Wuhan, capital city of Central China's Hubei province, has the highest number of patent applications in the country in the fields of laser processing equipment, marine engineering equipment, and automotive fuel cells, according to local media reports.
The high-end equipment manufacturing industry - including new energy vehicles and intelligent connected vehicles, intelligent manufacturing equipment, marine engineering equipment, urban rail transit equipment, and aerospace equipment - is one of China's most important strategic emerging industries.
Judging from the overall application trend, domestic patent applications in the field of new energy and intelligent networked vehicles have, over the past five years, shown a continuous upward trend, indicating that this field is in a stage of rapid development in the country.
In terms of various branch technical fields, the number of patent applications in fuel cell technology in Wuhan is significantly higher than in other branch technical fields.
In Hubei, half of the top 10 applicants in the field of new energy and intelligent connected vehicles are universities, with Wuhan University of Technology ranking first.
As a major new energy vehicle technology R&D company based in Wuhan, Donfeng Motor Corporation has filed many patent applications. China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group has also applied for many patents around the application of supporting intelligent vehicles.
In the field of intelligent manufacturing equipment, patent applications in Wuhan increased significantly in 2019 - the result of investment in the field of intelligent manufacturing equipment in recent years.
Marine engineering equipment is primarily related to oil exploration, storage and transportation, including oil storage and ship unloading, production platforms, drilling platforms, supporting crane ships, and diving operation ships.
In the various branch technical fields of marine engineering equipment, Wuhan is performing well in terms of patent applications.
