1. Background of the specialized, special and new application
The application for specialization, refinement, and refinement refers to the process of enterprises applying to the relevant state departments for recognition as specialized, refined, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, which is an important policy issued by the state in order to promote the innovation and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, implement the innovation-driven development strategy, improve the core competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, and accelerate the cultivation of strategic emerging industries with international competitiveness. Specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises refer to small and medium-sized enterprises in key areas of the national economy, in line with national industrial policies, focusing on their main business, with independent intellectual property rights or core technologies, and their products (services) are high value-added, with high market share and good growth. Specialized, refined, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises can enjoy a number of preferential policies such as tax incentives, financial support, policy support, etc., such as: enterprise income tax at a rate of 15%, tax incentives such as additional deduction of R&D expenses and identification of high-tech enterprisesPriority will be given to the support of national and local science and technology plans, projects, and scientific and technological innovation vouchers, and policy support such as scientific and technological innovation vouchers and the transformation of scientific and technological achievementsPriority to obtain national and local financial loans, guarantees, interest discounts and other financial support, enjoy credit rating, credit insurance and other financial services;Priority to obtain national and local talent training, introduction, incentives and other human resources support, enjoy talent apartments, talent allowances and other human resources benefits;Priority to obtain national and local market support, brand building, exhibition participation and other market support, enjoy the best procurement, international cooperation and other market opportunities.
The background of the application is a strategic policy formulated by the state in order to respond to the changes in the international economic situation, accelerate the transformation of economic development mode, cultivate new economic growth points, promote the upgrading of industrial structure, and improve the country's innovation ability and competitiveness. The purpose of the application is to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to focus on their core competitiveness, highlight their own characteristics and advantages, improve their own innovation ability and market share, achieve their own rapid development and sustainable development, and contribute to the country's economic and social development.
2. Criteria for the application of specialization, refinement, and innovation
The criteria for the application of specialized, special and new enterprises refer to a series of conditions and requirements that must be met in order for an enterprise to be recognized as a specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprise, mainly including the following aspects:
Enterprise scale: enterprises must meet the national standards for the size of small and medium-sized enterprises, that is, according to the number of employees, operating income, total assets and other indicators are divided, different industries have different standards, generally speaking, the number of employees in manufacturing enterprises does not exceed 1,000 people, the number of employees in non-manufacturing enterprises does not exceed 300 people, and the total operating income and total assets of enterprises also have corresponding restrictions.
Enterprise field: enterprises must belong to the national key support of the industrial field, that is, in accordance with the national industrial policy and the classification of national strategic emerging industries, choose the field that meets its own characteristics to declare, the state has announced 18 key areas, including: electronic information, biomedicine, new materials, new energy, energy conservation and environmental protection, high-end equipment, modern services, cultural creativity, modern agriculture, marine economy, aerospace, nuclear energy, Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, a new generation of information technology, digital economy, intelligent manufacturing, etc.
Enterprise specialization: Enterprises must focus on their main business, that is, according to the company's main products (services) and main markets to judge, the company's main business is required to account for no less than 70%, the market share of the main products (services) is not less than 5%, and the sales revenue of the main market is not less than 50%.
Enterprise characteristics: enterprises must have independent intellectual property rights or core technology, that is, according to the company's R & D investment, R & D personnel, R & D achievements, technical level and other indicators for evaluation, requiring the company's R & D investment to account for no less than 5%, R & D personnel to account for not less than 10%, R & D achievements including patents, software copyrights, standards, awards, etc., the technical level to reach the domestic leading or international advanced level.
Enterprise novelty: enterprises must provide high value-added products (services), that is, according to the innovation, differentiation, added value and other indicators of the enterprise's products (services), requiring the company's products (services) to have obvious innovation, can meet the new needs of the market or solve new problems in the market, has obvious differentiation, can form differentiated advantages with competitors' products (services), has high added value, and can create more value for customers.
3. The process of applying for specialization, refinement, and innovation
The process of applying for specialized, special and new refers to a series of steps and links that an enterprise must go through in order to obtain the recognition of specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly including the following stages:
Enterprise self-examination: Enterprises should conduct self-examination and evaluation on their own scale, field, specialty, characteristics, novelty and other aspects according to the standards of the application for specialization, refinement, and innovation, to determine whether they meet the conditions for the application for specialization, refinement, and innovation, whether it is necessary and possible to apply for the recognition of specialization, refinement, and innovation, and whether relevant improvements and optimizations are required.
Enterprise declaration: Enterprises should prepare relevant application materials according to the requirements of the specialized, special and new application, including declaration forms, business licenses, financial statements, tax certificates, intellectual property certificates, technical level certificates, market share certificates, product (service) introductions, etc., and declare through the online platform of the specialized, special and new application, or by mail or on-site submission.
Expert review: expert review is the core link of the application for specialization, refinement, special and new by the national or local organization of the expert group to review and evaluate the application materials of the enterprise, mainly from the scale, field, specialty, characteristics, novelty and other aspects of the enterprise to score and evaluate, to determine whether the enterprise meets the standards of the application for specialization, refinement, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, whether it has the characteristics and advantages of specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, whether there is development potential and prospects.
Public announcement: The public announcement is the public link of the application for specialization, refinement, and innovation, and the national or local government will publish the results of the expert review on the relevant ** or **, including the list of enterprises that have passed and failed, as well as the relevant scoring and evaluation, and accept the supervision and feedback of the society, so as to provide guarantee for the fairness and transparency of the application.
Recognition and issuance: Recognition and issuance is the final link of the application for specialization, refinement, and innovation, and the state or local government issues a certificate of identification of specialized, specialized, and new small and medium-sized enterprises to enterprises that have passed the expert review and public announcement, and the certificate is the basis and voucher for enterprises to enjoy the specialized, refined, special and new policies, and is valid for three years, and needs to be re-declared and reviewed after expiration.
