Yang Qingqing, researcher of 21st century business herald Digital Economy Research Group Yang Qingqing, Bai Yang, Tao Li, Ni Yuqing, Luo Yiqi

On October 12th, at the 221 China Intellectual Manufacturing Annual Meeting and Semiconductor Industry Summit jointly sponsored by 21st century business herald and Dongguan Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Report of the Top 1 Innovative Countries in 221 produced by 21st century business herald Digital Economy Research Group was officially released.

As the final work of 21st century business herald's annual series planning "The Road to Greatness: Top 1 Innovations in Great Countries", the Report of Top 1 Innovations in Great Countries in 221 was shortlisted from 751 listed companies with scientific and technological innovation attributes and 751 unlisted companies that were interviewed in depth in the "Top 1 Innovations in Great Countries" column, forming a shortlist of nearly 2 companies. Since then, the top 1 enterprises with innovation ability have been obtained from the perspectives of innovation ability, innovation effect, innovation ecology and innovation responsibility through strict calculation of a number of indicators.

after comprehensive analysis of the 221 Top 1 Innovative Countries Index, the top ten companies are Huawei Group, Alibaba, Tencent Holdings, ZTE, JD.COM, China Mobile, Baidu, BOE, Lenovo Group and Xiaomi Group.

On this basis, 21st century business herald Digital Economy Research Group also independently compiled the 221 Hard Core Technology Segmentation Index for manufacturing industry. In this report, the research group selected the relevant data that can best reflect the scientific and technological innovation ability of hard-core technology enterprises as statistical indicators, and finally obtained the "Top 2 Hard-core Technology in 221".

judging from the list of the top 2 hardcore technologies, Huawei, as the top 1 innovative countries, still has an unshakable position in the field of hardcore technologies. Following Huawei, other Top5 companies are BOE, Lenovo Group, BYD Electronics and TCL Technology.

judging from the comprehensive indicators, Huawei Group took the lead with a score of 7.42, far exceeding the second place Alibaba's score of 52.96. Whether in terms of innovation ability or innovation effectiveness, Huawei's scores are in the forefront.

judging from the score distribution of the top 1, it is still concentrated in the head, while a large number of enterprises are in the long tail position. According to statistics, there are 3 enterprises with scores above 4, namely Huawei, Alibaba and Tencent. There are 15 enterprises with a score of 2-4. In other words, the number of enterprises with more than 2 points accounts for only 18%. This also means that the innovation ability of a large number of enterprises needs to be further strengthened, and the head enterprise as a "lighthouse" is also worthy of being compared with the backward enterprises.

among them, the second-level indicator "innovation ability" includes the following sub-indicators: revenue, R&D expenses, R&D growth, R&D expenditure input intensity, and the number and proportion of R&D technicians. Among them, revenue is the basis for enterprises to invest in sustainable R&D, while R&D expenses and personnel investment are the most direct manifestations of whether enterprises attach importance to innovation.

According to the comprehensive scores of various data in 22, Huawei Group's innovation ability is overwhelming, and its innovation ability score is as high as 47.14. Followed by Alibaba, Tencent Holdings, China Mobile and JD.COM, the scores were 35.39, 22.18, 16.6 and 16.8 respectively.

In addition, due to the high R&D intensity, Xinyuan and Ctrip. com, which ranked 18th and 2th respectively in the total score, rushed to the top ten in their innovation ability scores. China Software International, which ranked 24th in the total score, was ranked in the top ten because of the highest proportion of technicians. However, although the index is deus ex, these companies still have their own shortcomings in innovation.

specifically, in terms of revenue in 22, Huawei ranked first with 891.368 billion yuan, followed by China Mobile, JD.COM, Alibaba, Tencent and Industrial Fulian, with revenues of 768.7 billion yuan, 745.82 billion yuan, 717.289 billion yuan, 482.64 billion yuan and 431.786 billion yuan respectively. This coincides with the top enterprises in innovation ability. As the basis of R&D and other investments, revenue ability provides conditions for enterprises to enhance their innovation ability.

In terms of absolute value of R&D expenditure, Huawei Group has an absolute leading edge. In 22, Huawei's R&D expenses will reach 141.893 billion yuan, exceeding the sum of R&D expenses of 2-5 people. The R&D expenses of Alibaba and Tencent Holdings are 57.236 billion yuan and 38.972 billion yuan respectively, which are also far ahead among innovative enterprises.

