20-55    Three Types of Patent Applications Examined
and Granted by Region (2001)
							(item)
Region	Number of				Number of
	Patent		Utility	Designs	Patent		Utility	Designs
	Applications	Inventions	Models		Applications	Inventions	Models
	Examined				Granted
National Total	165773	30038	79275	56460	99278	5395	54018	39865
Beijing	12174	4984	5114	2076	6246	946	3600	1700
Tianjin	3081	784	1707	590	1829	96	1214	519
Hebei	4695	651	2810	1234	2791	197	1837	757
Shanxi	1473	350	857	266	1047	132	669	246
Inner Mongolia	1087	185	662	240	743	73	440	230
Liaoning	7514	1408	5169	937	4448	346	3470	632
Jilin	2627	639	1533	455	1443	138	988	317
Heilongjiang	3670	711	2380	579	1870	145	1411	314
Shanghai	12777	3268	3610	5899	5371	242	2220	2909
Jiangsu	10352	1394	5680	3278	6158	244	3738	2176
Zhejiang	12828	1093	5216	6519	8312	174	3549	4589
Anhui	2045	296	1214	535	1278	71	826	381
Fujian	4971	361	1756	2854	3296	82	1107	2107
Jiangxi	1778	273	878	627	999	77	540	382
Shandong	11170	1373	6484	3313	6725	333	4576	1816
Henan	4093	744	2688	661	2582	171	1896	515
Hubei	4322	1086	2397	839	2204	186	1513	505
Hunan	4292	906	2572	814	2401	166	1730	505
Guangdong	27596	2549	8144	16903	18259	301	5246	12712
Guangxi	1838	275	1171	392	1099	54	737	308
Hainan	390	89	102	199	303	16	70	217
Chongqing	2047	262	1108	677	1197	41	676	480
Sichuan	5039	926	2202	1911	3357	258	1496	1603
Guizhou	950	178	513	259	642	42	357	243
Yunnan	1793	344	807	642	1347	113	662	572
Tibet	23	8	3	12	22	3	4	15
Shaanxi	2326	476	1449	401	1354	132	959	263
Gansu	734	256	387	91	512	56	349	107
Qinghai	162	44	75	43	101	15	58	28
Ningxia	412	98	175	139	231	15	133	83
Xinjiang	1086	189	683	214	755	90	522	143
Hong Kong	1329	206	241	882	1026	31	187	808
Macao	5	2	2	1	10	0	6	4
Taiwan	15094	3630	9486	1978	9320	409	7232	1679