Among the world's 40 largest countries in scientific and technological resources input and intellectual property output, the ranking of intellectual property development in China has risen from 19 in 20 12 to 10 in 20 16. The comprehensive development level of intellectual property rights in China has been continuously improved, and the gap with intellectual property powers has been further narrowed.
As one of the highlights of the report, the quality of patents in China has steadily improved in recent years. In 20 17, the national patent maintenance rate reached 60.0%, an increase of 3.9 percentage points over the previous year; The average service life of invention patents reached 6.2 years, 0.3 years higher than 20 16 years. However, judging from the contribution of quantity, quality and benefit to the first-class index of intellectual property creation, the quality development of intellectual property in China still lags behind quantity and benefit.