It should be noted that although Baidu's revenue is not in the top 1 in absolute value, its R&D expenditure ranks fourth among all companies, which shows that Baidu's R&D investment intensity is the best among head innovation enterprises.

The secondary indicator "Innovation Effectiveness" consists of several indicators, including the number of patents and human effects. Judging from the scores of innovation effectiveness, Huawei, Tencent and Gree Electric are in the forefront. Among them, Huawei scored 16.59, Tencent and Gree Electric scored 13.8 and 13.13 respectively. Followed by BOE, Midea Group, ZTE, Xiaomi Group and Lenovo Group.

For the R&D investment of enterprises, the direct output is undoubtedly the patent situation. It should be noted that the patent situation of enterprises includes the total number of patent applications, the number of valid patents and the number of authorized invention patents with the most gold content. The most important indicator consideration dimension of innovation effectiveness is based on these indicators. Judging from the comprehensive scores of patents, Huawei, Gree and Tencent are the top three.

Huawei ranks first in terms of the total number of applications, the number of valid patents and the number of authorized invention patents, which exceeds the sum of the scores of the second and third places. In addition, among the top companies in terms of patent scores, Gree Electric and BOE both performed well in the total number of applications and the number of effective patents, while ZTE performed even better in the total number of applications and the number of authorized invention patents.

among the enterprises with the highest comprehensive patent scores, the patent applications in 22 showed different performances. Huawei and Gree Electric are still outstanding in the total number of applications, while Tencent Holdings has more advantages in the number of authorized invention patents.

It should be noted, however, that considering the lag of patent disclosure, it usually takes 4-18 months to make it public, so some of the patents applied by the company may not be made public in 22, so it is more referential to compare the comprehensive and cumulative patents.

In today's increasingly fierce competition, enterprises only rely on internal resources for innovation activities, which has been unable to keep up with the rapid development of market demand. So open innovation has become a very popular new model in recent years. The so-called open innovation means that when enterprises innovate, they will not only rely on internal resources, but also look for external partners to innovate.

At present, the open innovation includes IP contract, open innovation cooperation, open innovation platform and open innovation community. Generally speaking, enterprises located at the head of innovation in big countries have the strength and willingness to open themselves up, embrace their partners and receive good results.

For example, Huawei insists on open cooperation and innovation, and starts from maintaining the unification of global standards, building an industrial ecological alliance, embracing globalization and open source, and promoting key technological innovation. According to Huawei's official data, in 22, Huawei added more than 5, registered partners around the world, and has jointly released more than 2, solutions with more than 1,6 partners, and continuously increased incentives for replicable joint solutions.

Baidu Brain AI Open Platform has also launched a complete eco-partnership program, including Baidu Brain Eco-partnership Program, Flying Paddle Technology Partnership Program and AI Accelerator. Among them, Feiyu is an industrial-level deep learning platform independently developed by Baidu, the earliest open source and rich in functions in China. Wu Tian, vice president of Baidu Group, recently revealed that Feipaddle has more than 3.6 million developers from all walks of life, developed 4, AI models and served 13, enterprises and institutions.

however, it is a pity that many enterprises covered by this big country innovation index still lack ESG reports and have not been included in the evaluation system of institutions. Statistics show that only 53 companies have been included in the FTSE Russell ESG score, and only 54 companies have the MSCI morgan stanley capital international ESG rating.

judging from the results of rating and scoring, the number of top ranked enterprises is also small. In the MSCI morgan stanley capital international ESG rating, * * * has seven grades, namely AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B and CCC from top to bottom. At present, only five innovative enterprises in this report rank above Grade A, and none of them reach Grade AAA. Judging from the score of FTSE Russell ESG, there are also only five companies with a score of 2.5 or above.

on the whole, most of the head enterprises with strong innovation ability value their own ESG ability relatively. Among the top 1 innovation companies in big countries, except Huawei, which is not included in the above two ESG evaluation criteria, all the other companies have relevant indicators disclosed. To a certain extent, being responsible for the environment, society and stakeholders is expected to become a development trend of enterprise innovation in the future.

