Notes：

〔1〕 Equity: refers to proprietors’ economic interest in corporate assets. It equals the residual value of total assets less total liabilities. It includes called up capital (share capital), capital accumulation fund, surplus fund and undistributed profits.

〔2〕Industrial enterprises above designated size: refer to all industrial corporations with annual business revenue from principal activity of five million yuan and above.

〔3〕Enterprises carrying out science and technology activities: refer to enterprises that systematically carry out science and technology activities with corresponding budget and expenditures.

〔4〕Investment intensity: refer to the ratio of R&D expenditure to business revenue from principal activity.

〔5〕New products: refer to both brand new products that are developed and manufactured by adopting new technology or concept, and products with noticeably enhanced performance or functions through significant improvement in certain aspect of old products such as their structure, material or process. Include in this category are both new products that are accredited by a relevant government department and fall in the period of validity, and new products that are yet to be accredited by a relevant government department, are developed independently by enterprises and put into production within a year.

〔6〕Accredited construction enterprises: refer to enterprises accredited with Certificate of Qualification for Construction Enterprises in line with the Ministry of Construction’s Regulation on Administration of Qualification for Construction Enterprises (Decree No. 87, issued in 2001 by the Ministry of Construction) and Grading Standard for Construction Enterprises (Ministry of Construction [2001] 82). Non-accredited enterprises are those not accredited with the Certificate of Qualification but conduct, in practice, construction activities.

〔7〕General and special contractors: general contractors refer to construction enterprises that have the qualification for signing of general contract of construction projects and are entitled to implement the whole project under the general contract or the principal part of the project. Special contractors refer to construction enterprises that have the qualification for signing of special contract and are entitled to implement special projects subcontracted by a general contractor, or awarded by investors according to certain rules. Non-accredited construction enterprises or individual enterprises are not included.

〔8〕Error in aggregated and some other calculated data of the tables resulting from decimal rounded up or down is not adjusted mechanically.

(In case of any divergence in interpretation of the Communique, the Chinese version of the Communique shall take precedence〕

 

(National Bureau of Statistics December 25, 2009)