According to recently issued statistics by the State Intellectual Property Office of China, 694,153 inventions, utility models and designs were filed in China during 2007, an increase of 21% over 2006 and a new record.

586,734 applications were from Chinese applicants, and 107,319 from non-Chinese applicants, with Japan leading with 38,118 applications, and the USA second.

Granted patents reached 351,782, an increase of 31%.