20-59 Three Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted by Region (1997)
Region	Number of Patent Application Examined				Number of Patent Applications Granted
		Inventions	Utility Models	Designs		Inventions	Utility Models	Designs
National Total	81793	11722	44487	25584	41419	1472	24028	15819
Beijing	6313	1677	3668	968	3327	281	2340	706
Tianjin	1540	257	1011	272	940	56	634	250
Hebei	3292	549	2089	654	1560	45	1146	369
Shanxi	1020	222	643	155	487	34	385	68
Inner Mongolia	940	244	534	162	372	11	264	97
Liaoning	5142	899	3495	748	2624	131	2003	490
Jilin	1672	302	1127	243	679	33	544	102
Heilongjiang	2642	511	1801	330	1288	29	1063	196
Shanghai	3120	484	1670	966	1886	88	1025	773
Jiangsu	5339	587	3275	1477	2962	106	1816	1040
Zhejiang	6262	493	3062	2707	3167	64	1488	1615
Anhui	1404	239	899	266	637	19	492	126
Fujian	3018	226	1113	1679	1546	24	468	1054
Jiangxi	1307	204	748	355	611	25	403	183
Shandong	6523	788	3889	1846	2907	96	1971	840
Henan	2948	495	2107	346	1233	39	977	217
Hubei	2278	457	1543	278	1041	43	827	171
Hunan	3070	514	2179	377	1333	66	1074	193
Guangdong	12858	680	3173	9005	7173	49	1606	5518
Guangxi	1374	201	780	393	705	26	362	317
Hainan	383	35	95	253	167	1	27	139
Chongqing	952	133	590	229	339	14	225	100
Sichuan	3020	526	1661	833	1591	78	1020	493
Guizhou	785	151	411	223	337	9	190	138
Yunnan	1109	164	612	333	692	20	362	310
Tibet	12	2	1	9	6		2	4
Shaanxi	1811	339	1193	279	946	39	732	175
Gansu	553	131	375	47	295	27	208	60
Qinghai	130	30	87	13	56	5	38	13
Ningxia	177	43	112	22	84		67	17
Xinjiang	799	139	544	116	328	14	269	45