Definition of 1. Specialized Special New Enterprise

Specialized and special new enterprises refer to enterprises with specialized and innovative characteristics in a certain field, and are a kind of high-tech enterprises supported by the state. The definition and identification standards of specialized and special new enterprises are jointly formulated and issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation and other departments. At present, there are mainly the following two documents:

Notice on Issuing the Administrative Measures for the Identification of Specialized and Special New Enterprises (for Trial Implementation) (No. 172 [2017] of the State Science and Technology Commission)

Notice on Issuing the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Administrative Measures for the Identification of Specialized and Special New Enterprises (for Trial Implementation) (No. 32, 2018, State Science and Technology)

According to these two documents, the definition of specialized new enterprises is as follows:

Specialization: It means that an enterprise has strong professional ability in a certain field, can provide specialized products or services, meet the special needs of the market or society, and form strong market competitiveness and influence.

Innovation: refers to the enterprise has strong innovation ability in a certain field, can carry out independent innovation or cooperative innovation, continuously launch new products or new services, improve the technical level and added value of products or services, and form strong technological innovation and growth.

Features: It means that an enterprise has obvious characteristics or advantages in a certain field, can highlight its own characteristics or advantages, form differentiation or leadership with other enterprises, and form a strong brand effect and social recognition.

2. the conditions for the declaration of specialized new enterprises.

The declaration and identification of specialized new enterprises is a complex and strict work, which requires enterprises to meet a series of conditions and standards, and submit a large number of materials and certificates at the same time. According to the administrative measures for the identification of specialized and special new enterprises (for Trial Implementation) and the implementation rules of the administrative measures for the identification of specialized and special new enterprises (for Trial Implementation), the application conditions of specialized and special new enterprises mainly include the following aspects:

Basic conditions: refers to the basic requirements that the enterprise must meet, including:

The enterprise must be an independent legal person legally registered within the territory of China, and the registration period shall not be less than one year;

The enterprise must be an enterprise engaged in scientific and technological innovation activities within the territory of China, and its main business belongs to the high-tech field encouraged by the state;

The enterprise must be an enterprise that pays taxes in China and has no major violations of laws or regulations or bad credit records in the past three years;

The enterprise must be an enterprise with independent intellectual property rights or core technologies in China, and there must be no intellectual property disputes or infringements within the past three years;

The enterprise must be an enterprise with an independent R & D institution or team in China, and have sustained R & D investment and results in the past three years;

The enterprise must be an enterprise with independent market operation ability in China, and have stable market demand and income in the past three years.

Specialization conditions: refers to the specific performance of an enterprise with strong specialization ability in a certain field, including:

The main business of an enterprise must be to provide specialized products or services in a certain field, and this field belongs to the high-tech field encouraged by the state;

The main business of the enterprise must account for more than 50% of the total income of the enterprise and maintain stability or growth in the past three years;

The main business of the enterprise must have a high market share or industry ranking, and maintain stability or improvement in the past three years;

The main business of the enterprise must have high customer satisfaction or user evaluation, and maintain stability or improvement in the past three years;

The main business of the enterprise must have high social benefits or public value, and maintain stability or increase in the past three years.

Innovation conditions: refers to the specific performance of an enterprise with strong innovation ability in a certain field, including:

Enterprises must carry out independent innovation or cooperative innovation in a certain field, and have sustained R & D investment and results in the past three years;

Enterprises must continue to launch new products or new services in a certain field, and have a high proportion of new products or new services revenue in the past three years;

Enterprises must improve the technical level and added value of products or services in a certain field, and have a high proportion of technology income or technology transfer income in the past three years;

Enterprises must form independent intellectual property rights or core technologies in a certain field, and have a high number of effective patents or software copyrights in the past three years;

Enterprises must participate in national or local science and technology plans or projects in a certain field, and have a high proportion of science and technology plans or projects in the past three years.

Characteristic conditions: refers to the specific performance of an enterprise with obvious characteristics or advantages in a certain field, including:

Enterprises must highlight their own characteristics or advantages in a certain field, form differentiation or leadership with other enterprises, and have a high level of technological innovation or market competitiveness in the past three years;

Enterprises must form strong brand effect and social recognition in a certain field, and have high brand value or social influence in the past three years;

The enterprise must have strong international or regional characteristics in a certain field, and have a high international market or regional market share in the past three years;

The enterprise must have strong cooperation or alliance characteristics in a certain field, and have a high number of partners or alliance members in the past three years;

Enterprises must have strong social responsibility or public welfare characteristics in a certain field, and have high social responsibility or public welfare investment or results in the past three years.

