CASIC owns 19 national key laboratories or engineering technology centers, and 28 science & technology innovation platforms; it has the first invention patent and the first utility model patent of China; it owns 22 subsidiary units and holds shares of 9 listed companies, with about 500 enterprises & institutions, and nearly 150,000 employees; it has enterprises or offices in many countries and regions in the world, covering Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America.