Traceability of Xi'an Semiconductor Industry
Trace back to the origin of Chinese semiconductors, Xi’an is a city that can’t pass by. The electronic technology center has more than 40 years of history of the development of microelectronics technology, and more than 20 scientific research institutions related to microelectronics and electronic information. Xi’an has always been The important coordinates of China's semiconductor industry.
From the 1990s to the beginning of this century, it was still at the initial stage of China’s introduction of foreign investment. When some coastal areas were mainly limited to 'three to one', Xi'an had already begun to try to make breakthroughs in high-tech industries. In 2003, Infineon, Germany, and American IR, Xizi, invested in and constructed semiconductor R&D centers and packaging and testing plants, respectively. In September 2005, US Micron, the world’s second memory chip factory, decided to invest US$250 million in Xi’an to establish semiconductor packaging testing. The production base, Xi'an has since become an important part of the global semiconductor industry chain.
If we say that the 1990s were the 1.0 era of the development of China's semiconductor industry, the outstanding feature of this period was the active introduction of semiconductor foundry industries in the eastern coastal areas. The introduction of world-class semiconductor companies from Xi’an and the gradual establishment of a relatively complete industrial chain At the beginning, the development of China's semiconductor industry can be said to have entered the 2.0 era. Xi'an has taken advantage of many advantages in this process.
On the one hand, Xi'an’s profound talent accumulation has become an important reason for its emergence. From academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, members of the National '863’ Program Microelectronics Expert Group, to Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an University of Electronic Technology and other universities with microelectronics, and then A professional technical school, Xi'an has a complete talent training and export system. Just as a foreign-funded executive investing in Xi'an said, 'We will use the wisdom of the Chinese people to serve the big market of the Chinese people.'
On the other hand, the comprehensive competitiveness of the city in Xi'an, 'the attraction of high-tech, high value-added manufacturing projects, has evolved into cities and cities, regional and regional ideas, civilization, investment environment and economy. "Competitive and competitive factors such as strength." A high-ranking official in Xi'an has analyzed this.
Big project effect
In 2012, Xi’an introduced the Samsung project, which has the significance of 'involved in the whole body' for the Xi’an semiconductor industry and the entire Shaanxi regional economy. 'Since 2012, the semiconductor industry in Xi’an has greatly improved. It turned out to be domestic semiconductors. The status of the base and domestic enterprises is now becoming a base for international integration,” said Yumei Mei, deputy director of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Xi'an Hi-tech Comprehensive Bonded Zone.
In the initial stage of semiconductor industry development, Xi'an-related companies could only seek support from outside the province. Even 'packed boxes' need to be pulled from the coastal area', and with the rapid progress of the overall construction of the Samsung project, a group is closely related to the project. The supporting enterprises have settled in Xi'an one after another.
A large number of domestic and foreign companies such as American Air Chemicals, Sumitomo Japan, South Korea, South America, and China Electronics Microelectronics entered Xi’an. In 2012 alone, Xi’an attracted 88 supporting companies to settle down, with a total investment of approximately US$438 million. More than 100 supporting enterprises have settled in succession.
If Samsung is the 'horse' of the semiconductor power industry in Xi'an, with the gathering of upstream and downstream companies in the industry chain, Xi'an's semiconductor industry has further developed into an era of cluster development that mimics the 'wild-array effect', and it took the lead and thrived in the semiconductor industry. Created the famous 'Xi'an speed'.
More importantly, Xi'an is beginning to enter the upper reaches of the semiconductor industry value chain. 'The semiconductor technology that our country had previously introduced was mostly obsolete or technologically backward. The Samsung project is the first of its kind in China. And the global synchronization technology project. ' He Xiaoning, executive director of the Shaanxi Semiconductor Industry Association said. Review the history of the development of semiconductors in Xi'an, the world's most advanced resources, from a high starting point into the development mode of strategic high-end industries, is also Xi'an The speed of the semiconductor industry is an important part of the breakthrough.
The prominent scale effect and the shaping of the industrial chain also led the semiconductor industry in Xi'an and even Shaanxi to enter the first camp in the last four or five years. Before 2012, the annual output value of the semiconductor industry in Shaanxi was approximately RMB 10 billion, and the semiconductor industry in Shaanxi Province in 2016 The industrial output value exceeds 50 billion yuan. What is the concept of '50 billion yuan? The country's entire semiconductor industry, Shaanxi ranks fourth, second only to Shanghai, Beijing and Jiangsu, before ranking eighth.' He Xiaoning said.
