China owns nearly 5 mln valid invention patents: NIPA

STORY: China owns nearly 5 mln valid invention patents: NIPA SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 16, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:22 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU WENHUI, Deputy head of the National Intellectual Property Administration STORYLINE: The number of valid invention patents in China had reached 4.991 million by the end of 2023, according to the National Intellectual Property Administration. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU WENHUI, Deputy head of the National Intellectual Property Administration "By the end of 2023, the number of valid invention patents in China reached 4.991 million. 4.015 million were registered in the Chinese mainland (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). The number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people reached 11.8." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

THE PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

THE PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

(231118) -- PASIG CITY, Nov. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Residents participate in the Buhat Kubo (nipa hut carrying) race in Pasig City, the Philippines, Nov. 18, 2023. The Buhat Kubo race was held as part of the annual Bayanihan Festival. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

THE PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

THE PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

(231118) -- PASIG CITY, Nov. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Residents participate in the Buhat Kubo (nipa hut carrying) race in Pasig City, the Philippines, Nov. 18, 2023. The Buhat Kubo race was held as part of the annual Bayanihan Festival. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

(221113) -- PASIG CITY, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Residents run while carrying a hut made out of nipa palm during the Buhat Kubo (nipa hut carrying) race in Pasig City, the Philippines, Nov. 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

(221113) -- PASIG CITY, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Residents run while carrying a hut made out of nipa palm during the Buhat Kubo (nipa hut carrying) race in Pasig City, the Philippines, Nov. 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

(221113) -- PASIG CITY, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Residents run while carrying a hut made out of nipa palm during the Buhat Kubo (nipa hut carrying) race in Pasig City, the Philippines, Nov. 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

PHILIPPINES-PASIG CITY-BUHAT KUBO RACE

(221113) -- PASIG CITY, Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Residents run while carrying a hut made out of nipa palm during the Buhat Kubo (nipa hut carrying) race in Pasig City, the Philippines, Nov. 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

Agencies continue to bring aid to Haiyan-hit areas a year on

Agencies continue to bring aid to Haiyan-hit areas a year on

LEYTE, Philippines - Mylene Openiano, 22, mother of four, talks to Kyodo News on Oct. 22, 2014, about her family's new house in Dulag town in the central Philippine province of Leyte, courtesy of the Japan-based International Children's Action Network. Openiano's original house, a nipa hut (thatch house), was completely blown away by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013. (Kyodo)