Shandong Provincial Department of Science and Technology: Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Evaluation Service of Science and Technology oriented Small and Medium sized Enterprises in the Province in 2023

Municipal science and technology bureaus, relevant units:

In order to do a good job in the evaluation and service of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises in our province in 2023, in accordance with the requirements of the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Evaluation and Service of technology-based Small and Medium sized Enterprises in 2023" (Guokehuozi [2023] No. 60) issued by the Torch Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

1、 Storage evaluation criteria

Technology oriented small and medium-sized enterprises should meet the basic conditions stipulated in the "Evaluation Measures for Technology oriented Small and Medium sized Enterprises" (Guokefazheng [2017] No. 115) and the "Guidelines for Evaluation Services for Technology oriented Small and Medium sized Enterprises" (Guokehuozi [2022] No. 67). Technology oriented small and medium-sized enterprises must meet the following conditions simultaneously:

（1） Resident enterprises registered and established within the territory of China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) or established in accordance with foreign (regional) laws, but with actual management institutions in China that have sound accounting, implement audit collection, accurately collect research and development expenses, and pay corporate income tax.

（2） The total number of employees shall not exceed 500, the annual sales revenue shall not exceed 200 million yuan, and the total assets shall not exceed 200 million yuan.

（3） The industry in which the enterprise is located does not belong to（4） The enterprise has not experienced any major safety or quality accidents, serious environmental violations, serious fraud, or serious scientific research dishonesty in the previous and current accounting years, and has not been included in the list of abnormal business operations or serious illegal and dishonest enterprises in the previous and current accounting years.

（5） The comprehensive evaluation score obtained by enterprises based on the evaluation indicators of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises shall not be less than 60 points, and the score of the technology personnel indicator shall not be 0 points.

In addition, enterprises that meet the above evaluation criteria, if they also meet one of the following conditions, are not limited by the score obtained from the comprehensive evaluation and can be directly confirmed to meet the conditions of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises: the enterprise has a valid high-tech enterprise qualification certificate; Or the enterprise has received national level scientific and technological awards in the past five years; Or the enterprise has a recognized research and development institution at or above the provincial or ministerial level; Or the enterprise has led the development of international standards, national standards, or industry standards in the past five years.

2、 Evaluation schedule

In 2023, the evaluation of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises in the province will be publicly announced in principle once a month, and the deadline for accepting each batch is the 10th of each month (weekends and holidays will be postponed to the next working day). The months for centralized enterprise declaration will be appropriately increased in the number of public announcement batches.

The deadline for acceptance this year is October 10, 2023. It is recommended that eligible enterprises complete the evaluation of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises as soon as possible.

3、 Inventory evaluation path

Qualified small and medium-sized enterprises visit the National Integrated Government Service Platform and the Ministry of Science and Technology Government Service Platform（ https://fuwu.most.gov.cn ）Register and register. After successfully registering, click on the "Technology based Small and Medium sized Enterprise Evaluation" button on the service platform and complete the "Technology based Small and Medium sized Enterprise Information Form" online as required to independently evaluate the technology based small and medium-sized enterprise.

4、 Regarding requirements

（1） Strengthen the promotion and implementation of policies. Encourage enterprises to participate in the evaluation of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises as early as possible, obtain a registration number before May 31 (the deadline for enterprise income tax settlement and payment), and timely enjoy the special policy benefits of pre tax additional deduction of research and development expenses for technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises (Announcement No. 16 of 2022 by the Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation, and Ministry of Science and Technology).

（2） Strictly implement the warehousing standards. Strengthen the main responsibility and integrity awareness of participating enterprises, enhance the training and management of the evaluation team, strictly implement evaluation standards and processes, and strengthen the verification of the consistency and effectiveness of information related to the through train conditions. During the review process of science and technology departments in various cities (including district and county-level evaluation agencies), they should pay special attention to the risk warning information feedback from the evaluation system. In response to various administrative penalties and illegal information and other risk warning contents, they should communicate and coordinate with the corresponding management departments in a timely manner, and conduct verification and judgment. Enterprises that do not meet the requirements of the "Guidelines for Evaluation Services for Technology based Small and Medium sized Enterprises" will not be included in the inventory.

（3） Strengthen the daily supervision of evaluation service work. Each city's science and technology department (including district and county-level evaluation agencies) should strengthen the main responsibility and honesty awareness of participating enterprises, establish a normalized supervision mechanism, and track and monitor the information and data of enterprise evaluation indicators; For enterprises that do not meet the conditions for being classified as technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, the science and technology departments of each city shall promptly request the Provincial Department of Science and Technology to revoke their registration numbers in accordance with procedures. Each city should actively disclose its supervision methods to the society, consciously accept social supervision, verify and handle objections, complaints, and reports in a timely manner, explore the establishment of enterprise integrity files and joint punishment mechanisms, and actively create a fair, open, and just environment for the development of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises.

（4） Strengthen the summary and analysis of evaluation service work. Each city's science and technology department (including district and county-level evaluation agencies) should actively organize statistical surveys of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises within their jurisdiction on a quarterly basis (within 15 days at the end of the quarter), timely grasp the development and operation of technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, explore the establishment of a hierarchical classification mechanism for enterprises, and select outstanding enterprise models. At the same time, it is necessary to carefully conduct thematic analysis and evaluation, timely summarize and submit work experience and practices, comprehensively summarize the evaluation services, supervision work, policy formulation and implementation effects of local technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and submit the annual work report before November 10th.

Shandong Provincial Department of Science and Technology

February 24, 2023