第一条 为实施国务院批准的国家高新技术产业开发区有关政策规定，推动我国高新技术产业的发展，制定本办法。

第二条 国家高新技术产业开发区（以下简称开发区）内的高新技术企业，按照本办法认定。

第三条 省、自治区、直辖市、计划单列市科学技术委员会（以下简称省、市科委）是省、自治区、直辖市、计划单列市人民政府管理开发区内高新技术企业认定工作的主管机构，负责监督本办法的实施。开发区办公室在人民政府领导和省、市科委指导监督下，具体办理高新技术企业的审批认定事宜。

第四条 根据世界科学技术发展现状，划定高新技术范围如下：

（一）微电子科学和电子信息技术；

（二）空间科学和航空航天技术；

（三）光电子科学和光机电一体化技术；

（四）生命科学和生物工程技术；

（五）材料科学和新材料技术；

（六）能源科学和新能源、高效节能技术；

（七）生态科学和环境保护技术；

（八）地球科学和海洋工程技术；

（九）基本物质科学和辐射技术；

（十）医药科学和生物医学工程；

（十一）其他在传统产业基础上应用的新工艺、新技术。

本高新技术范围将根据国内外高新技术的不断发展而进行补充和修订，由国家科委发布。

第五条 高新技术企业是知识密集、技术密集的经济实体。开发区内的高新技术企业，必须具备下列各项条件：

（一）从事本办法第四条规定范围内一种或多种技术及其产品的研究、开发、生产和经营业务。单纯的商业经营除外；

（二）实行独立核算、自主经营、自负盈亏；

（三）企业的负责人是熟悉本企业产品研究、开发、生产和经营的科技人员，并且是本企业的专职人员；

（四）具有大专以上学历的科技人员占企业职工总数的30％以上；从事高新技术产品研究、开发的科技人员应占企业职工总数的10％以上。从事高新技术产品生产或服务的劳动密集型高新技术企业，具有大专以上学历的科技人员占企业职工总数的20％以上；

（五）有十万元以上资金，并有与其业务规模相适应的经营场所和设施；

（六）用于高新技术及其产品研究、开发的经费应占本企业每年总收入的3％以上；

（七）高新技术企业的总收入，一般由技术性收入、高新技术产品产值、一般技术产品产值和技术性相关贸易组成。高新技术企业的技术性收入与高新技术产品产值的总和应占本企业当年总收入的50％以上。技术性收入是指由高新技术企业进行的技术咨询、技术转让、技术入股、技术服务、技术培训、技术工程设计和承包、技术出口、引进技术消化吸收以及中试产品的收入；

（八）有明确的企业章程和严格的技术、财务管理制度；

（九）企业的经营期在十年以上。第六条 兴办高新技术企业，须向开发区办公室提出申请，经开发区办公室核定后，由省、市科委批准并发给《高新技术企业证书》。

第七条 开发区办公室应定期按本办法第五条规定的条件，对高新技术企业进行考核。不符合上述条件的高新技术企业，不得享受国家高新技术产业开发区的各项政策规定。

第八条 列为高新技术产品的期限一般为五年以内，技术周期较长的高新技术产品经批准可延长至七年。

第九条 高新技术企业变更经营范围、合并、分立、转业、迁移或歇业的，须经开发区办公室审批，并向工商、税务等部门办理相应的登记。

第十条 开发区内，按国家规定全部核减行政事业费实行经济自立的全民所有制科研单位，符合本办法第五条规定条件的，经开发区办公室核定，可转成高新技术企业。

第十一条 本办法替代原由国家科委颁布的《关于高技术、新技术企业认定条件和标准的暂行规定》。

第十二条 各省、市科委应就本办法制定实施细则。原有实施细则凡与本办法不符的，应依据本办法修正。

第十三条 本办法由国家科学技术委员会负责解释和修改。

第十四条 本办法自国务院批准之日起实施。

Conditions and Measures on the Designation of High and New Techno-logy Enterprises in National High and New Technology Industry DevelopmentZones

(Approved by the State Council on March 6, 1991 Promulgated by theState Science Commission in March, 1991)

