China tops brand registration

China tops the world in applications for brand registration since 2002, and the number of applications reached 268 thousand in the first half of this year, reported China Radio International Sunday.

The State Administration of Industry and Commerce says the number of applications reached 268 thousand in the first half of this year.

It's reported that there are 2.13 million registered brands in China at the end of June of this year.

In recent years, Chinese industrial and commercial departments have taken effective measures to protect the legal rights of the registered brands.

Foodstuffs, drugs, medical apparatus and automobile components, are the key commodities registered.

(CRIENGLISH.com)