OREANDA-NEWS. November 14, 2011. TCL Corporation, China’s consumer electronics conglomerate, won an award of China’s Top 10 Electronics Brands in Silicon Valley, along with other Chinese national brands due to their global competitiveness, reported the press-centre of TCL.

It is the second time for TCL to win this China Top 10 Electronics Brands Award. In January this year, TCL was also listed in the China’s Top Ten Brands at the 44th Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the United States, with the qualification of green initiatives.

“Innovation is a lasting war for competitiveness,” Li Dongsheng, Chairman of the Board and CEO of TCL Corporation, made the speech at the Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness Forum held by the IDG, or International Data Group, the world's leading technology media, research and event company. “To innovate, Chinese companies should coordinate their advantages from different parts in global, foster their original innovation ability in form of enterprises, and combine it with social and environmental responsibilities for green technology,” Li noted. Meanwhile, the success of innovation depends on a sound ecological system and social environment, Li added.

Hosted by IDG, this award is committed to select China's most globally competitive brands, in a bid to increase their global influence, enhance their global competitiveness for sustainable development and help them to expand overseas markets.

It has taken nearly six month for IDG, together with well-known global brands, insiders, and third-party professionals to make the process from 37 candidates. Online voting was also a help.

TCL has sharpened their competitiveness via innovation in the past 30 years, and more than ten years’ internationalization has helped TCL to a high level of innovation.

At present, TCL Group has four R&D headquarters, 7 R&D centers in the global with thousands of staff. TCL has poured 1.9 billion yuan on R&D in the past five years, and applied 1,812 patents in total.

Recently, TCL has set up an innovation center in the Silicon Valley in the United States to follow up global trends in new technologies, and also further studies.

TCL won German Red Dot Design Award and "Star of Design 2007"in France. This year, TCL received the award for Global Annual Quality Flat TV and Global Annual 3D TV at the CES in the United States. Looking forward, the company is determined to pick up more international awards for Chinese enterprise in the global competitive market.