Article 16 of the Regulations on Patents in Gansu Province stipulates that the patents owned by patent inventors and designers shall be used as one of the basis for their application for evaluation of professional and technical positions in similar sequences.
Patents that have won the China Patent Gold Award, Excellence Award and Gansu Patent Award, which have played a significant role in technological progress or achieved remarkable economic benefits, can be used as an important basis for inventors and designers to declare similar series of professional and technical positions.
Doctors, technicians, teachers and researchers with patent certificates can get extra points when evaluating their professional titles.
References of Gansu Patent Regulations examined and approved by the Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China:/dtxx/gn/2012/201206/t 20120605 _ 703288.html.