20-59 Three Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted by Region (1998)
Unit:item
Region	Number of				Number of
	Patent	Inventions	Utility	Designs	Patent	Inventions	Utility	Designs
	Applications		Models		Applications		Models
	Examined				Granted
National Total	87591	12660	45664	29267	54994	1574	29558	23862
Beijing	6321	1758	3442	1121	3800	309	2522	969
Tianjin	1485	204	925	356	1042	43	706	293
Hebei	3295	597	2068	630	2090	56	1402	632
Shanxi	1070	244	653	173	644	41	438	165
Inner Mongolia	785	125	519	141	523	12	375	136
Liaoning	5643	937	3746	960	3162	131	2339	692
Jilin	1960	372	1153	435	1051	43	726	282
Heilongjiang	2695	500	1798	397	1517	54	1192	271
Shanghai	3419	573	1724	1122	2334	97	1219	1018
Jiangsu	5829	768	3499	1562	3787	85	2289	1413
Zhejiang	7074	571	3309	3194	4470	47	1967	2456
Anhui	1484	231	872	381	933	20	631	282
Fujian	3393	201	1071	2121	2318	20	689	1609
Jiangxi	1259	247	664	348	765	20	456	289
Shandong	7597	890	4270	2437	4127	91	2729	1307
Henan	3163	505	2087	571	1803	32	1388	383
Hubei	2629	494	1710	425	1265	67	921	277
Hunan	3225	590	2040	595	1623	70	1261	292
Guangdong	13473	753	3621	9099	10707	77	1992	8638
Guangxi	1317	186	753	378	853	19	490	344
Hainan	468	76	114	278	239	3	48	188
Chongqing	1255	160	757	338	612	15	363	234
Sichuan	3187	580	1669	938	1971	67	1146	758
Guizhou	800	184	406	210	418	14	254	150
Yunnan	1136	163	579	394	832	45	477	310
Tibet	14	4	5	5	10	2	1	7
Shaanxi	1723	350	1068	305	1129	57	810	262
Gansu	598	144	362	92	349	18	265	66
Qinghai	137	34	76	27	62	1	47	14
Ningxia	179	53	104	22	96	4	78	14
Xinjiang	978	166	600	212	462	14	337	111