recent years, the national technical innovation project, lunched by 15 ministerial departments including NDRC, Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Finance, has yielded fruitful achievements. Invention patents granted to domestic enterprises has accounted 54.9% of the total.
• 2014-08-07 84% According to a latest survey by Thomson Reuters, international trademark applications by enterprises from China mainland have risen by 84%. As of the end of 2013, the figures have hit 35,000.
• 2014-08-07 30,000 In 2013, Shenyang representative office of SIPO received 30,517 patent applications, 30,356 of which were e-filings, accounting for 99.5% of the total. The e-filing rate of Liaoning province reached 88.3% since the event was promoted in January 2010.
• 2014-08-07 2,463 In the first quarter of this year, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region filed 2,463 invention applications, ranking the 15th in the nation, up 60.67%.
• 2014-08-07 300 million yuan Recently, RuiChuang Patent Operation Fund, the first fund of its kind for patent operation and technology transfer, was established in Zhongguancun, Beijing. The Zhi gu Company takes responsibility for fund management and operation. The fund is split 20 million yuan between Management Committee of Zhongguancun and Haidian District Government. It is expected to collect fund of 300 million yuan and some high-quality invention patents within 5 years.
• 2014-08-07 3,635 Approved by SIPO, Nantong Home Textile IP Protection Center, China's first IP protection center of this kind was on operation on Jan.19, 2013. As of now, the center received 3,635 complaints, mediated 1,526 cases, and saved the lose 128 million yuan.
• 2014-08-07 74 million In 2013, China Customs officers impounded 74+ million trademark infringement goods, accounting for 98% of the total infringement goods. The Customs nationwide have investigated 1,746 cases, confiscated 67 million goods with a total value of 130 million yuan.
• 2014-08-07 7 In 2013, it took the members of the Cultural Creativity China Tour 7 months to visit and launch researches for 23 Sciences and Technology Parks and enterprises in 6 cities nationwide. This activity aims to build an exchange platform to promote cooperation between enterprises and related associations.
  
• 2014-03-20 95,000 In 2013, Guangdong province has filed 11,500 patents over PCT, remaining the top among all the provinces for the 12th consecutive year. As the end of 2013, Guangdong owns 95,000 valid inventions.
  
• 2014-03-20 8,950 As of the end of 2013, 1,002 patents agencies have been approved and set up in China and 8,950 patent agents have been recognized, hitting an all-time high.
• 2014-03-20 41,000 As of the end of 2013, Tianjin small and medium sized technology businesses have owned a total of 41,000 patents. 45 companies own more than 100 patents, 137 companies own more than 50 patents.
  
• 2014-03-20 12.947 million On March 10, the 3rd Session of the 12th National People's Congress heard and examined the work reports of Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate. According to the reports, in 2013, people's courts at different levels have concluded 12.947 million lawsuits, among which, 8.155912 million are civil cases, business cases and IPR cases.