Whole Doc.
Article 1 These Measures are formulated to implement the relevant policy and provisions on the national high and new technology industry development zone approved by the high and new technology industry in our country.
Article 2 High and new technology enterprises in national high and new technology industry development zones (hereinafter referred to as the Development Zones) shall be identified and designated according to these Measures.
Article 3 Science and technology commission in each province, autonomous region, municipality, planned separate city (hereinafter referred to as science and technology commission at provincial and city level) shall be the authority in charge of the identification and designation of high and new technology enterprises in the Development Zones administered by the people's government of each province, autonomous region, municipality
planned separate city, and shall be responsible for the implementation of these Measures. The Development Zone Office shall, under the leadership of the people's government and the leadership and supervision of the science
commission at provincial and city level, specifically handle the examination and approval of the identification and designation of the high and new technology enterprises.
Article 4 According to the current development of science and technology in the world, high and new technology is divided into following categories:
(1) microelectronics and electronic information technology;
(2) space science and aerospace and aeronautical technology;
(3) optoelectronics and optical, mechanical and electronic integration technology;
(4) life science and biological engineering technology;
(5) material science and new materials technology;
(6) energy science and new energy, high efficient energy conservation technology;
(7) ecology and environmental science;
(8) earache science and ocean engineering;
(9) basic matter science and radiation science;
(10) medical science and bio-medical engineering;
(11) other new process or new technology applicable in the traditional industries.
The categories of high and new technology shall be supplemented and amended from time to time according to the constant development inside and outside China, and shall be published by the State Science Commission.
Article 5 High and new technology enterprises shall be knowledge-intensive and technology-intensive economic enterprises. High and new technology enterprises within the Development Zones must meet the following conditions:
(1) they are engaging in the research, development, production and sale of one or more high technologies within the scope of Article 4 and their products. However, pure commercial distribution of such technologies
and their products are excepted;

(2) they are practicing independent accounting, autonomous operation and bearing their own profit and loss;
(3) the persons in charge of the enterprises with the research, development, production and sale of the products in their enterprises, and shall be the full time personnel of the enterprises;
(4) scientist and technical personnel with college and university education shall account or more than 30% of all the staffs of the enterprises; scientists and technical personnel engaged in the research and development of high and new technology products shall account or more than 10% of all the staffs of the enterprises.
For those labor-intensive high and new technology enterprises engaging in the production or service of high and new technology products, scientists and technical personnel with college and university education
shall account or more than 20% of all the staffs of the enterprises;
(5) they have more than RMB 100000 yuan as their own funds, as well as appropriates places of business and facilities corresponding to their respective scale of business activities;
(6) more than 3% of the gross revenue of the enterprises shall have been allotted as expenses of the research and development of high and new technology products;
(7) the gross revenues of the high and new technology enterprises shall be composed of technology income, value of the high and new technology products, value of the ordinary technological products and technology-related trade. The aggregate of technological income and value of the high and new technology products shall account of more than 50% of the annual gross revenue of the enterprises. Technological income shall mean income derived from technical consultancy, technology transfer, technology contributed as equity investment, technical services, technical training, technical engineering design and contracts, technology export, adoption and acquisition of imported technology and trial productions;
(8) they have specific articles of association and strict technical and financial administration system;
(9) their terms of operation shall be more than 10 years.

Article 6 An application for the establishment of high and new technology shall be submitted to the Development Zone Office, after the Development Zone Office has examined and determined, the application shall be approved and a "Certificate of High and New Technology Enterprise" shall be granted by the science and technology commission at provincial and city level.
Article 7 The Development Zone Office shall examine and verify the high and new technology enterprises according to the conditions set forth in Article 5 on a regular basis. Those high and new technology enterprises that do not meet the above conditions shall not be entitled to the policies and provisions of the national high and new technology industry development zone.
Article 8 The duration of those classified as high and new technology products shall be within 5 years, and duration of those high and new technology products that have a longer technological cycle shall upon approval be
extended to 7 years.
Article 9 High and new technology enterprises that alter their scope of business, merge with or separate from other entities, charge their production line, redomicile or wind-up shall apply to the Development Zone
Office for examination and approval, and shall undertake corresponding industrial and commercial and tax registration.
Article 10 Science research institutes with the ownership of the whole people in the Development Zones whose administrative and operational expenses have been reduced pursuant to the stipulations of the State, that practice independent accounting and that meet the conditions set forth in Article 5 may, upon verification by the Development Zone Office, be converted into high and new technology enterprises.
Article 11 These Measures shall replace Interim Provisions on the Conditions and Standards for the Designation of High and New Technology Enterprises promulgated by the State Science and Technology Commission.
Article 12 Science and technology commissions in each province and city shall adopt implementing rules based on these Measures. The existing implementing rules that do not conform to these Measures shall be amended
in accordance with these Measures.
Article 13 The State Science Commission shall be responsible for the interpretation and amendment to these Measures.
Article 14 These Measures shall be implemented from the date of approval by the State Council.

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