According to the latest statistics released by SIPO, China received a total of 256,000 invention applications from home and granted 73,000 invention applications, up 27.6% and 4.3% respectively. The steadfast growth in invention filings reflects that the structure of patent application is now being further optimized.

In the first half of 2013, the top five provinces in invention patents filings were Jiangsu, Guangdong, Beijing, Zhejiang and Shandong; the top five provinces for invention patent granted were Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang. Compared with the list last year, Guangdong, usually ranking the first on the patent grants list, was replaced by Beijing, and the tenth place was replaced by Anhui. Tianjin entered the top 10 provinces in patent applications. Most of the cities in China retained their current positions in the ranking of patent filings and grants. Beijing outpaces all cities in patent application and grants followed by Shanghai, which shows that regions with more innovation based are consistently higher ranking.