According to news on May 9, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) recently released a “Research Report on Global 5G Standard Essential Patents and Standard Proposals (2023)”. The report reveals that among the top 10 enterprises having the largest number of valid global patent families, five are Chinese companies, one more than last year. The top 10 enterprises include Huawei, Qualcomm, Samsung, ZTE, LG, Nokia, Ericsson, DT, OPPO and Xiaomi, with Apple missing from the top 10.