Responsible Department: Shanghai Municipal High and New Technology Enterprise (product) Appraisal Office
Procedures:
1. Fill out "Application Form of Shanghai High and New Technology Appraisal (re-appraisal) Form). (The form can be downloaded in WORD or PDF format.)
2. Fill out the form of "Basic Information of Year 2000 Shanghai Municipal High and New Technology Enterprise Appraisal (re-appraisal) Form). (The form can be downloaded in WORD and PDF format.)
3. Copies of business license.
4. Articles of association of the enterprises, documents about technology, production and financial management of the company.
5. Copies of financial report of the enterprise for the previous year (balance sheet or profit and loss statement).
6. Copies of prize certificates (including the prize of high and new-technology products within five years after the enterprise starts operation).
7. Copies of quality authentication if any.
8. Copies of "Model Technological Enterprise" if any.
9. Application in written form shall include the following:
(1) Basic information of the enterprise (employee structure, scale of the enterprise and major products);
(2) Introduction of high and new technology products (technology used in the product, its comparison with similar domestic and imported products, product sales, market share, and export);
(3) Product equipment and managerial situation (including advanced instruments and equipments, whether CAD, CAM and CAT have been established, quality control system and enterprise management);
(4) Investment in R&D (including the technology level of on-going research projects, market potential and prediction of industrialized production);
(5) Future development of the enterprise (including recent situation and future plan, including out-bound development).
Procedures:
1. Supervising authority of the enterprise, or district or county level government will carry out preliminary examination. The applicant shall get approval from its supervising authority before submitting two copies of application report to Office of Shanghai Municipality on the Appraisal of High and New Technology Enterprises.
2. Examination and on-spot inspection. Office of Shanghai Municipality on the Appraisal of High and New Technology will examine all submitted materials as well as on-spot inspection by experts according to standards and requirements for high and new technology enterprises.
3. Approval. Shanghai Science and Technology Commission will approve the application of qualified enterprises. Copper plate of "Shanghai Municipal High and New Technology Enterprise Certificate" and "Shanghai Municipal High and New Technology Enterprise" will be granted and names of such enterprises will be published on the website of shanghaiscience.com

Fees and Collection Standard: Free of charge。
Submitted to:
Address: Room 406 East Tower, #668 Beijing Road East
Postal Code: 200001
audituser :
According To: 1. Circular of Shanghai Municipal Science Commission, Shanghai Municipal Economic on "Measures of Shanghai Municipality on the Appraisal of High and New Technology Enterprises", (H.K.H.(2001)No.015) published on July 2, 2001
Telephone: 53081424 / 53085257 Fax: 53081424
Web-site:
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 - 17:00
Duration of Procedures:
Re-appraisal: All documents shall be submitted by the end of April each year. Approval will be issued by the end of June each year.
First-time application: All documents shall be submitted by the end of May each year. Approval will be issued by the end of November each year.
Qualification of Applicants:
1. Enterprises shall locate outside Shanghai Municipal High and New Technology Industry Development Park.
2. The enterprise shall engage in the research, development and production of one or more types of high and new technology, or provide technical service, or shall be enterprises that give support to the development of high and new technology (product catalogue of high and new technology will be published separately). Pure commercial trade is excluded.
3. The enterprise shall have legal person status and registered accordingly at local taxation bureau.
4. Scientific and technical staff with three-year college education or above shall account for more than 30% of the total. Scientific and technical staffs specialize in the research and development of high and new technology products shall account for more than 10% of the total. High and new technology enterprises that specialize in the production and service of high and new technology products shall have more than 20% of employee that have three-year college certificate or above.
5. The technology and products of the enterprise shall have remained advanced for the past ten years.
6. The enterprise shall produce technologically advanced products that enjoy good market potential and can be exported for foreign currency.
7. Investment in the research and development of high and new technology and its products shall account for more than 5% of the annual sales of the enterprise.
8. The total of technological income and high and new technology product sales income shall account for more than 60% of the total annual income of the company.
9. Responsible staff of the enterprise shall be full-time employees who are familiar with product research, development, production and management and shall attach importance to technological creativity.
10. The enterprise shall have full-fledged Articles of Association and production, technology and finance system.
11. The enterprise shall have relevant research and production facility as well as quality control measures.