20-48   Patents Application Accepted and Granted by Region (2007)
	(piece)
Region	Number of				Number of
	Patents		Utility	Designs	Patents		Utility	Designs
	Application	Inventions	Models		Application	Inventions	Models
	Accepted				Granted
National Total	586498	153060	179999	253439	301632	31945	148391	121296
Beijing	31680	18763	8819	4098	14954	4824	7364	2766
Tianjin	15744	5364	5117	5263	5584	1164	3063	1357
Hebei	7853	2094	4042	1717	5358	462	3570	1326
Shanxi	3333	1212	1615	506	1992	307	1265	420
Inner Mongolia	2015	565	966	484	1313	120	788	405
Liaoning	19518	5516	8012	5990	9615	1220	7035	1360
Jilin	5251	1635	2181	1435	2855	454	1943	458
Heilongjiang	7242	2386	3706	1150	4303	668	3079	556
Shanghai	47205	15212	12112	19881	24481	3259	9718	11504
Jiangsu	88950	16578	16586	55786	31770	2220	12944	16606
Zhejiang	68933	9532	19270	40131	42069	2213	16108	23748
Anhui	6070	1602	2554	1914	3413	317	2003	1093
Fujian	11341	2170	3878	5293	7761	336	3323	4102
Jiangxi	3548	1012	1658	878	2069	176	1316	577
Shandong	46849	8795	19106	18948	22821	1435	15356	6030
Henan	14916	2875	5571	6470	6998	563	4517	1918
Hubei	17376	3705	7168	6503	6616	886	4400	1330
Hunan	11233	3670	4158	3405	5687	735	3438	1514
Guangdong	102449	26692	25389	50368	56451	3714	21636	31101
Guangxi	3480	945	1612	923	1907	188	1219	500
Hainan	632	278	199	155	296	51	143	102
Chongqing	6715	1601	2838	2276	4994	354	2500	2140
Sichuan	19165	3406	5205	10554	9935	825	4023	5087
Guizhou	2759	874	1287	598	1727	233	1120	374
Yunnan	3108	1014	1100	994	2139	368	1017	754
Tibet	97	23	23	51	68	4	22	42
Shaanxi	8499	2412	2779	3308	3451	755	2034	662
Gansu	1608	600	781	227	1025	180	656	189
Qinghai	387	91	115	181	222	28	84	110
Ningxia	838	112	270	456	296	32	200	64
Xinjiang	2270	476	1255	539	1534	90	1035	409
Hong Kong	2562	559	706	1297	2106	167	657	1282
Macao	39	13	22	4	16	1	12	3
Taiwan	22833	11278	9899	1656	15806	3596	10803	1407