Foshan to build semiconductor lighting industry base

LED lighting industry development trend will be how the next direction of development is how in this, the South China Sea in Foshan and what kind of challenges and opportunities?

Yesterday, China (Foshan) held the first Forum on the development of high-end semiconductor lighting industry, experts and enterprises from the mainland, Hongkong, Taiwan and other regions from the South China Sea, South China Sea LED industrial development together to give counsel.

Chinese lighting appliance association director Chen Yansheng, Ye Jingtu, deputy director of Guangdong provincial science and Technology Department, deputy secretary of Foshan Municipal Committee, mayor Chen Yunxian, Huazhong University of Science and Technology professor Liu Sheng, Hong Kong University Science & Technology, Li Shiwei and other leading experts attended the forum.

Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan will work closely together

At present, there are 3 domestic lighting lighting companies listed, of which Foshan enterprises Buddha lighting and snow Wright accounted for two seats, it can be seen, Foshan semiconductor lighting industry in the country is a certain foundation and status. Mayor Chen Yunxian said.

As one of the most important traditional light source production and R & D base in China, Foshan has a huge lighting industry cluster. LED industry is also closely related with Foshan auto parts, lighting, flat panel display backlight and other pillar industries.

Nevertheless, the majority of domestic areas, including Foshan, the semiconductor industry is still a small scale of LED industrialization, the lack of upstream enterprises, the vast majority of the core technology and equipment is still dependent on imports.

In order to strengthen cooperation with the University team, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan cooperation, the forum, the Foshan municipal government and Hong Kong University Science & Technology signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement. It is reported that the two sides will be in the field of information and communication technology, microelectronics, nanotechnology and new materials, biotechnology and environmental protection to carry out technical cooperation and personnel training, focus on promoting the field of LED, new material industry development.

At the same time, Nanhai District government also China respectively with the association of lighting semiconductor Specialized Committee, Nanhai District Electric lighting industry association signed a memorandum of cooperation and "green lighting industry development strategic cooperation agreement", to jointly promote the development of the semiconductor lighting industry with dual power of government and association.

In addition, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait enterprises also held a cooperation contract. It is reported that the Guangdong economic benefits of Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. and Taiwan Lei Lei Polytron Technologies Inc will be in the semiconductor lighting application technology transfer and joint sales of the brand to carry out cooperation.

Reporters at the forum was informed that, in order to support the development of the industry, then the South China Sea will be arranged 1 billion - 2 billion yuan semiconductor lighting industry development of special funds, focusing on epitaxial, chip and other major investment projects. At the same time will also support a number of leading semiconductor companies, packaging lighting applications, such as enterprises.

"We do not give money directly to businesses, but encourage them to develop. It's like an egg, not an egg, but a hatch. Foshan Municipal Committee, Secretary of the South China Sea Li Yiwei explained.

Semiconductor lighting industry to break through the core technology

Survey data show that the current domestic LED small scale enterprises, the number of more than the number of packaging enterprises have more than 1000, and the application of the enterprise is more than 3000. Guangdong as one of the earliest areas of the development of LED industry, accounting for about 50% of the national semiconductor lighting industry, industrial scale of more than 30 billion yuan.

Foshan is currently involved in lighting electric light source enterprises more than and 400, relatively complete industrial chain, and industry technology, mature market network, provides a strong support for the transformation and upgrading of Foshan traditional lighting industry to the semiconductor lighting industry.

But have to face, because the core technology of chip manufacturing equipment are owned by foreign enterprises, high import tariffs and value-added tax, has seriously affected the expansion of the manufacturing cost of the upstream epitaxial chip companies and reduce the size of the.

Dean of the Foshan Institute of Zhongshan University Wang Gang believes that the next LED industry development direction, we must break through the core technology, while supporting leading enterprises to strengthen the protection of property rights, and to build a service platform.

It is understood that Foshan is currently in the Guangdong new light industrial base as the basis, to Luocun lighting electric light source base, build from chip research, equipment manufacturing, LED epitaxial wafer and chip manufacturing, packaging, application, product testing and market circulation of semiconductor lighting industry chain, is expected in the next 3 to 5 years. The formation of 30 billion to 50 billion yuan scale, become the domestic well-known semiconductor lighting industry base.

Beware of "overheating" signs

Foshan, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and other places in the Pearl River Delta region is also the development of LED lighting industry is full of eager to look forward to the new light source.

There are concerns about the industry, although the source LED represents the future direction of the application, but the current domestic industry has just started, promotion is restricted by cost and technology in large scale, and therefore can not be blindly optimistic on the market capacity. In the enthusiasm of local governments, but may be the LED industry speculation to overheating, the formation of a new bubble. In fact, due to the lack of uniform industry standards, the current low level of the industry, the price war signs have begun to appear.

These issues are also the focus of attention of officials and experts on the forum yesterday. Guangdong provincial science and technology department deputy director Ye Jingtu very aptly: "more attention, more should be based on long-term, correct guidance". It is reported that the current domestic LED industry chain involved mainly in the downstream part of the packaging and application, LED epitaxy, chip production is still dominated by low, compared with foreign small scale enterprises