Authorities in East China's Zhejiang province released the list of top 100 enterprises in the province in terms of originality on April 27.

The top 100 enterprises have a combined 29,800 invention patents, a 38 percent year-on-year rise, and the average number of high-value patents among the top 100 enterprises was 153.

These 100 enterprises have a total of 15,300 high-value invention patents, accounting for 19.1 percent of the total high-value invention patents in the province. The proportion of high-value invention patents was 51.5 percent.

Among the top 100 enterprises, 78 are manufacturing enterprises, a 4 percent increase from the previous year. The top ten enterprises in the list are from the digital economy sector. There are 53 digital economy enterprises on the list, 14 more than last year.

Scientific and technological innovation enterprises on the list have a total of 27,000 effective invention patents, an increase of 92.9 percent over last year.

The top 100 enterprises came from 33 districts and counties in Zhejiang, with 71 coming from Hangzhou and Ningbo.