China has been the source of some of the world’s most significant inventions, including the Four Great Inventions of ancient China: paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing (both woodblock ...

China's prominent position in the global innovation clusters rankings is down to its continuous investment in the field, as ...

Most scholars cite the invention of paper as occurring in AD 105 when an eunuch in the Han court named Cai Lun created a papermaking process that was reported to the Chinese Emperor by Ts’ai Lun ...

The four great inventions promoted political, economic, cultural, and social progress in ancient China. After they were introduced to the West through various channels, they contributed greatly to ...

Definition of software-related inventions China has paid attention to the issue of the patentability of invention applications relating to computer programs for a long time now.

A Chinese inventor, Yang Zongfu celebrates on his six-ton (5,443 kg) ball container named Noah's Ark of China after he succeeds in a series of tests of the vessel in Yiwu, Zhejiang province ...

China has owned 4.66 million valid invention patents by the end of October, 235,000 more since June, an official from the country's top intellectual property regulator said on Friday.

In November 2019, the China National Intellectual Property Agency (CNIPA) issued new patent examination guidelines for applying China's "inventive step" requirement, the patentability standard ...

China's imminent entry into the World Trade Organization and the opening of its vast markets necessitate a basic understanding of Chinese patent law.

In “The Invention of China” (Yale University Press, 2020), Hayton argues that the modern notion of “China” dates to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when reformers and ...

China's Age of Invention Part 2 | Back to Part 1 NOVA: What influence did these printing innovations have on Chinese history? Yates: Well, that's a question that brings us into the political realm ...

Development of legal provisions The provisions of the Chinese Patent Law regarding foreign patent applications for inventions developed in China have shifted from the initial "obligation to file first ...