China has become the world's first country to have over 5 million valid domestic invention patents, and the number of PCT international patent applications has ranked first in the world for six consecutive years. ”The China National Intellectual Property Administration recently held a regular press conference in November to introduce the latest progress in intellectual property work, which was disclosed by Heng Fuguang, the spokesman and office director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration. Liang Xinxin, Director of the Strategic Planning Department of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, said that by the end of June 2025, China had 15.3 high-value invention patents per 10000 people, and the effective number of invention patents in strategic emerging industries exceeded 1.4 million, maintaining a rapid growth. The contribution of efficient use of intellectual property rights to the economy in our country continues to increase. The added value of China's patent intensive industries accounts for over 13% of GDP, the added value of copyright industries accounts for nearly 7.5% of GDP, and the direct output value of geographical indication products is nearly 970 billion yuan. China's high-value patent reserves in key core technology fields are continuously increasing, accelerating the transition from 'quantity accumulation' to 'quality improvement', laying a solid foundation for achieving high-level technological self-reliance and self-improvement. ”Liang Xinxin stated that during the 14th Five Year Plan period, China's intellectual property protection and utilization planning tasks have progressed smoothly, with multiple indicators completed ahead of schedule and implementation results meeting expectations. The latest revised "Guidelines for Patent Examination" will officially come into effect on January 1, 2026. It is reported that this revision has improved the protection system for new fields and formats, further stimulated industrial innovation, and optimized the review standards and rules in response to urgent problems in the review practice, solidified mature practices in the review practice, and better served innovation subjects. Among them, the examination standards for patent applications in the field of artificial intelligence have been further improved. For the first time, a special chapter has been established with the theme of "artificial intelligence and big data" to strengthen the ethical examination of artificial intelligence, guide the development of artificial intelligence towards "intelligence for good", and adapt to the needs of artificial intelligence technology development and governance. Jiang Tong, head of the Examination Business Management Department of the Patent Office of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, said that the China National Intellectual Property Administration will continue to track the development of new industries in new fields such as artificial intelligence, continue to improve the examination standards in a timely manner, more adapt to the needs of technological development, and provide a solid institutional guarantee for supporting the layout of national strategic emerging industries and serving high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. (New Society)