According to China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), they received more than 976,000 patent applications last year (2009), up nearly 18 percent year from 2008.  These figures included patent right of invention, utility model and design.

According to the State run IP Office, nearly 90 percent of them were domestic applications, the number which was up more than 22 percent year to year. The others were foreign applications which were down nearly 11%.

 Ofcourse their is no outside verification of these numbers or any real way to check them, but it is an interesting bit of information.

The rest of the brief article can be seen by clicking on the following link:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-01/28/content_9394262.htm