Fourth, the difficulties of the application for specialization, refinement, and innovation
The difficulties in applying for specialized, special and new enterprises refer to some difficulties and challenges that enterprises may encounter in the process of applying for specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly including the following aspects:
Due to the attractiveness and influence of the specialized, special and new policy, a large number of enterprises apply for specialized, special and new recognition every year, and the number of places and standards for expert review is limited. Novelty and other aspects of differentiation and superiority with other enterprises, can be reviewed by experts to obtain a higher score and evaluation.
Criteria for specialized, special and new applications: The standards for specialized and special new applications refer to a series of conditions and requirements that must be met in order for enterprises to obtain the identification of specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises. Novelty and other aspects are continuously improved and optimized to adapt to the changes and requirements of specialized, special and new applications.
The process of applying for specialization, refinement, and refinement, and innovation: The process of applying for specialization, refinement, and refinement refers to a series of steps and links that enterprises must go through if they want to obtain the identification of specialized, refined, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, and these processes are formulated and implemented by the state or local government in order to ensure the fairness and transparency of the specialized, refined, special and new application, standardize and supervise the implementation and management of the specialized, refined, and special new application。
Counseling for specialized, special and new applications: Counseling for specialized and special new applications refers to some professional advice and guidance that enterprises may need to seek in the process of applying for specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, which are provided by some consulting institutions or individuals with experience and professional knowledge in the application of specialized, special and new, in order to help enterprises improve the success rate and efficiency of their applications。
5. Advantages of specialized, special and new applications
The advantages of the application for specialization, refinement, and innovation refer to some preferential policies and market preferences and support that enterprises can enjoy through the identification of specialized, specialized, and new small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly including the following aspects:
Tax incentives: Tax incentives refer to some preferential tax policies that can be enjoyed by specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly including: enterprise income tax is levied at a rate of 15%, which is 10 percentage points lower than the 25% tax rate of general enterprises, which saves a lot of taxes and fees for enterprises;Enjoy the policy of additional deduction of R&D expenses, that is, when calculating the taxable income of the enterprise's R&D expenses, 75% of the R&D expenses will be deducted, which increases the motivation for the enterprise to invest in R&D;Enjoy the policy of high-tech enterprise recognition, that is, specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises can directly apply for high-tech enterprise certification without other evaluation and review, which saves time and cost for enterprises.
Policy support: policy support refers to some scientific and technological policy support that small and medium-sized enterprises can enjoy, mainly including: priority access to national and local science and technology plans, projects, and support, that is, when applying for national and local science and technology plans, projects, and projects, small and medium-sized enterprises can enjoy priority review, priority project, and priority funding, providing enterprises with more scientific and technological resources and fundsEnjoy the policy of science and technology innovation vouchers, that is, specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises can purchase scientific and technological services provided by scientific and technological service institutions, such as technology development, technology transfer, technical consulting, technical training, etc., through the way of scientific and technological innovation vouchers, providing enterprises with more scientific and technological services and support;Enjoy the policy of transformation of scientific and technological achievements, that is, specialized and special new small and medium-sized enterprises can transform the scientific and technological achievements of scientific research institutions or universities into their own products (services) through the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, such as technology licensing, technology transfer, technical cooperation, technology shareholding, etc., providing enterprises with more opportunities for scientific and technological innovation and development.
Financial support: financial support refers to some financial policy support that can be enjoyed by specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly including: priority access to national and local financial loans, guarantees, and interest discount support, that is, when applying for national and local financial loans, guarantees, and interest discounts, specialized and special new small and medium-sized enterprises can enjoy priority approval, priority lending, priority guarantee, and priority interest discount, which solves the problem of shortage of funds and high cost for enterprises;Enjoy the policy of credit rating, that is, specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises can improve their credit rating and reduce their credit risk through credit rating, which provides convenience for enterprises to obtain more credit loans and credit guaranteesEnjoy the policy of credit insurance, that is, specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises can protect their own accounts receivable and prevent their own market risks through credit insurance, which provides a guarantee for enterprises to stabilize their own operations and income.
Human resources support: human resources support refers to the support of some human resources policies that small and medium-sized enterprises can enjoy, mainly including: priority to obtain national and local talent training, introduction, and incentive support, that is, specialized and special new small and medium-sized enterprises can enjoy priority training, introduction, and reward treatment when cultivating, introducing, and motivating their own talents, providing enterprises with more human resources and talent securityEnjoy the policy of talent apartment, that is, specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises can provide housing security for their own talents through the way of talent apartments, such as rental subsidies, house purchase discounts, housing provident funds, etc., which provides conditions for enterprises to attract and retain more talents;Enjoy the policy of talent allowance, that is, specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises can provide income guarantee for their own talents through talent allowance, such as post allowance, performance allowance, innovation allowance, etc., which provides a driving force for enterprises to stimulate and mobilize more talents.
Market support: market support refers to the support of some market policies that small and medium-sized enterprises can enjoy, mainly including: priority to obtain national and local market development, brand building, exhibition participation support, that is, specialized and special new small and medium-sized enterprises in the development, construction, participation in their own market, can enjoy priority recommendation, priority publicity, priority display treatment, for enterprises to provide more market opportunities and market influence;Enjoy the policy of procurement, that is, specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises can sell their products (services) to the first departments or public institutions through the way of procurement, such as priority procurement, priority payment, priority acceptance, etc., providing enterprises with more market demand and market security;Enjoy the policy of international cooperation, that is, specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprises can sell their products (services) to foreign customers or partners through international cooperation, such as priority docking, priority support, priority protection, etc., providing enterprises with more opportunities for market expansion and market competition.