Facts & Figures

Fundings	2015-16 (HK$M)	2016-17 (HK$M)	2017-18 (HK$M)
Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF)	183.24	212.89	240.93
Government Subvention	144.25	142.71	137.91

No. of ITF-funded projects undertaken	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Platform Projects	49	44	52
Seed Projects	37	44	44
Industry Collaborative Projects	9	10#	9
Public Sector Trial Scheme Projects	8	8	2
# An industry collaborative project withdrawn on 23 August 2016 is not included.

Income from Industry	2015-16(HK$M)	2016-17(HK$M)	2017-18(HK$M)
Industry Income Received*	81.47	78.45	111.36
Level of Industry Contribution	21.7%	21.3%	33.1%
* Including cash and in-kind contribution, but excluding income from General Support Programme.

Technology Transfers	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Total Technology Transfers in terms of number of contracts signed	53	60	72

Number of patents filed

Technology Division	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Advanced Digital Systems	4	8	0
Communications Technologies	16	10	15
Electronics Components	11	14	8
Intelligent Software & Systems	9	11	2
Mixed Signal Systems IC	8	6	15
Opto-electronics	16	11	12
Security & Data Sciences	0	0	4
Total	64	60	56

Patents Granted	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Advanced Digital Systems (ADS)	6	4	1
Communications Technologies(CT)	12	7	10
Electronics Components (EC)	15	7	8
Intelligent Software & Systems (ISNS)	14	4	4
Mixed Signal Systems IC (MSS)	10	9	13
Opto-electronics (OE)	31	26	13
Security & Data Sciences (SNDS)	4	2	4
Total no. of patent filed in China, the U.S. and other countries	92	59	53
From its inception until 31 March 2018, ASTRI has been granted a total of 767 patents.

Number of staff	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
R&D	417	513	537
Non-R&D	82	80	80
Total	499	593	617

Academic qualifications of R&D staff

Academic Attainment #
Bachelor’s Degree	19%
Master’s Degree	53%
PhD	26%
Others	2%
Total	100%
# As of 31 March 2018, not including interns.

Annual Remuneration of Senior Executives

The tables below show the remuneration of the top three tiers of senior executives of ASTRI for the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018:

Post	Annual Remuneration 1 Apr 2017 – 31 Mar 2018 (HK$) #
Chief Executive Officer	844,240
Two level one executives	6,228,700
18 level two executives	26,681,650
# Annual Remuneration includes Base Salary, Salary Adjustment, Acting Allowance, Variable Payment and Cash Award (Inventor Award). It is rounded to the nearest HK$10. Three senior executives who joined in the course of the financial year, their annual remunerations were calculated on a prorated basis.