Qingdao, Shandong province [Photo/VCG]
Qingdao Hightop Biotech Co Ltd recently won the 2021 Leading Enterprise of Science and Technology Innovation title, presented at the Science and Technology Innovation Conference – held by the Qingdao National High-tech Industrial Development Zone – for its outstanding contributions to scientific and technological innovation.
Since its establishment in 2009, the enterprise – based in the zone, located in Qingdao city in East China's Shandong province – has been engaged in independent research and development in the in-vitro diagnostic or IVD sector and it has built up its core competitiveness over the past decade.
Relying on years of accumulated research experience and technology, the enterprise developed and quickly produced COVID-19 antigen detection reagents in 2020.
Its products not only obtained certification to supply dozens of countries and regions, but the company is understood to have also made breakthrough achievements in fighting the epidemic.
Moving forwards, plans are for it to continue to invest in research and promote the commercialization of its sci-tech achievements.