In terms of specific ESG ratings/scores, Lenovo Group and ZTE performed better. Judging from the FTSE Russell ESG score, among the innovative head enterprises, ZTE scored 3.8 points, compared with Tencent, the second place, with 2.6 points, and JD.COM and Xiaomi Group scored 1.1 points respectively.

Lenovo Group has performed brilliantly in the ESG rating of MSCI morgan stanley capital international, becoming the only innovative head enterprise that has reached Grade A or above, while Xiaomi is at the bottom of this rating, with only Grade B..

221 is the first year of China's 14th Five-Year Plan. In the Outline of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, "Implementing the strategy of manufacturing power in depth" was listed as a chapter, which also opened a new journey for China to move from a manufacturing power to a manufacturing power. Next, adhering to self-control, safety and efficiency, and promoting the upgrading of industrial base and the modernization of industrial chain will also be the core direction of the future development of China's manufacturing industry.

in the process of promoting the high-quality development of manufacturing industry, the application of new technologies is indispensable. The "14th Five-Year Plan" outlines clearly that it is necessary to carry out in-depth projects to enhance the core competitiveness and technological transformation of the manufacturing industry, encourage enterprises to apply advanced and applicable technologies, and strengthen equipment updating and large-scale application of new products.

Therefore, on the basis of the 221 Top 1 Innovation Index of Great Countries, the 21st century business herald Digital Economy Research Group also independently compiled the 221 Hard Core Science and Technology Index Report for the manufacturing industry. The first-level index of the report is 221 hardcore science and technology index. In the process of compiling, the second-level indicators including R&D ability, patent reserve, responsibility ability and hardcore ability, as well as a series of related third-level and fourth-level indicators were selected.

according to the final results, Huawei, as the top 1 innovative countries, still has an unshakable position in the field of hard-core technology, with a hard-core index of 69.9, which is far ahead of many enterprises. Following Huawei, other Top5 companies are BOE, Lenovo Group, BYD Electronics and TCL Technology. JD.COM and Lenovo, which ranked second and third, scored almost evenly.

in all the secondary indicators, Huawei is also leading in an all-round way. Among them, in the revenue index, the top three are Huawei, Industrial Fulian and Lenovo Group. According to the total index list, Huawei and Lenovo are also in the top position in revenue, and revenue is the basis for developing hard-core technology.

in addition, as one of the core indicators of developing hard-core technology, R&D expenses are the most important. Judging from the index scores, the Top1 R&D expenditure indices are Huawei, Baidu, ZTE, Midea Group, Industrial Fulian, Lenovo Group, Xiaomi Group, BOE, TCL Technology and Gree Electric.

However, specifically, Huawei's R&D expenditure far exceeds that of other enterprises, which is also an important reason why Huawei ranks first in the hardcore science and technology index. For other enterprises, the continuous investment in R&D expenses is still a long-term proposition.

In terms of the number of R&D technicians, Huawei, BYD Electronics, ZTE, Industrial Fulian and Baidu are in the top position. Among them, Baidu has a relatively high proportion of R&D technicians, followed by Huawei and ZTE.

patent data is an important embodiment of hard-core scientific and technological innovation ability. In terms of the total number of applications, the Top1 companies are Huawei, ZTE, Gree Electric, BOE, Midea Group, BYD Electronics, Lenovo Group, TCL Technology, Xiaomi Group and Baidu.

among them, the Top1 enterprises are Huawei, Gree Electric, BOE, Midea Group, ZTE, Lenovo Group, BYD Electronics, TCL Technology, Xiaomi Group and SMIC.

In terms of cumulative authorized inventions, the Top1 companies are Huawei, ZTE, BOE, Lenovo Group, Gree Electric, TCL Technology, SMIC, Midea Group, BYD Electronics and Xiaomi Group.

The report finally points out that the Tenth Five-Year Plan period is a crucial period for China to become an innovative country. With the continuous increase of R&D investment, China is expected to change from integrating innovation and following innovation to independent innovation, and even lead the world in some fields of science and technology and advanced manufacturing, and become a source of innovation.

breaking through innovation, developing through innovation, and becoming a global power and power through innovation have become the * * * knowledge of the current society, especially the industry in the economic field. The innovation of head sample enterprises is both a beacon and a reference for other enterprises, and the innovation genes and paths of these enterprises are also worthy of further analysis.

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