Hangzhou Vice Mayor Huan Jinyuan: Hangzhou has ranked 14th in the top 100 global technology clusters for three consecutive years.

On July 28th, Hu Jingyuan, Deputy Mayor of Hangzhou, stated at a routine press conference of the National Intellectual Property Office that in recent years, Hangzhou has continued to deepen the comprehensive reform of intellectual property protection throughout the entire chain, effectively leveraging the dual role of intellectual property in supporting innovation through institutional and technological supply. Up to now, the intellectual property protection chain in Hangzhou has been running smoothly, and innovation vitality continues to grow. For three consecutive years, it has ranked 14th in the top 100 global technology clusters, and the effective number of invention patents has been among the top in provincial capital cities for multiple years.