According to the united statistics of State Intellectual Property Office and State Statistical Bureau, in 2008, China had 17,884 enterprises applied patents, accounting for 4.2% of the total 426,000 industrial enterprises above designed size, and achieved revenue of 11.2478 trillion yuan from main operation, accounting for 22.3% of the total revenue of industrial enterprises above designed size.

In 2008, the enterprises applied patents achieved revenue of 2.9233 trillion yuan from sale of new products, accounting for 51.2%; achieved export sales of 708.3 billion yuan on new products, accounting for 50.1%; achieved total profits of 792.1 billion yuan, accounting for 25.8%; and achieved total industrial out-put revenue of 10.989 trillion yuan, accounting for 21.2%.

According to statistics, China had 13,279 enterprises above designed size gaining patents in 2008, accounted for 3.1% of industrial enterprises above designed size. 8,766 enterprises applied invention patents in that year and 2,542 of which gained invention patents, and respectively accounted for 2.1% and 0.6% of industrial enterprises above designed size.
                                                                                                   Source: IPR in China