China holds over 5.3 million valid invention patents
China’s valid domestic invention patents have reached 5.39 million while valid domestic registered trademarks stand at 50.82 million, said China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on Tuesday at the 15th China Intellectual Property Annual Conference in Beijing. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), China’s intellectual property development entered a new stage with…
China has registered over 5.39 million valid invention patents and 50.82 million valid domestic trademarks, according to the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China's intellectual property development has entered a new stage, with a shift from simply increasing the quantity of rights to enhancing their value.
The CNIPA reported that China's international patent applications through the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) have consistently ranked first for seven consecutive years. China's patent-intensive industries have an added value of more than 18 trillion yuan (approximately $2.68 trillion), which accounts for 13.38% of the country's gross domestic product.
Furthermore, annual imports and exports of intellectual property royalties exceed 400 billion yuan. China's innovation capabilities have gained global recognition, with the country rising to the 10th place worldwide in the WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2025, marking its first entry into the top 10. Additionally, China has had the world's largest number of innovation clusters among the top 100 rankings for three consecutive years.
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