In the downstream of the semiconductor industry, Xi’an has also continued to deploy. Huawei Xi’an Intelligent Terminal Center and ZTE Terminal Series have entered the project. ZTE's terminal series project alone created the largest intelligent terminal production base in the western part of China. The current annual output. Has more than 20 million.
With the rapid development of the semiconductor industry chain in Xi’an, the absorption and aggregation effects of industrial talents are also rapidly emerging. Xi’an’s number of universities ranks third in China, and there are more than 20 universities and research institutions with microelectronics specialties and professional technicians. About 1/6 of the country's total, it has become a natural reservoir of talent for the semiconductor industry chain in Xi'an.
Take Xi'an Electronic Science and Engineering University as an example. The “Annual Report on Employment Quality of Graduates of 2017” published by the university shows that the proportion of its graduates working in the electrical and electronic equipment and computer manufacturing industries was 35.41% in 2017. The speed of about 1 percentage point has steadily increased.
In addition, the incorporation of Samsung and other semiconductor giants has also driven professionals from across the country and even the world to Xi’an. “When working in the United States, I think this is an industry that can be seen for two to three decades at a glance. It also means that there is a lack of opportunities. "In Xi'an and China, I can feel the changes almost every day," a returning semiconductor industry engineer wrote on his personal blog. From the return of high-end technicians, to the growth of demand for all kinds of skilled workers in the production line. 5. The semiconductor industry and human resources have formed a mutually reinforcing trend in Xi'an.
Further enhance opportunities
The landing of the second phase of the Samsung Xi'an Memory Chip Project has enabled Xi'an's semiconductor industry to further consolidate its development advantages. However, from the perspective of the entire semiconductor industry in China and the world, Xi'an is now facing the opportunity of further progress and shouldering the burden to help China. Semiconductor industry breakthrough mission.
Although China's semiconductor industry has developed rapidly in recent years, there is still a huge gap between itself and its own demand. The data show that in recent years, the semiconductor value of China's annual consumption has exceeded 100 billion US dollars, accounting for nearly 1/3 of the total global shipments. , But China's semiconductor output accounts for only 6% to 7% of the world's total.
Remedying this gap and gap has become one of the important development directions of China's semiconductor industry. According to the 'Made in China 2025' plan, China will follow the road of 'integration of the industrial chain, upgrade of the technology chain, and improvement of the value chain'. At the stage, it will lay a solid foundation for the company's strength, technical level, and market capabilities, accumulate strength, and realize the sustainable and healthy development of China's semiconductor industry.
In fact, judging from the trajectory of the development of modern industries, late-developed countries catch up with advanced countries and also have a process of introduction, learning, and promotion. It is a feasible direction to introduce world-leading companies and achieve their own development in cooperation. 4. It is also the path that Xi'an is practicing.
'Integrated circuits are a highly international industry, opening up, cooperation, and win-win are the only way for the development and expansion of the industry. China's integrated circuit industry has always upheld the principle of 'open development' and deepened international cooperation in terms of capital, talent, technology, and markets. , to promote the innovation and development of all aspects of the industry chain, and strive to integrate into the global integrated circuit industry ecosystem ', the Ministry of Industry and Information Minister Miao Wei said at the opening ceremony of the Samsung project on the 28th.
In the eyes of people in the industry, international cooperation is very important at this stage. It is only in the mutual cooperation of the industry chain that it is the wise choice for China to develop the semiconductor industry. At the same time, the idea of 'walking on two legs' It is also an important direction of the domestic semiconductor industry at this stage.
In 2014, China established the National Integrated Circuit Industry Fund (also known as the 'Big Fund'), which raised 138.72 billion yuan in the first phase. It is expected that the total investment will exceed RMB 1 trillion. It will try to promote the development of China's semiconductor industry chain in various ways. , The recent increase in investment in several regions of the oversemiconductor industry also reflects this trend.
'By working with the strongest players in the semiconductor memory chip industry, excellent engineers will also grow into solid pillars for the development of the semiconductor industry in China.' Samsung officials said that Xi'an will gradually form a semiconductor industry cluster with over 100 billion yuan. , and will further leap into a competitive electronic information industry base in the world. At the same time, this will also help China’s rapid growth in the semiconductor market. In addition, Samsung’s continued investment will also promote Xi’an-centered Shaanxi Province. Local economy, and has a positive effect on the industrial development of northwest China.