Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, famous for using fireworks in art pieces and major celebrations like the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, has turned his attention to the country's folk inventors.

中国艺术家蔡国强以在艺术作品及北京奥林匹克运动会开幕式等重大庆典中使用烟花著称。他现在将注意力转向中国的民间发明家。

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According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, Chinese inventors filed 203,481 patent applications in 2008.

据世界知识产权组织(World Intellectual Property Organization)透露，中国发明人在2008年提交了203,481项专利申请。

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However, the vast majority of those Chinese patents (98%) were filed by Chinese inventors at the Chinese patent authority and only the Chinese patent authority.

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The question is what is the value of these patents currently being filed by Chinese inventors in China?

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In 2008, the number of Chinese clean energy patents filed globally was more than those filed by U.S. and Japanese inventors combined.

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