Bulletin No. 509 on the Value-added Data of National Patent Intensive Industry in 2021

According to accounting, the added value of patent intensive industries in China in 2021 was 14,298.3 billion yuan, an increase of 17.9 percent over the previous year (not excluding price factors, the same below), 4.5 percentage points higher than the current price growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the same period; its proportion in GDP was 12.44 percent, an increase of 0.47 percentage point over the previous year.

In terms of internal structure, the new equipment manufacturing industry has the largest scale, with an added value of 3,845.2 billion yuan, accounting for 26.9 percent of the added value of patent intensive industries; thirdly, the information and communication technology manufacturing industry, with an added value of 3,063.6 billion yuan, accounting for 21.4 percent; thirdly, the information and communication technology manufacturing industry, with an added value of 2,854.6 billion yuan, accounting for 20.0 percent; the smallest was the environmental protection industry, with an added value of 322.8 billion yuan, accounting for 2.3 percent.

In terms of growth rate, driven by the strong demand for epidemic prevention products at home and abroad and other factors, the growth rate of the pharmaceutical and medical industry kept accelerating, with an increase of 40.9 percent, an increase of 30.8 percentage points over the previous year, which possessed the fastest growth. Followed by the information and communication technology manufacturing industry, of which the growth rate was 18.1 percent. In addition, the environmental protection industry and the new material manufacturing industry also achieved rapid growth, with growth rates of 17.5 and 17.1 percent respectively.

CNIPA/National Bureau of Statistics China

December 28th, 2022

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