On January 21, the reporter learned from the meeting of directors of the National Intellectual Property Office held in Beijing that since the 13th five year plan, the quality and efficiency of China's intellectual property have improved rapidly, and the cause of intellectual property has made historic achievements.

Data show that by the end of 2020, the number of invention patents per 10000 people in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) has reached 15.8, exceeding the national 13th five year plan. The number of effective registered trademarks reached 30.173 million, and the number of international registered trademarks in Madrid reached 44.23 million. A total of 192 regional brand collective trademark certification trademarks and 6085 geographical indication trademarks were registered, 2391 geographical indication protection products were identified, and the output value of geographical indication products exceeded 1 trillion yuan. The total amount of intellectual property pledge financing reached 709.5 billion yuan, double that of the 12th Five Year Plan period. The import and export volume of intellectual property royalties increased from US $23.11 billion in 2015 to US $40.98 billion in 2019, with an average annual growth of 15.4%. 130 Chinese patent gold awards were selected, creating more than 1 trillion yuan of new sales. In particular, in 2019, the number of international patent applications of PCT ranked first in the world; the added value of patent intensive industries reached 11.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7%, which was widely concerned and positively appraised at home and abroad. (Wang Yu, Wu Ke)