Apr 24, 2022 11:05 AM (GMT+8) · EqualOcean
At the press conference on China's intellectual property development in 2021 held by the Information Office of the State Council, Shen Changyu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, introduced the development of China's intellectual property in 2021. He said that over the past year, intellectual property related departments have made solid progress in building a strong intellectual property country, achieved remarkable results and achieved a good start in the 14th five year plan. In the whole year, 696000 invention patents were authorized, and the number of high-value invention patents per 10000 people reached 7.5, an increase of 1.2 over the previous year. The number of international patent applications submitted by Chinese applicants through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) reached 69500, ranking first in the world for the third consecutive year.