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Eurasia
08/01/2025 15:00
China’s quantity and quality of patent and trademark applications both increased in the past year, with intellectual property protection getting stronger, according to a senior IP regulator, China Daily reported.
Last year, the number of valid domestic invention patents in China exceeded 4.75 million, making it the first country in the world to break the 4-million mark in this sector, Shen Changyu, commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, said on Tuesday.
Of the total, nearly 1.35 million involve strategic and emerging industries, up 15.7 percent year-on-year, Shen said, while delivering an annual work report to IP sub-bureaus nationwide.
As IP applications grew rapidly at home, China’s contribution to global IP filings was unparalleled last year, holding leading positions in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Patent Cooperation Treaty and Madrid and Hague systems for international IP registrations, he added.
With the number of applications continuing to rise, the administration has also set standards for agencies that provide services for registering trademarks and applying for patents to ensure the quality of the applications from the source, Shen said.
