During the 10th Five-Year Plan Period, the output value of the hi-tech industries increased by 28.8% on an average y-o-y, the export of hi-tech products increased by 49.8% on an average y-o-y with the increase of its share in the city's total export volume from 19% to 40%. The hi-tech industries have become an important pillar in the development of industries in Shanghai.
The proportion of the number of invention patents to the total number of patent applications rose from less than 1/5 in 2002 to close to 1/3 last year. The rate of possession of hi-tech industry self-initiated intellectual property right has reached 27%. At the National Conference of Science and Technology in 2006, 46 achievements of Shanghai received national awards, accounting for 14.3% of all the national awards and covering the five major national awards of science and technology for the first time.
In 2005, the rate of contribution to the scientific and technical progress reached 57.6%, up 7.3% from the end of 9th Five-Year Plan Period.
《Report on Statistics of and Supervision over Scientific and Technical Progress in the Whole Country and Different Regions》issued jointly by the State Statistics Bureau and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the state indicates that the comprehensive index of scientific and technological progress in 2005 was 45.6%, and that of Shanghai 72.2%, 26.6% higher than the average level of the country and topping other provinces and municipalities of the country. Of the five key statistics of the comprehensive index of scientific and technological progress, Shanghai ranked first in the country in terms of "Promotion of Economic and Social Transformation by Science and Technology"and "Output in Scientific and Technical Activities" and Shanghai's index of other three statistics of "Input in Scientific and Technical Activities". "Hi-tech Industrialization"and "Environment of Scientific and Technological Progress"ranked second in the country. |
