20-57 Three Types of Patent Applications Examined
and Granted by Region (2000)
								(item)
Region	Number of				Number of
	Patent	Inventions	Utility	Designs	Patent	Inventions	Utility	Designs
	Applications		Models		Applications		Models
	Examined				Granted
National Total	140339	25346	68461	46532	95236	6177	54407	34652
Beijing	10344	3409	4984	1951	5905	1074	3463	1368
Tianjin	2789	470	1492	827	1611	163	994	454
Hebei	3848	601	2429	818	2812	221	1917	674
Shanxi	1475	338	861	276	968	173	627	168
Inner Mongolia	1138	234	602	302	775	60	530	185
Liaoning	7151	1299	4970	882	4842	458	3703	681
Jilin	2501	585	1460	456	1650	154	1142	354
Heilongjiang	3106	666	2019	421	2252	208	1663	381
Shanghai	11337	4713	2760	3864	4050	304	2083	1663
Jiangsu	8211	1160	4590	2461	6432	341	4095	1996
Zhejiang	10316	859	4439	5018	7495	184	3439	3872
Anhui	1877	301	1080	496	1482	104	894	484
Fujian	4211	377	1516	2318	3003	93	1074	1836
Jiangxi	1557	267	806	484	1072	67	690	315
Shandong	10019	1245	5731	3043	6962	363	4627	1972
Henan	3823	655	2551	617	2766	209	2113	444
Hubei	3486	771	2102	613	2198	156	1573	469
Hunan	4117	814	2465	838	2555	197	1759	599
Guangdong	21123	1760	6033	13330	15799	261	4797	10741
Guangxi	1762	252	1059	451	1191	99	730	362
Hainan	502	101	123	278	320	15	90	215
Chongqing	1780	231	930	619	1158	56	677	425
Sichuan	4496	759	1954	1783	3218	248	1699	1271
Guizhou	986	173	503	310	710	65	377	268
Yunnan	1710	341	737	632	1217	140	606	471
Tibet	28	5	7	16	17	4	4	9
Shaanxi	2080	435	1307	338	1462	188	1022	252
Gansu	798	221	412	165	493	82	326	85
Qinghai	174	36	90	48	117	16	67	34
Ningxia	341	112	154	75	224	21	166	37
Xinjiang	1088	179	699	210	717	66	475	176
Hong Kong	1374	152	204	1018	1285	28	207	1050
Macao	13	2	4	7	13	0	1	12
Taiwan	10778	1823	7388	1567	8465	359	6777	1329