According to the latest statistics of SIPO, in the first half of this year, China received 1.124 million patent applications of three kinds, up 20.5%, 424,000 of which are inventions, up 20.9%, accounting for 37.7% of the total applications; 471,000 and 229,000 of which are utility models and designs, up 28.5% and 6.4% respectively.

Beside, China granted 749,000 patents of three kinds, up 26.4%, in the first half of this year. Among those granted patents, 161,000, 376,000 and 212,000 are inventions, utility models and designs, up 49.2%, 17.3% and 29.3% respectively.