In 20 15, the number of domestic invention patent applications was 880,000, a year-on-year increase of 20%; The number of utility model patent applications was 1.06 million, up by 31%year-on-year; The number of applications for design patents was 5 1 10,000, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%. In 20 16, China National Intellectual Property Administration * * * accepted 45,000 international applications submitted through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), with a year-on-year increase of 47.3%. Among them, 42,200 were from China, up 48.5% year-on-year; 2,800 pieces came from abroad, up 3 1.2% year-on-year. In 20 16 years, the number of provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) whose international applications for PCT exceeded 100 reached 19, 3 more than that in 20 15 years.
The indicators of intellectual property development in China have increased both in quantity and quality, and the dominant position of enterprise intellectual property creation and application has remained stable. Official website, China National Intellectual Property Administration, China shows that 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) with invention patents per 10,000 population are: Beijing (76.8), Shanghai (35.2), Jiangsu (18.4), Zhejiang (16.5), Guangdong (15.5) and Tianjin (.