China matters because it continues to see significant
improvement in the development of intellectual property
("IP") right protection. In 2017, the country received
1.38 million invention and utility patent applications, a 14.2
percent increase from the previous year.
According to Mr. Changyu Shen, Commissioner of the State
Intellectual Property Office ("SIPO"), 744,000 patents of
the total applications have been examined and concluded. In
addition, China received 51,000 patent applications under the
Patent Cooperation Treaty in 2017, representing a 12.5% increase
from the previous year.
China matters because the number of invention patents in
mainland China reached 1.35 million, meaning that for every 10,000
people, there are 9.8 patents on average. About 67,000
administrative patent cases were filed in 2017, increased by 36.3%
from the previous year.
