Recently, Torch High Technology Industry Development Center announced the "released in 2010 on the hi-tech enterprise of National Torch Plan notice of selection results," because of the high-tech company transform traditional industries for outstanding performance by the center as "National Torch Plan Key High-tech Enterprise", a cooking industry to pass state-level key high-tech enterprise business. This is also the high-tech enterprises that after the implementation of new approaches to the first National Torch Plan Key High-tech enterprises.

National Torch Plan Key High-tech enterprises that organized and implemented by the Ministry of Science, is a development of high-tech industry guidance program designed to promote high-tech technological achievements of the commercialization, industrialization and internationalization. Among them, the Torch Plan Key High-tech companies selected as the first three years, asked to be identified companies with strong research and development capabilities and technical innovation, but also requires companies leading the technological level of products in a leading position in China, while high-tech enterprises technology product sales revenue at least takes up 60%of annual sales revenue.

work to identify the key high-tech enterprises, is the July 2010 promulgation of the new national "State Torch Plan Key High-tech business management approach" after the first identified. By the new regulation, focusing on high-tech enterprises not only to meet the requirements of high-tech enterprises, and in standard setting, commitment to national projects, awards, industry position, etc. are clear requirements from the enterprise evaluation index system of innovation, industry driven sex, profitability and social contribution of the Quartet to face comprehensive evaluation of enterprise, focused on innovation capabilities. Selection in 2010, there were 3027 companies rushed to declare, after assessment by experts, and ultimately only 772 enterprises identified.

ASTAR attaches great importance to independent innovation, each year about 4%of sales revenue into R & D which, after rapid development in recent years has become National IPR pilot enterprises and enterprises, the provincial high-tech enterprises, the provincial enterprise technology center, the provincial patent model enterprises, in order to improve the self-test capability, the investment of more than 2000 million according to national standards for construction of the test center, participated in drafting amendments to 18 state and industry standards items, a number of national patent 940, advocate green carbon, leading the industry trend. Can be said that ASTAR selected national high-tech enterprises are well deserved.