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Chinese firms raise innovation capability

INNOVATION in Chinese enterprises is steadily increasing with more patents filed and more funds invested in research and development, the China Enterprise Confederation said on Saturday.

The top 500 Chinese enterprises possessed 169,000 patents in 2010, up 13.3 percent from last year, according to a report released by the CEC.

Among the top 500 companies, 41 had more than 1,000 patents, while 36 companies owned more than 200 patents for innovations, the report said.

Chinese enterprises were also investing a larger share of their revenues into R&D.

Each of the top 500 firms allocated, on average, 775 million yuan (US$113.9 million) into R&D, an increase of 14.4 percent from 2009 and accounting for 1.4 percent of their total revenues, the report said.

Of the 500 firms, 17 spent more than 5 percent of their revenues on R&D, while another 60 enterprises invested from 5 to 10 percent of their revenues into R&D, the report said.




 

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