20-56  Patents Application Accepted and Granted by Region (2008)
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Region	Number of				Number of
	Patents	Inventions	Utility	Designs	Patents	Inventions	Utility	Designs
	Application				Application
	Accepted		Models		Granted		Models
National Total	717144	194579	223945	298620	352406	46590	175169	130647
Beijing	43508	28394	11157	3957	17747	6478	8776	2493
Tianjin	18230	6281	6061	5888	6790	1610	4016	1164
Hebei	9128	2380	5001	1747	5496	549	3937	1010
Shanxi	5386	2053	2283	1050	2279	420	1559	300
Inner Mongolia	2221	695	980	546	1328	140	866	322
Liaoning	20893	6493	10348	4052	10665	1516	8256	893
Jilin	5536	1895	2302	1339	2984	574	2005	405
Heilongjiang	7974	3047	3877	1050	4574	740	3335	499
Shanghai	52835	17831	14325	20679	24468	4258	11973	8237
Jiangsu	128002	22601	23379	82022	44438	3508	16029	24901
Zhejiang	89931	12063	25134	52734	52953	3269	20000	29684
Anhui	10409	2729	3988	3692	4346	489	2512	1345
Fujian	13181	2701	5141	5339	7937	530	3921	3486
Jiangxi	3746	1016	1726	1004	2295	218	1520	557
Shandong	60247	13714	25562	20971	26688	1845	18785	6058
Henan	19090	4954	8167	5969	9133	668	5317	3148
Hubei	21147	4616	8793	7738	8374	1152	5732	1490
Hunan	14016	5335	4872	3809	6133	1196	3446	1491
Guangdong	103883	28099	28883	46901	62031	7604	25072	29355
Guangxi	3884	1086	1863	935	2228	204	1441	583
Hainan	873	331	366	176	341	47	198	96
Chongqing	8324	1997	3237	3090	4820	532	2765	1523
Sichuan	24335	4098	6914	13323	13369	1086	5295	6988
Guizhou	2943	873	1403	667	1728	270	1183	275
Yunnan	4089	1474	1389	1226	2021	383	1038	600
Tibet	350	39	48	263	93	16	37	40
Shaanxi	11898	3775	3961	4162	4392	962	2774	656
Gansu	2178	952	970	256	1047	211	675	161
Qinghai	431	148	120	163	228	23	100	105
Ningxia	1087	160	329	598	606	48	266	292
Xinjiang	2412	482	1408	522	1493	82	1100	311
Hong Kong	2486	607	614	1265	1892	246	738	908
Macao	22	10	8	4	23	2	20	1
Taiwan	22469	11650	9336	1483	17466	5714	10482	1270