Thirteen local firms are among Tibet's first group of companies to secure status as State-level high-tech enterprises.

The majority are in the biomedicine industry, with the rest from digital science, information technology and environmental protection engineering.

All have core proprietary intellectual property backed by sustainable R&D capacity, said Ma Shengjie, head of the science and technology department of the autonomous region.

The status will bring tax breaks and preferential policies on equity incentives, land use, government aid and financial services.

Ma added that his department will offer more training and research rewards to promote the industrialization of innovation.

(Source: China Daily)