1. Why apply for technology-based SMEs

On May 31, 2021, the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee issued the "Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee's Notice on Issuing the Application Guidelines for the Recognition and Cultivation of High-tech Enterprises in 2021". "(Guo Ke Fa Zheng [2017] No. 115) Enterprises that evaluate storage conditions (main conditions: total number of employees ≤ 500 people, annual sales income ≤ 200 million yuan, total assets ≤ 200 million yuan, etc.) Re-apply for high-tech enterprise certification, and indicate the evaluation and storage number of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises in the high-tech enterprise certification application."

In addition, the "Guidelines for the Application of Several Policies for Supporting Technological Innovation and Development in Futian District, Shenzhen in 2021" also clarified that the application for "Technology Incubation Loan Filing shall have a Tech-based SME Number", and it is expected that more and more policies will apply the number of tech-based SMEs as one of the prerequisites for the application. At present, Shenzhen has announced the list of the ninth batch of technology-based SMEs. National high-tech

2. The conditions that enterprises need to meet when applying for the identification of technology-based SMEs:

(1) Resident enterprises registered in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan).

(2) The total number of employees shall not exceed 500, the annual sales income shall not exceed 200 million yuan, and the total assets shall not exceed 200 million yuan.

(3) The products and services provided by the enterprise do not fall into the categories of prohibition, restriction and elimination stipulated by the state.

(4) The enterprise has not reported any major safety, major quality accidents, serious environmental violations, or serious untrustworthy conduct in scientific research within the previous year and within the current year, and the enterprise has not been included in the list of abnormal business operations and the list of untrustworthy enterprises with serious violations of laws.

(5) The comprehensive evaluation score of the enterprise according to the evaluation index of scientific and technological SMEs shall not be less than 60 points, and the score of the index of scientific and technological personnel shall not be 0 points.

(6) An enterprise that meets the requirements of items (1) to (4) can be directly confirmed to meet the requirements for a technology-based small and medium-sized enterprise if it meets one of the following conditions at the same time:

1. The enterprise has a high-tech enterprise qualification certificate within the validity period;

2. The enterprise has won national science and technology awards in the past five years;

3. The enterprise has an accredited R&D institution at or above the provincial and ministerial level;

4. The company has led the formulation of international standards, national standards or industry standards in the past five years.