Hubei Provincial People's Government recently announced the province's first-ever patent awards. A total of 20 patents won the gold award, 25 won the silver award and five inventors won the outstanding inventor award.

Among them, six companies from East Lake High-tech Development Zone (Optics Valley of China) in Wuhan, Hubei's provincial capital, won the prestigious gold award, while five companies from the zone won the silver award.

Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Limited Company, HGTECH Farley Laser, Zhongke Innovation, Wuhan Telecommunication Devices Co and Accelink Technologies Co Ltd won the gold award for their patents.

The patent for the "large-size optical fiber preform and method for manufacturing optical fiber" from Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Limited Company, and the patent for the "special-shaped tube headstock and laser-cutting machine" from HGTECH Farley Laser, were among the gold award winners.

The provincial patent award will be selected every five years, according to local media reports.