I.R&D input intensity ranks first in the country

A total R&D expenditure of 187.08 billion yuan was invested by the whole society in 2018,an increase of 57.9%over 2013.The investment intensity of the whole society's R&D funds is 5.65%(the ratio of R&D funds to regional GDP),ranking first in 31 provinces,districts and cities in the country.

II.Further enhancement of core R&D capabilities

According to the types of activities,the funds for basic research in the whole society in 2018 were 27.78 billion yuan,a double increase from 2013;the funds for applied research were 41.28 billion yuan,an increase of 60%over 2013;and the funds for experimental development were 118.02 billion yuan,an increase of 49.4%over 2013.Core R&D capacity continued to increase,with basic research accounting for 14.8 per cent of the R&D funds of the whole society,3.2 percentage points higher than in 2013,and 25.5 per cent of the whole country,0.8 percentage points higher than in 2013.Applied research and experimental development funds as a proportion of the R&D funds of the whole society 22.1 and 63.1%.

III.Strengthening the role of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation

Driven by new technology,new industry and new mode,enterprises rely on scientific and technological innovation to enhance their competitiveness.R&D expenditure of enterprises in 2018 was 78.05 billion yuan,an increase of 82.2 of 82.2%over 2013;the proportion of R&D funds in the whole society was 41.7%,an increase of 5.6 percentage points over 2013.Government affiliated research institutions R&D funding of 82.83 billion yuan,an increase of 37.5%over 2013,and institutions of higher learning funding of 21.55 billion yuan,an increase of 57.8%over 2013.Government-owned research institutions and institutions of higher learning account for 44.3%of the total R&D funding and 1 1.5%.

IV.STRENGTHENING INITIATIVES

All industrial enterprises above the scale of the city are active in scientific and technological innovation.In 2018,1127 enterprises carried out R&D activities,accounting for 36.3%of the proportion of industrial enterprises above the scale,an increase of 7.2 percentage points over 2013.R&D expenditure was 27.4 billion yuan,an increase of 28.6 percent over 2013;the proportion of R&D funds to operating income was 1.23 percent,an increase of 0.11 percentage points over 2013.The number of patent applications in the year was 21,000,of which 10,000 were for invention patents,an increase of 7.5 per cent and 12.4 per cent respectively over 2013;the proportion of patent applications for invention was 50.3 per cent,2.2 percentage points higher than in 2013.

By 2018,the city's high-tech manufacturing enterprises above the scale R&D expenditure of 13.42 billion yuan,an increase of 26%over 2013.R&D funds accounted for 2.5 per cent of operating income,0.97 percentage points higher than in 2013;7796 patent applications,of which 5013 were for invention patents;and 64.3 per cent,14.4 percentage points higher than in 2013.