On December 31, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the Announcement No. 661 of the CNIPA and the NBS on the Added Value of Patent-Intensive Industries Nationwide in 2024 (国家知识产权局 国家统计局关于2024年全国专利密集型产业增加值数据的公告（第661号）) indicating the added value of patent-intensive industries in China in 2024 was 18,038.1 billion RMB, accounting for 13.38% of GDP, an increase of 0.34 percentage points over the previous year.
A translation follows. The original text is available here (Chinese only).
According to calculations, the added value of patent-intensive industries in China reached 18,038.1 billion RMB in 2024, accounting for 13.38% of GDP, an increase of 0.34 percentage points over the previous year.
In terms of internal composition, the new equipment manufacturing industry is the largest, with an added value of 5,137.7 billion RMB, accounting for 28.5% of the added value of patent-intensive industries; followed by the information and communication technology service industry, with an added value of 4,370.9 billion RMB, accounting for 24.2%; and then the information and communication technology manufacturing industry, with an added value of 3,588.5 billion RMB, accounting for 19.9%.
CNIPA, NBS
December 31, 2025
| Value added of patent-intensive industries nationwide in 2024 | ||
| Category Name | Value added (100 million RMB) | constitute(%) |
| Patent-intensive industries | 180381 | 100.0 |
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