Technological innovation output

Technological innovation input

City

Number of patent

applications

Above-scale

enterprise high-tech output value (billion)

Total social R & D investment (billion)

R & D staff

number

Guangzhou

46,312

8001.36

291.58

68,618

Shenzhen

82,254

15,560.07

580.01

158,465

Zhuhai

8998

1543.439

31.64

9444.422

Foshan

29,707

3744.316

112.99

22887.25

Jiangmen

8345

1499.269

30.129

9431.355

Zhaoqing

1781

1055.27

14.95

9300

Huizhou

18,359

3600

59

9618

Dongguan

28,431

4742.72

109.93

50,112

Zhongshan

24618

2600

67.7592

9757

Hong Kong

23299.05

4524.7

99.282

21126.13