On October 11, the "2021 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Private Enterprise Science and Technology Innovation Summit and Private Enterprise Science and Technology Achievements Matchmaking Conference" jointly sponsored by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and the Guangdong Provincial Government was held in Guangzhou. At the meeting, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce released the lists of "500 Private Enterprises Investing in R&D in 2021" and "500 Private Enterprises with Invention Patents in 2021".
The All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce conducted research and analysis on the scientific and technological innovation status of 5,785 private enterprises with operating income of more than 500 million yuan in the previous year, and formed a list of "500 Private Enterprises Investing in R&D in 2021" and "500 Private Enterprises with Invention Patents in 2021". Among them, the entry threshold for the "List of 500 Private Enterprises with R&D Investment in 2021" is 237 million yuan in R&D investment in the previous year. The total R&D expenses of the 500 companies are 742.9 billion yuan; the entry threshold for the "2021 List of 500 Private Enterprises with Invention Patents" is to have 49 valid invention patents. 500 companies have a total of 330,000 valid invention patents.
Weihua Group is ranked
No. 183 on the list of "500 Private Enterprises Investing in R&D in 2021"
No. 254 on the list of "500 Private Enterprises with Invention Patents in 2021"
Innovation is the primary productive force in the development of Weihua. As an industry leader, Weihua Group has closely followed the trend of the "Made in China 2025" era. It is market-oriented, technological innovation as the starting point, and new product research and development as the driving force. Focusing on the four aspects of green, intelligent, customized, and networked lifting equipment, it accelerates innovation-driven and transformation and upgrading, and continues to increase science and technology. Annual R&D investment accounts for more than 4% of annual sales revenue. In 2020, it invested more than 600 million yuan in R&D. It has 27 national and provincial R&D platforms, more than 1,000 authorized patents, and has won 98 provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress awards; it has obtained 113 government-approved scientific and technological achievements, including 4 internationally leading ones, 6 internationally advanced ones, and 1 world record. Participating in 123 international, national, industry, local and group standards, the company's overall technical level has reached the leading level in the country, and some technologiesReaching the internationally advanced or internationally leading level has promoted the technological progress of my country's lifting equipment industry.