The declaration process of 3. specialized and special new enterprises.

The declaration and identification of specialized new enterprises is a periodic work, which is carried out once a year and is generally divided into the following steps:

Declaration preparation: refers to the preparation work carried out by the enterprise before the declaration, including:

Understand the relevant policies and requirements of specialized new enterprises, and determine the fields and directions of declaration;

Collect and sort out the materials and proofs required for declaration, including enterprise basic information, financial information, research and development information, market information, intellectual property information, social benefit information, etc;

Fill in and submit declaration forms, including specialized new enterprise declaration form, specialized new enterprise declaration statement, specialized new enterprise declaration commitment, etc;

Wait for the application to be accepted and reviewed, pay attention to the progress and results of the application in a timely manner, and make corrections or modifications in a timely manner if there are any requirements for correction or modification.

Application review: refers to the review of the application enterprise by the specialized and special new enterprise accreditation management agency, including:

Formal review: refers to the review of the basic conditions and application materials of the application enterprise, mainly checking whether the application enterprise meets the basic conditions and whether the application materials are complete, true and effective;

Substantive review: refers to the review of the specialization, innovation, and characteristic conditions of the declared enterprise, mainly evaluating the specialization, innovation, and characteristic level of the declared enterprise in a certain field, as well as the development potential and prospects of the declared enterprise;

On-site verification: refers to the verification of the actual situation of the reporting enterprise, mainly verifying the reporting enterprise's research and development institutions or teams, research and development equipment or facilities, research and development projects or results, market operations or sales, etc;

Comprehensive evaluation: refers to the evaluation of the comprehensive situation of the declared enterprise, mainly considering the formal review, substantive review, on-site verification and other aspects of the declared enterprise, to determine whether the declared enterprise meets the identification standards of specialized new enterprises.

Declaration and publicity: refers to the publicity work carried out by the professional and special new enterprise accreditation management agency on the enterprises that have passed the review, including:

Publicity list: refers to the publicity of the name, registration place, declaration field and other information of the enterprises that have passed the review on the website of the Ministry of Science and Technology or other designated media, and accept social supervision and feedback;

Publicity period: refers to the length of publicity, generally 10 working days, in case of legal holidays or special circumstances, can be appropriately extended;

Publicity processing: refers to the processing of objections or complaints received during the publicity period, mainly including verifying the authenticity, rationality, and validity of the objections or complaints, and investigating, verifying, and processing according to the circumstances of the objections or complaints.

Declaration and recognition: refers to the recognition work carried out by the specialized and special new enterprise recognition management agency on enterprises that have no objection to publicity or have been dealt with, including:

Accreditation decision: refers to the formal determination and publication of the list of specialized new enterprises based on the results of the application review and publicity of the application, and the issuance of specialized new enterprise certificates to the accredited enterprises;

Validity period: refers to the validity period of the special new enterprise certificate, generally 3 years, after the expiration of the need to re-declare and identify;

Identification and supervision: refers to the supervision and management of the identified specialized new enterprises, mainly including regular or irregular tracking, inspection, evaluation, etc., to ensure the continuous compliance and development of specialized new enterprises.

4. Mistakes in the Declaration of Specialized and Special New Enterprises

The declaration and identification of specialized and special new enterprises is a multi-faceted work. Many enterprises have some misunderstandings and problems in the declaration process, which leads to the failure of declaration or poor effect. The following are some common reporting errors and problems, as well as corresponding solutions and suggestions for improvement:

Misunderstanding 1: It is believed that the declaration and identification of specialized new enterprises is a simple matter. As long as you fill in some forms and submit some materials, you can easily pass. This is a very wrong understanding. The declaration and identification of specialized new enterprises is a serious and complex work, which requires enterprises to invest a lot of time, energy and resources, and make full preparation and planning, so as to improve the success rate and quality of declaration. It is suggested that before applying, enterprises should carefully understand the relevant policies and requirements of specialized and special new enterprises, formulate reasonable declaration plans and plans, collect and sort out perfect declaration materials and certificates, and avoid errors and defects in the form and content of declaration.

