The quality and quantity of Chinese intellectual property continued to rise in 2021, with 696,000 invention patents authorized throughout the year, a senior official said. China's intellectual property industry has developed rapidly over the past five years. Shen Changyu, head of the National Intellectual Property Administration, said at a news conference on Sunday that last year, the number of authorized invention patents reached 2.53 million, an average annual growth rate of 13.4 percent over the past five years. The number of registered trademarks hit 27.7 million, an average annual growth rate of 29 percent over the same period.

4月24日举行的新闻发布会上，国家知识产权局局长申长雨介绍，过去五年里我国知识产权事业不断发展，五年来累计授权发明专利约253万件，年均增长13.4%；累计注册商标约2770万件，年均增长29%。2021年，我国知识产权创造量质齐升。全年共授权发明专利69.6万件。

The number of high-value invention patents reached 7.5 per 10,000 people in 2021, up from 6.3 in 2020.
截至2021年底，国内(不含港澳台)每万人口高价值发明专利拥有量达到7.5件，较上年提高1.2件。