Major judicial numbers for 2020

The number of foreign-related IPR cases heard by Chinese courts from 2016 to 2020

2016: 2,280

2017: 2,380

2018: 3,938

2019: 6,688

2020: 9,286

Cases heard by the Supreme People's Court from 2016 to 2020:

2016: 22,742

2017: 28,499

2018: 34,794

2019: 38,498

2020: 39,347

Cases concluded by the Supreme People's Court from 2016 to 2020:

2016: 20,151

2017: 25,808

2018: 31,883

2019: 34,481

2020: 35,773

Category of cases concluded by courts in 2020:

54.8 percent: Civil and commercial cases

5.9 percent: Criminal cases

34.7 percent: Ruling implementation cases

2.3 percent: Administrative cases

0.2 percent: State compensation and legal assistance

0.1 percent: Compulsory liquidation and bankruptcy

2 percent: Others

Category of criminal cases heard at first instance:

32.7 percent: Endanger public security

24.8 percent: Infringe properties

6 percent: Damage the order of the socialist market economy

12.3 percent: Infringe people's personal or democratic rights

22.8 percent: Disturb public order

1 percent: Corruption and bribery

0.2 percent: Malpractice

0.2 percent: Others (including those on harming national security or national defense interests)

Sources: Work reports of the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate