Chinese technology companies such as Huawei, Tencent Baidu, were selected as the world's top ten most innovative companies

Songguo Finance learned that according to the news of Titanium Media App on January 10, according to the "2021 Most Innovative Technology Company" list recently released by Capital on Tap, Chinese companies such as Huawei, Tencent, and Baidu have entered the top ten of the list, marking a good momentum of development of Chinese technology companies in the field of innovation.

This list also shows that traditional Internet companies continue to make efforts in scientific and technological research and development, and have achieved obvious competitive advantages in some cutting-edge fields. Taking Baidu as an example, in recent years, the company has continued to increase R&D investment in the field of artificial intelligence technology, accounting for more than 15% of R&D investment for ten consecutive years, R&D investment of 19.5 billion yuan in 2020, and core R&D expenses accounting for 21.4% of revenue, and the R&D intensity is at the forefront of China's large-scale technology Internet companies.

For four consecutive years, Baidu ranked first in the country in terms of AI patent applications and grants. According to the "Analysis Report on the High-value Patents and Innovation Drivers of Chinese Intelligence", Baidu won the first place in the Chinese Intelligent Patents with 13,007 patent applications and 3,652 patents granted, and at the same time won the first place in China in the number of patent applications and patent quality in many branches such as deep learning, natural language processing, intelligent speech, knowledge graph, intelligent driving, intelligent recommendation, smart maps, computer vision, etc., and ranked first in China in the field of smart medical care and smart city.

Statistics from Baidu's self-driving platform Apollo's service platform "Radish Run" show that in the third quarter of 2021, "Radish Run" provided 115,000 rides. In terms of key indicators, Baidu's autonomous driving travel service has been significantly ahead of the world's leading enterprises in the same industry, and has become the forefront of the global autonomous driving large-scale operation.