The CnOpenData China High-tech Enterprise List Database comprehensively records certification information of high-tech enterprises nationwide from 2008 to 2024, covering critical fields such as enterprise name, certification year and batch, enterprise code systems, and historical former names. This data originates from original PDF documents released by the official high-tech enterprise certification website, which have undergone professional manual compilation, verification, and matching with industrial and commercial registration information. Ultimately, a structured database was formed containing in-depth analytical fields such as certification frequency, re-examination status, and current qualification status, providing authoritative and comprehensive fundamental data support for studying the development trajectory of China's high-tech enterprises and policy effectiveness.
Data Uniqueness:
- Integration of Official Sources and Manual Refinement: Data is directly sourced from original certification announcement documents published on the official website of high-tech enterprise certification, downloaded, compiled, and verified manually by professional teams.
- Complete Retention of Historical Batch Information: The database not only records the certification year of enterprises but also preserves batch certification information (e.g., first batch, second batch), facilitating researchers' analysis of enterprise characteristics and policy preferences across different certification batches.
- Multi-dimensional Enterprise Codes and Former Name Information: Through matching with enterprises' industrial and commercial registration information, the database provides multiple enterprise identifiers including Unified Social Credit Code, Taxpayer Identification Number, Registration Number, and Organization Code. It also contains former name fields, effectively addressing tracking difficulties caused by enterprise renaming and supporting long-term longitudinal research.
Data Completeness:
- Time Span Covering 17 Years: Encompassing the period from 2008 (the year when China's high-tech enterprise certification management measures were officially implemented) to 2024, it comprehensively presents the evolution of high-tech enterprise policies and the entire certification process.
- Comprehensive Geographical Coverage: In addition to 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government, it fully includes certification data for high-tech enterprises from five separately planned cities: Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, Xiamen, and Shenzhen, ensuring nationwide completeness of enterprise information.
- Extensive Field Coverage: Includes original fields such as province(省份), certification year(认定年份), certification batch(认定批次), former enterprise name(原企业名称), Taxpayer Identification Number(纳税人识别号), Unified Social Credit Code(统一社会信用代码), Registration Number(注册号), Organization Code(组织机构代码), former names(曾用名), while generating analytical fields through calculations such as certification times(认定次数), re-examination results(是否通过复审), and current qualification status (Valid/Cancel)(目前资质状态).
Potential Application Scenarios:
- Academic Research: Supports research topics including innovation policy evaluation, enterprise innovation capability measurement, regional innovation disparity analysis, and enterprise dynamics (entry, exit, re-examination behavior), applicable across fields such as Industrial Economics, Regional Economics, and Innovation Management.
- Policy Analysis: By analyzing changes in the frequency of enterprise certification, re-examination outcomes, and qualification statuses, the implementation effectiveness of high-tech enterprise policies and enterprise response behaviors can be assessed, providing evidential support for policy optimization.
- Investment Decision-making: Assists investors and enterprises in industrial chains to identify high-tech enterprises with sustained innovative qualifications, supporting market entry, investment, and partnership decisions.
The CnOpenData China High-tech Enterprise List Database, with its long time span, rich fields, and rigorous processing, provides researchers and practitioners with comprehensive and reliable high-tech enterprise certification information. The data combines authority with usability, supporting multi-dimensional queries and in-depth analysis, making it an ideal source for exploring China's innovation policies and enterprise innovation behaviors.
Database Application Guide
CnOpenData China High-tech Enterprise List Data Application Logic: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/B2jcJxgf89j3EupvpLUZ1w
Time Period
2008-2024
Data Scale
Field Display
Sample Data
Related Literature
- Liu Qiren, Long Jianxiong, Zhang Zhanhui et al., 2023: "Tax Incentives, R&D Expenditures, and Export Performance: A Bunching Analysis based on the Reform of High-tech Enterprise Certification Conditions," China Industrial Economics, No.4.
- Qiu Yangdong, Tao Feng, 2021: "Effectiveness Evaluation of High-tech Enterprise Qualification Certification Policy," Economic Perspectives, No.2.
- Josh L., Amit S., 2021: "The Use and Misuse of Patent Data: Issues for Finance and Beyond," The Review of Financial Studies.
Data Update Frequency
Annual Updates