On january 23, beijing, the people's network, a news conference organized by the press office of the state council, rae wenzheng, deputy director general of the state intellectual property agency, presented the progress of intellectual property work in 2025 and responded to journalists。
Rae wenzheng stated that 2025 was the year of admission to the “145” programme. Over the course of the year, the national intellectual property system has achieved its objectives throughout the year with high quality and successful completion of the “1455” administration。
With regard to patents, a total of 972,000 invention patents were authorized throughout the year, 1461,000 for practical new ones and 666,000 for visual design. Patent review and invalid settlement of 96,000 cases. The patent review cycle for inventions has been reduced to 15 months and the accuracy rate of completion has increased to 95. 6 per cent. 78,000 pct international patent applications were processed. Through the hague agreement, our patent applicants submitted 2844 international applications for visual design。
By the end of 2025, there were 5. 32 million invention patents in china (excluding hong kong and australia) and 16 patents per 10,000 people for high-value inventions. The value added of patent-intensive industries as a share of GDP rose to 13. 38 per cent in 2024, exceeding the planned target of the 14th five-year plan for intellectual property。
Second, in the area of trademarks, 4. 206 million trademarks were registered throughout the year, 384,000 trademark evaluation cases were concluded and 112,000 objections were filed. The average review cycle for trademark registration has stabilized at four months, with a review pass rate exceeding 97 per cent. Throughout the year, 6718 applications for registration of international trademarks in madrid were received from chinese applicants。
At the end of 2025, our country had 49,877,000 effectively registered trademarks (excluding hong kong and australia). Of the top 5,000 brands in the world, our brand is worth $1. 81 trillion, the second highest in the world。
Thirdly, with regard to geographical indications, 104 new geographical indications were identified throughout the year, 2,639 were converted, 51 registered with geographical indications as collective trademarks, 51 certified trademarks were approved and more than 20,000 persons were authorized to operate with geographical indications。
As of the end of 2025, we had a cumulative number of 5066 geographical indications, a cumulative total of 7425 geographical indications registered as collective trademarks and certified trademarks, and a total of over 52,000 persons authorized to operate with geographical indications。
Fourth, 10,000 certificates were issued for the design of integrated circuit maps throughout the year。
As of the end of 2025, the total number of registration certificates for the design of integrated circuits was 93,000。
Fifth, in the case of the data intellectual property pilot, as of october 2025, over 40,000 certificates of registration of data intellectual property had been issued in various pilot locations, and the value of financing letters and licensing transactions was nearly $15 billion。
With regard to intellectual property protection, five new national intellectual property protection centres and two fast-track defence centres were established, bringing the total to 129. A total of 36 new platforms have been created to guide responses to overseas intellectual property disputes, bringing the total to 116. A total of 57,000 administrative cases of patent tort disputes were processed system-wide, directing 62 million intellectual property conciliation cases. 58 administrative decisions of the mechanism for the settlement of pharmaceutical patent disputes. Continued deepening of intellectual property protection highland construction. Social satisfaction with intellectual property protection increased to 82. 81 points. For 14 consecutive years, the national intellectual property authority has conducted a nationwide survey on social satisfaction with intellectual property protection. The results are published annually, with a steady increase during the “xivv” period, from 80. 61 in 2021 to 82. 81 in 2025。
Seven, with respect to the use of intellectual property rights, there were 697,000 patent transfer licences filed throughout the year, an increase of 13. 7 per cent over the previous year. Of that number, nearly 90,000 were registered for the transfer of patents to universities and scientific institutions, an increase of 16. 6 per cent over the previous year. The industrialization of enterprise invention patents has reached 54 per cent, with steady growth over the years. Between january and november 2025, the country's total imports and exports of intellectual property user fees amounted to 382. 87 billion yuan, representing an increase of 7. 4 per cent over the same period, of which exports increased by 23. 1 per cent over the same period, contributing to the rise in exports of our trade in services。
In the area of intellectual property public services, 36 new state-level intellectual property public services were established, bringing the total to 519, and the coverage of integrated intellectual property public services at the municipal level increased to 54. 1 per cent. The online operation of the national intellectual property public service platform brings together more than 400 intellectual property fundamentals and achieves a “one-stop shop” for all types of business and information. Patent and trademark online applications have reached over 99 per cent。
