China Patent Applications by Non-Residents (2024)
China's Patent Applications by Non-Residents: 156,053 number of applications in 2024, +0.4% YoY. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center (WIPO-PAT-NRES), 1990–2024.
China (2024)
156,053
number of applications
+0.4% YoY
YoY Change
+0.4%
number of applications
Trend
up
Series length
35
years of data
Data
| Year | number of applications | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 156,053 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 155,409 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 154,663 | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 157,818 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 152,342 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 157,093 | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 148,187 | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 135,885 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 133,522 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 133,612 | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 127,042 | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 120,200 | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 117,464 | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 110,583 | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 98,111 | +14.7% |
| 2009 | 85,508 | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 95,259 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 92,101 | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 88,183 | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 79,842 | +23.6% |
About this Dataset
China recorded 156,053 number of applications in 2024. The latest change was +0.4%. Across 1990–2024 the series ranges from 4,051 in 1991 to 157,818 in 2021.
This page tracks patent applications filed in China by non-resident inventors from 1990 to present. Non-resident filings measure the attractiveness of a country's IP regime for foreign innovators and the depth of its technology import flows.
Data sourced from WIPO IP Statistics Data Center via its public REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page tracks patent applications filed in China by non-resident inventors from 1990 to present. Non-resident filings measure the attractiveness of a country's IP regime for foreign innovators and the depth of its technology import flows. It is published by WIPO IP Statistics Data Center and updated annually.
The most recent observation covers 2024. WIPO IP Statistics Data Center typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1990–2024 (35 observations).
The series peaked at 157,818 number of applications in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 4,051 in 1991. The latest reading of 156,053 in 2024 represents a change of +0.4%.