On September 20, at the 2023 China's Top 500 Enterprises Summit Forum, the China Enterprise Confederation and the China Entrepreneurs Association released the list of 'China's Top 500 Enterprises' to the public.The list uses company operating income in 2022 as the criteria for inclusion. 264 manufacturing companies are on the list, maintaining growth for the third consecutive year.According to statistics, the companies on the list invested a total of 1.58 trillion yuan in R&D expenses in the past year, an increase of 9.07% from 2022; the average R&D intensity was 1.85%, an increase of 0.04 percentage points from 2022, setting a record high; this year's 'Top 500' 'The number of valid invention patents reached 743,400, an increase of 70,500 from 2022.The scale of the top 500 Chinese enterprises in 2023 continues to maintain a growth trend, with total operating income of 108.36 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.74% over the top 500 in 2022; total assets are 399.77 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.74% over the top 500 in 2022.