Title page
Contents
Preface 4
Disclaimer 4
Acronyms 5
Executive summary 6
China's Journey 7
Introduction 7
Overview 7
Overview of the IP landscape in China 7
The development of IP financial services 9
Building an IP financial services system 10
Policy system 10
Legal system 11
Main Types of IP financing 14
IP pledged lending 14
IP insurance 15
Securitization of IP 15
Other types of IP financing 16
Participants in IP financial services 17
Government departments 17
Financial institutions 18
Other participants 19
Initiatives on IP financial services 20
Building a work system to provide IP operation services 20
Increasing financing channels for SMEs 20
Improving risk prevention and control 21
Improving IP evaluation rules 21
Personnel training for IP financing 21
Challenges of IP financial services 22
High professional requirements 22
Technical complexity 22
Unsatisfactory external environment 22
Outlook 22
China case studies 24
Case study 1: Rapid online access to financing by innovation companies 24
Case study 2: Patent pledged loans assist a wind energy company's R&D 25
Case study 3: IP insurance 26
Endnotes 27
Table 1. Overall development of intellectual property rights in China, 2022 8
Table 2. Types of IP insurance 15
Table 3. The ratio of valid patents sold in exchange for equity (by types of patentees) 17
Figure 1. Patents granted in China (10,000s), 2010-2022 8
Figure 2. Trademarks registered in China (10,000s), 2010-2022 8
Figure 3. Trends in registered patent pledges in China, 2009-2022 (CNY 100 million) 14
Figure 4. Profile of the underlying assets of IP securities 16