Misunderstanding 2: It is believed that the declaration and identification of specialized new enterprises is a once-and-for-all thing. As long as it is passed once, it can permanently enjoy the preferential policies and development opportunities of specialized new enterprises. This is a very one-sided understanding. The declaration and identification of specialized new enterprises is a periodic work, which is carried out once a year, and the validity period of each identification is 3 years. After the expiration of the period, it needs to be re-declared and identified. Moreover, the standards and requirements of each declaration and identification may change. Therefore, enterprises should not relax their vigilance just because of one pass, and should continue to pay attention to the relevant policies and trends of specialized new enterprises, only by maintaining and improving our own level of specialization, innovation and characteristics can we ensure the continuous compliance and development of specialized new enterprises.

Misunderstanding 3: It is believed that the declaration and identification of specialized new enterprises is an insignificant matter. As long as you declare casually, you can muddle through and enjoy the policy preferences and development opportunities of specialized new enterprises. This is a very dangerous understanding, specializing in the declaration and identification of new enterprises is a strict and fair work, there are professional evaluation institutions and experts to review and verify, will not favor or relax any enterprise, and for false declaration or fraud of enterprises, will be severely punished and held accountable, affecting the credibility and development of enterprises. It is suggested that enterprises should declare in good faith, truly reflect their own situation, do not exaggerate or falsely, do not copy or learn from, do not conceal or deceive, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble and loss.

Proposals for the declaration of 5. specialized and special new enterprises

The declaration and identification of specialized and special new enterprises is a work conducive to the development of enterprises, which can help enterprises improve their own level of specialization, innovation and characteristics, and at the same time enjoy the preferential policies and support of the state and local governments. promote the growth and growth of enterprises. In order to help enterprises to better declare and identify specialized new enterprises, the following are some declaration suggestions:

Recommendation 1: to make clear the purpose and significance of the declaration, do not blindly follow the trend or deal with things, according to their own actual situation and development needs, choose their own declaration field and direction, fully display their own specialization, innovation, characteristics, highlight their own advantages and characteristics, improve the pertinence and effectiveness of the declaration.

Recommendation 2: Actively participate in the preparation and planning of the declaration, do not entrust or outsource to third-party organizations or personnel, take the initiative to collect and sort out the materials and certificates required for the declaration, fill in and submit the declaration form carefully, pay attention to the progress and results of the declaration in a timely manner, and improve the initiative and responsibility of the declaration.

Recommendation 3: Make full use of the resources and channels of the declaration, do not fight alone or behind closed doors, actively communicate and collaborate with relevant departments and institutions, actively participate in relevant training and guidance, and actively learn and learn from other successful cases and Experience to improve the cooperation and reference of the declaration.

Recommendation 4: Continue to pay attention to the dynamics and changes of the declaration, do not declare at once or relax your vigilance, follow up the feedback and opinions of the declaration in a timely manner, make corrections or amendments to the declaration in a timely manner, and prepare the on-site verification of the declaration in a timely manner. Understand the publicity and identification of the declaration in time to improve the timeliness and flexibility of the declaration.

Recommendation 5: to constantly improve the level and quality of the declaration, do not be satisfied with the approval or confirmation of the declaration, find out their own shortcomings and problems according to the evaluation and evaluation of the declaration, maintain and improve their own level of specialization, innovation and characteristics according to the identification and supervision of the declaration, and make preparations and plans for the next declaration according to the validity period and cycle of the declaration, Improve the continuity and development of the declaration.

Conclusion

Specialized and special new enterprises are one of the high-tech enterprises supported by the state, and are an important force to promote scientific and technological innovation and economic development. The declaration and identification of specialized new enterprises is a complex and strict work, which requires enterprises to meet a series of conditions and standards, and submit a large number of materials and certificates at the same time. This paper analyzes the common misunderstandings and problems of enterprises in the declaration of SIE from the aspects of the definition of SIE, declaration conditions, declaration process and declaration errors, and puts forward some suggestions for solution and improvement, in order to help enterprises better understand and declare SIE and enjoy the preferential policies and development opportunities of SIE.