On April 25th, Economic Information Daily published an article written by reporter Wang Zixu, "The number of PCT international patent applications in China ranks first for three consecutive years". According to the article, the reporter learned from the press conference of the State Council Office held on April 24 that the number of international patent applications for China’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) ranked first in the world for three consecutive years, indicating that China is changing from a big country that introduces intellectual property rights to a big country that creates intellectual property rights.
Shen Changyu, director of China National Intellectual Property Administration, said that in recent years, China’s intellectual property cause has made new historical achievements, and the intellectual property cultural environment of "respecting knowledge, advocating innovation, abiding by the law and fair competition" has been accelerated, which has strongly supported the realization of the goal of building an innovative country and building a well-off society in an all-round way.
The quality of intellectual property creation continued to improve. China National Intellectual Property Administration data show that in the past five years, China has granted a total of 2.531 million invention patents, with an average annual increase of 13.4%; A total of 27.705 million registered trademarks were registered, with an average annual increase of 29.0%. The registration of copyright, new plant varieties and integrated circuit layout design has also reached record highs. By the end of 2021, the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) reached 7.5, nearly twice that of the end of 2017. The number of PCT international patent applications ranks first in the world. The import and export volume of intellectual property royalties increased from 226.51 billion yuan in 2017 to 378.30 billion yuan, of which the average annual growth rate of exports reached 23.8%, 2.03 times that of imports.
The benefits of the use of intellectual property rights have also accelerated. According to Shen Changyu, relevant statistics and reports show that in 2020, the added value of patent-intensive industries will reach 12.13 trillion yuan, accounting for 11.97% of the gross domestic product (GDP), which has become an important support for high-quality economic development. The added value of copyright industry reached 7.51 trillion yuan, accounting for 7.39% of GDP. Among the 5,000 leading brands in the world, China accounts for 408, with a total value of $1.6 trillion.
At the same time, the development achievements of China’s intellectual property cause have been highly praised by the international community. China’s ranking in the Global Innovation Index Report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization rose from 22nd in 2017 to 12th in 2021, up by 10 places, ranking first among middle-income economies and one of the fastest-growing countries in the world.
"Especially in a number of sub-indicators, PCT international patent applications ranked first in the world for three consecutive years, and the proportion of intellectual property income in total trade continued to increase. The number of science and technology clusters that entered the top 100 in the world jumped to the second place in the world, indicating that China is changing from a big country that introduced intellectual property rights to a big country that created intellectual property rights." Shen Changyu said.
"WIPO believes that the global innovation center is moving eastward to Asia. Among them, China’s innovation performance is particularly prominent and has become an important pole in the global innovation map. " Liu Hua, director of the China Office of the World Intellectual Property Organization, recently said at the 2022 China Intellectual Property Protection Forum. She said that WIPO economists believe that the rise of China’s innovation economy is not only the rise of one or two indicators, but also reflected in all aspects of the innovation ecosystem. (End)