The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)
Issues Report on Intellectual Property Agency Developments (2022)
Date: 11 May 2023
Recently, CNIPA Issued its Report on Intellectual Property
Agency Developments (2022) containing information relating to
China's patent agencies, trademark agencies, patent attorneys,
patent attorney qualification exam, as well as industry regulations
and major events in 2022.
According to the report, as of the end of 2022 China had a total
of 4,520 patent agencies (excluding those in Hong Kong, Macao, and
Taiwan regions), 71,466 trademark agencies, and 31,347 licensed
patent attorneys nationwide. Of the 4,520 patent agencies, 397,
i.e. 8.8%, had been established for more than 20 years, which
suggests that an increasing number of patent agencies are
prioritizing brand building, stability and continuity, while 1,931
patent agencies, accounting for 42.7% of the total, had been
established within three years, which
