The rankings below show the ten foreign companies and ten domestic companies with the most Chinese invention patent grants in 2012. The domestic ranking excludes Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Figures are numbers of granted patents.

Foreign companies

  1. Panasonic (Japan) — 1,660
  2. Sony (Japan) — 1,277
  3. Samsung Electronics (Republic of Korea) — 1,256
  4. Canon (Japan) — 965
  5. Toyota Motor (Japan) — 950
  6. Sharp (Japan) — 938
  7. LG Electronics (Republic of Korea) — 910
  8. GM Global Technology Operations (United States) — 765
  9. Philips (Netherlands) — 738
  10. Qualcomm (United States) — 623

Domestic companies

  1. Huawei Technologies — 2,734
  2. ZTE — 2,727
  3. Hongfujin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) — 1,099
  4. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) — 1,044
  5. Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) — 530
  6. BYD — 510
  7. Huawei Device — 347
  8. H3C Technologies — 318
  9. China Mobile Communications — 303
  10. Chery Automobile — 293