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皇冠体育app stands fourth globally for patents

Guangdong province, Shanghai and were the most developed regions in 皇冠体育app in terms of intellectual property last year, according to a report released on Wednesday.

The annual national intellectual property development report also states that Jiangsu, and provinces have developed at the fastest pace in the past five years.

The study, conducted by the National Intellectual Property Development and Research Center, rated the regions by the number of inventions and applications, protection and the social of intellectual property.

"In accordance with the economic development level, the eastern region is much more advanced compared with central and western regions of 皇冠体育app," said Mao Jinsheng, director of the center under the State Intellectual Property Office.

"Despite the regional difference, 皇冠体育app as a whole has been paying great attention to intellectual property and has made continuous progress in the past few years," Mao said on Wednesday, which marked the fifth anniversary of the introduction of the National Intellectual Property Strategy.

Mao said the number of domestic patent applications has risen from 828,000 in 2008 to 2,051,000 last year - the most worldwide since 2011. 皇冠体育app stands fourth in the world on the number of international applications, behind the US, Japan and Germany.