On 11 April 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued the "List of State-accredited Enterprise R&D Centers" (Announcement No. 29 '2011').
These R&D centers are eligible for future financial support or tax incentives, inter alia, import duty exemptions and VAT exemptions, in accordance with the "Measures for the Administration of State-Accredited Enterprise Technology Centers" (NDRC Order No.53 from Feburary 2008).