Science and technology daily, Beijing, April 24 (reporter Cao Xiuying) - the reporter learned from the press conference held by the state information office on the 24th that the quality of intellectual property creation in China rose at the same time last year. A total of 696000 invention patents were authorized in the whole year, and the number of high-value invention patents per 10000 people reached 7.5, an increase of 1.2 over the previous year, nearly twice that at the end of 2017.

Shen Changyu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, said that in 2021, China’s applicants submitted 69500 international patent applications through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), ranking first in the world for the third consecutive year. 7.739 million registered trademarks have been approved and 5928 international registration applications have been received from domestic applicants in Madrid. 99 geographical indication protection products were newly identified, and 477 geographical indication certification trademarks and collective trademarks were newly approved and registered. Copyright registrations of works and computer software reached 3.984 million and 2.28 million respectively. 3979 new plant variety rights were granted.

At the same time, the use efficiency of intellectual property in China has been significantly improved. In 2020, the added value of patent intensive industries reached 12.13 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%, accounting for 11.97% of GDP. The added value of copyright industry reached 7.51 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.58%, accounting for 7.39% of GDP. In 2021, the total amount of pledge financing of patents and trademarks in China reached 309.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 42%, benefiting 15000 enterprises. The total import and export of intellectual property royalties was 378.3 billion yuan, of which 76.02 billion yuan was exported, a year-on-year increase of 27.1%; Export growth exceeded import growth by 10.5 percentage points. A total of 219000 technology contracts involving intellectual property rights were signed, with a turnover of more than 1.4 trillion yuan. 42 intellectual property asset securitization products were issued, with an issuance scale of 9.5 billion yuan.

In addition, the data show that in the past five years, China has authorized 2.531 million invention patents, with an average annual growth of 13.4%; A total of 27.705 million trademarks were registered, with an average annual growth of 29.0%. The registration of copyright, new plant varieties and integrated circuit layout design has also reached new highs. PCT ranks first in the world in terms of international patent applications. The import and export volume of intellectual property royalties increased from 226.51 billion yuan in 2017 to 378.3 billion yuan, of which the average annual growth rate of exports reached 23.8%, 2.03 times that of imports.

Shen Changyu also revealed that the Intellectual Property Office has carried out pilot data intellectual property protection in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other places, and strive to obtain replicable and popularized experience and practices in legislation, certificate storage and registration, so as to provide a practical basis for the follow-up system design. Among them, Zhejiang has established a public certificate storage platform for data intellectual property rights and began to provide certificate storage services for market subjects. Next, the Intellectual Property Office will continue to strengthen cooperation with all parties, increase theoretical research and practical exploration, and accelerate the establishment and improvement of China’s data property protection system.