National Bureau of Statistics: In the first quarter, the proportion of investment in intellectual property products exceeded 12% of total investment.

Deputy Director Mao Shengyong of the National Bureau of Statistics stated at a press conference of the State Council Information Office that in recent years, the National Bureau of Statistics has established a statistical system for intellectual property product investment, in accordance with international norms and combined with China's actual conditions. The data on fixed asset investment released by the National Bureau of Statistics every month includes intellectual property product investment. Intellectual property product investment mainly includes four aspects: investment in computer software and databases, research and development, mineral exploration and evaluation, and investment in literary and artistic originals, with the first two categories accounting for a high proportion, exceeding 90%. In recent years, we have increased investment in this area, which is an important measure to drive innovation-led development and has achieved good results. Specifically, intellectual property product investment has maintained a relatively fast growth rate in recent years, with an average growth rate exceeding 9% from 2023 to 2025. By 2025, the total scale of intellectual property product investment will exceed 6.9 trillion yuan, and in the first quarter of this year, the growth rate of intellectual property product investment reached 7.9%. In the first quarter, the proportion of intellectual property product investment in total investment exceeded 12%. The growth of intellectual property product investment is an important measure in recent years to vigorously implement the innovation-driven development strategy and develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions, which has yielded results after efforts have been made.