According to the "Top 100 Shanghai High-tech Enterprises in Innovation Investment 2022" recently compiled and released by the Institute of Applied Economics of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Center, the "Top 100 High-tech Enterprises" represented by Huawei, SAIC, and Spreadtrum have a numerical proportion of It has contributed one-third of the R&D investment of the city’s “high-tech enterprises” and 22% of invention patents; 70% of the top 100 high-tech enterprises are distributed in the three leading industries of integrated circuits, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence. High-tech enterprises are important symbols that reflect a region's technological innovation, industrial development and innovation environment. As of the end of 2021, the number of valid high-tech enterprises in Shanghai has increased to 20,035, ranking among the best among cities in the country. The increase has reached as high as 6,938 in 2016, and the proportion of "high-tech enterprises" among every 10,000 corporate legal persons ranks first in the country. The city's "high-tech" R&D expenditures accounted for 100 million yuan in total R&D expenditures. The increase over the previous year was equivalent to the city's entire society's R&D expenditures, showing the main role of high-tech enterprises in R&D investment and becoming accelerating the pace of scientific and technological innovation in Shanghai. An important support for the construction of a scientific and technological innovation center with global influence.
The average age of Shanghai's "high-tech enterprises" is 100 years, with average revenue of 100 million yuan and total revenue of 100 million yuan, an increase from the previous year. Among the city's high-tech enterprises, 65 have successfully landed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board. Accounting for the total number of companies listed on the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Board, this shows that high-tech enterprises with the three characteristics of R&D "engine", patent "muscle" and talent "brain" have received great attention from the capital market. The "2022 Shanghai High-tech Enterprises' Top 100 Innovation Investment List" reflects the innovation investment level of Shanghai's high-tech enterprises from the perspective of R&D investment and talent investment, and sets a benchmark for corporate innovation and development. Shanghai Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd., and Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ranked among the top three. Among the "Top 100 High-tech Enterprises", there are 21 state-owned and state-holding enterprises with a total R&D investment of 100 million yuan. The invention patents accounting for the total R&D investment of the top 100 companies show the important role of state-owned high-tech enterprises in innovation investment.