According tot he „China Microbial Resources Developoment Report 2016“, China’s 33 microbial culture collections have 182,235 microbial strains which can be shared, and 96,907 patented strains. Thus, China is number 4 in overall and number 2 in patented strains.
CAS news release, September 7, 2016
CAS Institute of Microbiology publishes data on China’s microbial resources