During the press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council on January 23, 2026, Rui Wenbiao, the Deputy Director of the National Intellectual Property Administration, revealed that by the close of 2025, China had accumulated 2.292 million high-value invention patents. Notably, the growth rates of valid invention patents in areas like information technology management methods, computer technology, and medical technology were at the forefront. Moreover, China stands out as one of the leading countries worldwide in terms of the number of valid AI patents.
