According to the latest statistics by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of China, China’s courts concluded totally 147,000 IPR cases in the first instance in 2016.

In 2016, the Beijing three classes court totally heard IP issues of 22,890 pieces (civil cases 16,798, administrative cases 6,092) in the first instance, in the second instance, totally 4,116 (1,072 civil cases and 3,044 administrative cases), reaching a new history high of receiving and settling cases amount.