I learned from the 2026 National Intellectual Property Office Directors' Meeting that by the end of 2025, the average examination cycle for invention patents in China had been reduced from 20 months at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan to 15 months, and the average examination cycle for trademark registration had stabilized at 4 months, all reaching the fastest international level under the same examination system. The pass rate for trademark examination, objection, and review sampling all exceeded 97%. The number of effective domestic invention patents in China exceeds 5 million, and the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population has reached 16, exceeding the target of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. PCT has ranked first in the world in the number of international patent applications for many years in a row. The number of national intellectual property protection centers and rapid rights protection centers reached 129, handling a total of 480,000 intellectual property protection and rights protection cases. The number of overseas intellectual property dispute handling guidance work platforms reached 116, guiding the handling of more than 4,200 disputes and helping enterprises recover nearly 41 billion yuan in losses. Social satisfaction with intellectual property protection increased from 80.05 points in 2020 to 82.81 points in 2025. According to information, according to the “2025 Global Innovation Index Report” issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China's ranking rose to 10th place, ranking among the top ten in the world for the first time. The number of the top 100 innovation clusters in the world has reached 24, ranking first among countries for three consecutive years. Among them, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster reached the top of the world for the first time, and its development achievements have attracted widespread attention from the international community.

I learned from the 2026 National Intellectual Property Office Directors' Meeting that by the end of 2025, the average examination cycle for invention patents in China had been reduced from 20 months at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan to 15 months, and the average examination cycle for trademark registration had stabilized at 4 months, all reaching the fastest international level under the same examination system. The pass rate for trademark examination, objection, and review sampling all exceeded 97%. The number of effective domestic invention patents in China exceeds 5 million, and the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population has reached 16, exceeding the target of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. PCT has ranked first in the world in the number of international patent applications for many years in a row. The number of national intellectual property protection centers and rapid rights protection centers reached 129, handling a total of 480,000 intellectual property protection and rights protection cases. The number of overseas intellectual property dispute handling guidance work platforms reached 116, guiding the handling of more than 4,200 disputes and helping enterprises recover nearly 41 billion yuan in losses. Social satisfaction with intellectual property protection increased from 80.05 points in 2020 to 82.81 points in 2025. According to information, according to the “2025 Global Innovation Index Report” issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China's ranking rose to 10th place, ranking among the top ten in the world for the first time. The number of the top 100 innovation clusters in the world has reached 24, ranking first among countries for three consecutive years. Among them, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster reached the top of the world for the first time, and its development achievements have attracted widespread attention from the international community.