(Source: China Daily)

Change in business mix and push for innovation

At the beginning of the year, authorities at Haidian Science Park redoubled their efforts to turn the top science park in China into one of the world's leading high-tech innovation hubs.

Officials at the administrative committee of the park said they will continue to highlight protecting intellectual property rights this year to enhance the park's core competitiveness.

They said their tasks will include improving the standards of IP management among local companies while setting up a patent information database and coordinating with other regions and organizations for IP-related law enforcement.

The park in Beijing's Haidian district is projected to have more than 5,000 nationally competitive high-tech enterprises by the end of the year.

Revenue from all businesses there is projected to reach some 1.4 trillion yuan ($228 billion) in 2014, up 15 percent from the previous year.

In 2013, local companies filed nearly 40,000 patent applications, 33 percent of the total in Beijing. The number of granted patents increased 10 percent over 2012 to 22,000, including 11,800 invention patents.

Committee officials said the emphasis on IP protection is part of their growing efforts in recent years to transform the park into a global innovation hub.