Investment in intellectual property products in China rose 9.4% year on year in the first half of 2026, accelerating by 1.5 percentage points from the first quarter, according to 36Kr. The share of intellectual property product investment in total fixed-asset investment reached 13.8%, up 1.4 percentage points from the first quarter, Wang Guanhua, spokesperson for China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said at a State Council Information Office press briefing on July 15.