Latest statistics from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) show that China handled 3.691 million trademark applications in 2016, remaining world's largest for 15 consecutive years. Meanwhile, Guangdong, Beijing, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Jiangsu are the top five applicants.
Thanks to the implement of the reform for trademark registration, trademark registrations increased by 28.4% in 2016, compared with 26.9% in 2015. Among all the registrations, 3.001 million were filed via Internet, representing 81.3% of the total, the percentage in 2015 is 69.3%. As of the end of 2016, valid trademark registrations amounted to 12.376 million. Each 10,000 market entities obtained 1,422 trademarks, increased by 6.5% from 1,335 in 2015.

Source: SIPO