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A total of 14,375 applications for IC layout design were filed in China in 2020, a year-on-year growth of 72.8%, according to data released by the National Intellectual Property Administration on January 22.

The United States dominated investment in the gaming industry last year, accounting for 36 percent of the total deal value, followed by China at 27 percent, according to a new report.

In December, 18.20 million 5G phones were shipped in the Chinese market, accounting for 68.4 percent of cell phone shipments in the same period.

TrendForce said it expects smartphone production to reach 1.36 billion units. That contrasts with 1.25 billion units in 2020.

In the App Store, 88% of user reviews for TikTok were positive, with only 12% of 1 to 3-star reviews.

This is the first time Xiaomi has overtaken Apple as the world's third-largest smartphone maker.

The recent automotive chip supply shortage has brought less impact on sales, and the impact on the production side is not expected to be transmitted to the sales side in a short time.

The number of Chinese game users reached 665 million in 2020. The mobile game market accounts for 75.2% of sales revenue.

Compared with the same period of the previous year, pure electric vehicle car sales grew at a year-on-year rate of 136.8%, and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales grew at a rate of 137.6%.

In November, China shipped 20.13 million 5G phones, accounting for 68.1% of all cell phone shipments in the same period, according to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a government think tank.