2019年中国通过《专利合作条约》(PCT)途径提交了约5.9万件专利申请，年增长率为10.6%，成为提交国际专利申请量最多的国家。
In 2019, China submitted about 59,000 patent applications through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), with an annual growth rate of 10.6%, making it the country with the largest number of international patent applications.