China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has recently released full year statistics for 2025. Overall grants (including invention, utility model and design patents) were down 16.18% compared to 2024.  Invention patent grants were down 7%, utility model patent grants were down 27.28% and design patent grants were up 3.56%.The decrease may be related to the continued crackdown on “irregular” patent applications, which made up roughly 10% of all 2025 filings, and the introduction of an examination system for utility model applications.

                                                                                                                      Source. www. cnipa.gov.cn