The 2021-2022 accreditation and subsidy application for research institutions of key enterprises in Shenzhen started Monday, sources from the Shenzhen Municipal Science, Technology and Innovation Commission said Monday.

The commission is formulating related measures. The city supports enterprises having strong research capacity to establish company-affiliated R&D institutions that have no independent legal entity.

According to the measures, the number of accredited key enterprises' research institutions in the city is limited within 20 each year, and a company can apply only one of its research organizations.

The subsidy for each accredited enterprise is 25 percent of the company's average R&D spending in the past two years. The maximum subsidy is 10 million (US$1.54 million).

The commission stipulates that the establishment of accredited research organizations must be completed prior to the application for accreditation. Qualified applicants can log on to Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Business Management System at https://sticapply.sz.gov.cn/ to submit project applications online before July 30.

In another development, the commission released the 2022 Integrated Circuit (IC) Special Subsidy for Planned Projects on Monday. Organizations complying with standards can log on to https://sticapply.sz.gov.cn/ to submit their applications before Aug. 4. The subsidies are open only to IC designing enterprises' tape-out, IP purchase, and R&D of IC EDA (electronic design automation) designing tools.