On January 23, 2026, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) held a press conference summarizing their intellectual property work in 2025. Of note, a total of about 972,000 invention patents, about 1,461,000 utility model patents, and about 666,000 design patents were granted in 2025. This represents a roughly 7% drop in invention patent grants from 2024 – a reversal from the 13.5% increase in 2024 year-on-year (YoY). Utility patent grants were down 27% continuing their downward trend. Design patent grants …
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CNIPA: The Added Value of Patent-Intensive Industries Nationwide in 2024 was 18,038.1 Billion RMB, Accounting for 13.38% of GDP
On December 31, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the Announcement No. 661 of the CNIPA and the NBS on the Added Value of Patent-Intensive Industries Nationwide in 2024 (国家知识产权局 国家统计局关于2024年全国专利密集型产业增加值数据的公告（第661号）) indicating the added value of patent-intensive industries in China in 2024 was 18,038.1 billion RMB, accounting for 13.38% of GDP, an increase of 0.34 percentage points over the previous year.
CNIPA Releases Report on the Development of Building a Strong Intellectual Property Nation (2025) – ~10% of Patent Applications were ‘Irregular’
On December 17, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Report on the Development of Building a Strong Intellectual Property Nation (2025) (知识产权强国建设发展报告(2025年)). The Report concludes that “overall progress in building a strong intellectual property nation is good… the rule of law has been further strengthened and the protection of intellectual property rights has been continuously intensified.” Nonetheless, in 2024 CNIPA “completed three rounds of investigations into 597,000 irregular patent applications and cracked down on 427,000 malicious trademark …
Chinese Invention and Utility Model Patent Grants Continue Downward Trend in 2025 Q3
Based on data recently released by China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), invention patent grants and utility model patent grants have continued their downward trend with cumulative drops of 16.56% and 25.92% in the first three quarters of 2025 year-on-year. In the first nine months or 2025, invention patent grants dropped to 682,120 grants, a decrease of 135,360 grants. Utility model patent grants dropped to 1,118,935, a decrease of 391,442 grants.