Patents for Designs Accepted refer to the aesthetics and industrially applicable new designs for the shape, pattern and colour of the product or their combinations. This indicator reflects the design results of the appearance design with independent intellectual property rights.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing | 1.951 | 3.530 | 5.193 | 6.283 | 6.976 | 8.196 | 11.754 | 14.139 | 19.990 | 18.361 | 23.041 | 23.162 | 24.551 | 26.120 |
| Hebei | 818 | 1.510 | 1.936 | 2.521 | 3.498 | 4.509 | 4.975 | 8.155 | 10.444 | 11.172 | 13.660 | 16.940 | 18.314 | 19.905 |
| Tianjin | 827 | 2.497 | 7.562 | 9.824 | 5.348 | 4.835 | 4.963 | 4.608 | 4.772 | 4.669 | 5.842 | 6.600 | 5.632 | 5.589 |
| Shanxi | 276 | 339 | 1.348 | 2.929 | 4.634 | 5.307 | 2.525 | 1.357 | 1.744 | 1.599 | 1.923 | 2.343 | 2.800 | 3.121 |
| Heilongjiang | 421 | 1.159 | 1.384 | 8.665 | 10.183 | 5.808 | 3.831 | 3.034 | 3.260 | 2.388 | 3.035 | 3.782 | 4.031 | 3.976 |
| Inner Mongolia | 302 | 440 | 574 | 540 | 674 | 1.240 | 873 | 1.013 | 1.393 | 1.388 | 1.618 | 2.285 | 2.096 | 2.249 |
| Shanghai | 3.864 | 13.589 | 21.843 | 17.147 | 12.377 | 11.709 | 9.267 | 11.294 | 13.762 | 16.185 | 17.914 | 21.584 | 24.460 | 27.215 |
| Liaoning | 882 | 4.213 | 9.338 | 4.729 | 3.882 | 2.627 | 3.039 | 3.267 | 4.046 | 3.915 | 5.676 | 5.446 | 6.467 | 5.374 |
| Jilin | 456 | 853 | 663 | 921 | 1.045 | 1.061 | 987 | 1.301 | 1.738 | 1.706 | 1.984 | 2.503 | 2.773 | 3.104 |
| Fujian | 2.318 | 5.076 | 6.031 | 8.741 | 12.200 | 18.048 | 20.136 | 21.144 | 25.159 | 24.899 | 33.138 | 35.769 | 36.071 | 36.097 |
| Jiangxi | 484 | 822 | 1.392 | 2.179 | 3.303 | 5.189 | 9.310 | 12.594 | 19.661 | 19.588 | 21.639 | 23.821 | 25.419 | 27.166 |
| Shandong | 3.043 | 10.934 | 20.156 | 20.972 | 19.063 | 13.666 | 11.998 | 13.873 | 18.452 | 18.835 | 23.360 | 27.003 | 29.234 | 32.033 |
| Jiangsu | 2.461 | 17.158 | 134.139 | 182.606 | 255.474 | 234.343 | 150.267 | 119.448 | 135.161 | 107.894 | 107.415 | 48.345 | 52.292 | 57.858 |
| Zhejiang | 5.018 | 23.722 | 52.484 | 76.461 | 107.509 | 124.148 | 93.018 | 89.418 | 100.649 | 86.768 | 93.303 | 104.274 | 109.574 | 118.635 |
| Anhui | 496 | 898 | 23.365 | 14.365 | 18.856 | 13.348 | 7.311 | 7.836 | 9.558 | 10.012 | 11.732 | 13.473 | 14.908 | 15.984 |
| Hunan | 838 | 2.439 | 6.342 | 7.144 | 9.527 | 11.071 | 10.472 | 11.361 | 12.620 | 13.496 | 15.728 | 18.547 | 19.164 | 20.334 |
| Guangdong | 13.330 | 40.382 | 64.335 | 76.927 | 90.335 | 101.683 | 107.067 | 116.281 | 146.477 | 161.631 | 209.412 | 235.246 | 281.223 | 281.863 |
| Guangxi | 451 | 555 | 1.031 | 1.735 | 2.082 | 2.114 | 2.150 | 3.141 | 4.562 | 4.417 | 5.817 | 7.462 | 8.072 | 8.677 |
| Sichuan | 1.783 | 4.726 | 15.217 | 18.685 | 23.212 | 25.455 | 29.156 | 28.450 | 30.157 | 29.053 | 26.015 | 20.516 | 21.368 | 23.976 |
| Guizhou | 310 | 379 | 651 | 2.823 | 4.082 | 6.961 | 6.933 | 2.440 | 3.281 | 3.827 | 3.939 | 5.194 | 5.327 | 6.045 |
| Henan | 617 | 2.684 | 4.885 | 6.123 | 8.938 | 10.920 | 12.072 | 12.257 | 14.729 | 16.812 | 17.893 | 17.547 | 19.187 | 18.470 |
| Yunnan | 632 | 875 | 1.100 | 1.179 | 1.454 | 1.846 | 2.103 | 2.155 | 2.253 | 3.027 | 3.254 | 3.451 | 3.716 | 3.872 |
| Hubei | 613 | 4.661 | 11.109 | 14.774 | 12.598 | 6.464 | 8.685 | 8.360 | 9.187 | 8.921 | 11.117 | 12.674 | 12.910 | 15.350 |
| Gansu | 165 | 257 | 554 | 741 | 1.219 | 1.788 | 1.890 | 2.255 | 3.890 | 4.972 | 4.447 | 2.355 | 2.558 | 2.116 |
| Qinghai | 48 | 30 | 280 | 295 | 263 | 215 | 284 | 303 | 334 | 286 | 267 | 389 | 349 | 319 |
| Ningxia | 75 | 225 | 74 | 110 | 229 | 251 | 154 | 177 | 310 | 381 | 458 | 501 | 592 | 720 |
| Hainan | 278 | 150 | 135 | 253 | 212 | 444 | 490 | 395 | 526 | 695 | 969 | 1.046 | 1.038 | 1.100 |
| Chongqing | 619 | 2.930 | 5.690 | 6.414 | 7.784 | 11.609 | 10.766 | 9.172 | 7.438 | 7.826 | 8.477 | 7.602 | 7.937 | 8.766 |
| Tibet | 16 | 70 | 53 | 121 | 28 | 54 | 91 | 91 | 126 | 172 | 347 | 552 | 453 | 242 |
| Shaanxi | 338 | 656 | 6.872 | 7.547 | 10.173 | 4.643 | 15.769 | 36.133 | 19.897 | 20.733 | 10.383 | 16.880 | 6.072 | 6.846 |
| Xinjiang | 210 | 414 | 374 | 731 | 1.990 | 1.523 | 2.915 | 2.872 | 2.508 | 2.126 | 1.509 | 1.291 | 1.099 | 1.543 |