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Zhongguancun patents

Companies in the capital city's tech-intensive hub Zhongguancun have now been awarded combined 20,212 invention patents, more than 60 percent of the city's total, according to the latest data from the zone's administrative committee. Powered by strong innovation capacity, companies generated 2.45 trillion yuan ($400 billion) in revenue last year, an increase of 25 percent from 2011, fully 20 percent of the city's total GDP.