In 20 16, China National Intellectual Property Administration * * * accepted 1339000 invention patent applications, with a year-on-year increase of 2 1.5%, ranking first in the world for six consecutive years. ? * * * There were 404,000 invention patents authorized, including 302,000 domestic invention patents, an increase of 39,000 compared with 20 15, with a year-on-year increase of 14.5%. In the domestic invention patent authorization, there are 276,000 service inventions, accounting for 91.4%; There were 26,000 non-service inventions, accounting for 8.6%.
By the end of 20 16, the number of invention patents in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) was1103,000, and the number of invention patents per 10,000 population reached 8.0. The top ten provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in China are: Beijing (76.8), Shanghai (35.2), Jiangsu (18.4), Zhejiang (16.5), Guangdong (15.5) and Tianjin.