With its far-flung high-speed and other rail networks, it is not surprising that China has surpassed Europe in the domain of railway inventions. This was revealed in a new report by the European Union Agency for Railway (ERA). Most of China’s patents are only locally filed while the European Union takes the lead in multinational filings.
Over the last ten years Chinese railway patents have increased and now account for the most filings; Germany comes in second. As could be expected, the number of Chinese patents dramatically increased after 2013, exactly when China launched its massive high-speed railway projects.
