It is known from the State Intellectual Property of the P.R.C (SIPO) that as more Chinese enterprises go global, China has carried out a lot of measures to provide convenience for overseas patent application and rights protection of Chinese enterprises. More and more Chinese enterprises focus on safeguarding their overseas rights through patent layout. In the first half of 2017, the number of PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) international patent applications submitted by Chinese applicants through SIPO was 20,000, with a year-on-year growth of 15.3%. According to the Report on 2016 PCT International Patent Applications released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation (ZTE) ranked the top with 4,123 PCT international patent applications. And Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd (Huawei) ranked the second, recording 3,692 PCT international patent applications.

Source: IPR in China