1. time of establishment: an enterprise must be registered and established for more than one year when applying for the recognition of high-tech enterprises.
2. Independent intellectual property rights: Enterprises registered in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) have independent intellectual property rights to the core technologies of their main products (services) through independent research and development, transfer, donation, merger and acquisition, or through exclusive license for more than five years. Specific requirements include:
(1) owns 1 a number of invention patents, new plant varieties, national new drugs, crop varieties, national first-class protected varieties of traditional Chinese medicine and exclusive rights in layout design of integrated circuits;
(2) More than 8 utility model patents (some people think it is more than 7);
(3) There are more than 10 design patents or software copyrights that do not simply change product patterns and shapes (some people think that there are more than 7).
3. Product (service) scope: the technology that plays a core supporting role in the main products (services) of the enterprise belongs to the scope stipulated in the Catalogue of State Supported High-tech Fields 20 16.
4. Proportion of scientific and technical personnel: scientific and technical personnel with college education or above accounted for more than 30% of the total employees of the enterprise in that year, among which R&D personnel accounted for more than 10% of the total employees of the enterprise in that year.
5. Proportion of R&D expenses: In order to acquire new scientific and technological knowledge, creatively apply new scientific and technological knowledge, or substantially improve technology and products (services), enterprises continue to carry out R&D activities, and the proportion of total R&D expenses to total sales revenue in the last three fiscal years meets the following requirements:
(1) The proportion of enterprises with sales income of less than 50 million yuan in the latest year is not less than 5%;
(2) The proportion of enterprises with sales income of 50 million yuan to 200 million yuan in the latest year is not less than 4%;
(3) The proportion of enterprises with sales income of more than 200 million yuan in the previous year shall not be less than 3%.
Among them, the total R&D expenses incurred by enterprises in China are not less than 60% of the total R&D expenses.
6. Income ratio of high-tech products (services): the income of high-tech products (services) accounts for more than 60% of the total income of the enterprise in that year.
7. Other conditions: the evaluation of enterprise innovation ability should meet the corresponding requirements; Moreover, no major safety, major quality accidents and serious environmental violations occurred within one year before the enterprise applied for confirmation.
Identification function of high-tech enterprises
1, promoting technological transformation of enterprises
Innovation is the fundamental driving force for the development of enterprises, and the identification policy of high-tech enterprises is a guiding policy, which aims to guide enterprises to adjust their industrial structure, take the road of independent innovation and sustainable innovation, stimulate their enthusiasm for independent innovation and improve their scientific and technological innovation ability.
2. Enhance corporate brand image.
Explain that the person in charge has a strong sense of innovation, high market development ability and high management level. It shows that this enterprise is a high-growth enterprise supported by the state and has a good potential economic benefits.
3. Enjoy preferential tax reduction and exemption policies.
The recognized high-tech enterprises can implement the preferential tax rate of 15% (25% before recognition), with the tax rate reduced by 10 point and the tax amount reduced by 40%.
4. Improve the market value of the enterprise.
It is proved that enterprises have strong technological innovation ability and high-end technology development ability in this field, which is conducive to enterprises to explore domestic and foreign markets; It is an important condition for enterprises to bid.
5. Improve the capital value of enterprises.
High-tech enterprises are an important condition to attract local governments and industry organizations to implement preferential policies and financial support for enterprises, and also have the strength to attract venture capital institutions and financial institutions, thus promoting enterprises to quickly invest in industrial operation.