China takes lead in global growth of IP
By CAO YIN | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-01-08 00:03 China’s quantity and quality of patent and trademark applications both increased in the past year, with intellectual property protection getting stronge r, according to a senior IP regulator. Last year, the number of valid domestic invention patents in China exceeded 4.75 million, making it the first country in the world to break the 4-million mark in this sector, Shen Changyu, commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration
