Securities Daily: R&D investment of A-share listed companies exceeded 810 billion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of 3.27% year-on-year.

In the first half of the year, the research and development investment of A-share listed companies reached a new level, exceeding 810 billion yuan in total market, a year-on-year increase of 3.27%, with the growth rate increasing by nearly 2 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The overall research and development intensity was 2.33%, a slight increase from the previous year. From the data, in the first half of the year, the research and development intensities of the ChiNext board, the Science and Technology Innovation board, and the Beijing Stock Exchange were 4.89%, 11.78%, and 4.63% respectively, highlighting their technological attributes. Strategic emerging industries and high-tech manufacturing industries have demonstrated innovation demonstration effects, with research and development intensities exceeding the overall market by 3.29 percentage points and 4.44 percentage points, respectively. A total of 113 companies in the market have invested more than 1 billion yuan in research and development, with 926 companies having research and development intensities exceeding 10%.