On April 14, 2025, the Shenzhen Municipal Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released the List of recipients of the second batch of special funds for intellectual property rights in Shenzhen in 2023 for foreign invention patent authorization (深圳市2023年第二批知识产权领域专项资金国外发明专利授权资助领款名单). Combined with the List of recipients of Shenzhen’s 2023 special fund for intellectual property rights for foreign invention patent authorization (深圳市2023年知识产权领域专项资金国外发明专利授权资助领款名单) published on March 28, 2024 Shenzhen’s SAMR has subsidized Huawei a total of 35,168,904 RMB for foreign patents granted in 2023. Huawei also received 2,619,103 RMB for Chinese invention patents that granted in 2023. ZTE and Tencent also received significant subsidies for foreign patent grants. Note that these statistics do not include subsidies for subsidiaries located in other cities. Note that direct subsidies for grants will end this year.
The top 5 total 2023 subsidies for foreign patent grants are:
| No. | Name of the recipient | Amount |
| 1 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | CNY 35,168,904.98 |
| 2 | ZTE Corporation | CNY 19,605,473.78 |
| 3 | Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | CNY 13,358,477.67 |
| 4 | Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. | CNY 7,249,009.85 |
| 5 | Shenzhen DJI Innovations Technology Co., Ltd. | CNY 6,430,024.87 |
The original data for the first tranche is here (Chinese only) and second tranche here (Chinese only). Translated datasets are available here: DomesticPatent1; ForeignPatent1; ForeignPatent2; and DomesticPatent2.