On December 3, the reporter learned from Guangdong Province's “14th Five-Year Plan” high-level scientific self-reliance and self-improvement press conference that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, Guangdong accelerated the construction of a full-process innovation chain, promoted mutual promotion of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and successfully completed the various target tasks of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. Overall, it maintained “six continued to lead” and achieved “six leaps to the forefront.” “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the province continued to rank first in the country in major science and technology innovation indicators such as investment in R&D, number of high-tech enterprises, effective number of invention patents, PCT international patent applications, revenue from high-tech manufacturing industries, and exports of high-tech products.” Wang Yueqin, director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, explained that in 2025, Guangdong's comprehensive innovation capacity ranked first in the country for 9 consecutive years; in 2024, Guangdong's R&D investment reached 510 billion yuan, an average annual increase of nearly 10%, accounting for 14% of the country; more than 77,000 high-tech enterprises, accounting for 15.4% of the country; the effective number of invention patents in 2024 was 792,300, double that of 2020; the number of PCT international patent applications was 23,400, accounting for 1/3 of the country; the high-tech manufacturing industry had revenue of 6288.783 billion yuan, and high-tech products exported US$25.74 billion, accounting for 1/3 of the country.

On December 3, the reporter learned from Guangdong Province's “14th Five-Year Plan” high-level scientific self-reliance and self-improvement press conference that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, Guangdong accelerated the construction of a full-process innovation chain, promoted mutual promotion of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and successfully completed the various target tasks of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. Overall, it maintained “six continued to lead” and achieved “six leaps to the forefront.” “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the province continued to rank first in the country in major science and technology innovation indicators such as investment in R&D, number of high-tech enterprises, effective number of invention patents, PCT international patent applications, revenue from high-tech manufacturing industries, and exports of high-tech products.” Wang Yueqin, director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, explained that in 2025, Guangdong's comprehensive innovation capacity ranked first in the country for 9 consecutive years; in 2024, Guangdong's R&D investment reached 510 billion yuan, an average annual increase of nearly 10%, accounting for 14% of the country; more than 77,000 high-tech enterprises, accounting for 15.4% of the country; the effective number of invention patents in 2024 was 792,300, double that of 2020; the number of PCT international patent applications was 23,400, accounting for 1/3 of the country; the high-tech manufacturing industry had revenue of 6288.783 billion yuan, and high-tech products exported US$25.74 billion, accounting for 1/3 of the country.