The new driving force of China's IC growth comes from independent innovation

China integrated circuit industry since 2000, the rapid expansion of the scale, 4 years from 2000 to 2004, the average annual growth rate of China's IC production and sales of more than 30%, the technical level of rapid promotion, Chinese core development and industrialization has made new progress, China has become one of the world's IC industry development fast area.

From the situation of IC design industry in our country, it has made great progress. Since 2000, the Chinese mainland IC design enterprises sprung up rapidly, the number of enterprises increased by 4 times in, reaching 476. At present, the national IC designers reached 18 thousand people. Sales revenue of billions of dollars of design enterprises has reached 17, of which more than two yuan 500 million. 2000 to 2004 the average annual sales growth rate reached 61.3%. 2004 design sales revenue reached 8 billion 150 million yuan, IC design industry in China's IC industry accounted for the proportion of up to 14.9%.

The contradiction between supply and demand of IC industry in China

We were in the rapid development of China's IC industry was delighted when, must also see the huge challenges faced by industry development, the development of the integrated circuit industry can not meet the needs of national economy and information industry.

The largest domestic IC microelectronic devices to market product categories for example, in 2004 the global computer capacity to transfer China mainland, especially the rise of notebook computer output, the general CPU market growth rate is as high as 69.6%, color TV, washing machine, air conditioner, refrigerator and other consumer electronic products and communication electronic products, MCU high demand and high value-added, the rapid development of communication equipment market and MP3 digital consumer products market to drive the growth of the DSP market, but the domestic of microelectronic devices has not formed the production capacity.

Due to the design and development of IC products and the pace of industrialization can not keep up with the market demand, so that China's imports of integrated circuits continued to grow. 2004 China's imports of integrated circuits 58 billion 370 million, $54 billion 620 million, respectively, an increase of 33.9% and more than in 2003, the trade deficit of $44 billion 620 million, an increase of more than $49.6% in 2003 compared to $52.6%. Imports accounted for 9.7% of China's total imports ($561 billion 400 million) in the year, is the year of China's oil and various types of refined oil imports of 1.3 times the total number of various types of steel, iron ore and its total imports of mineral products of the total of 1.6 times. Therefore, the current domestic IC industry is the most important to meet the needs of China's domestic market, improve the domestic market share.

Looking for new impetus for China's IC growth, which is a problem worthy of further study and analysis. Now some advisory bodies have different views on the future development of China's integrated industry. We believe that the future of China's IC industry average annual growth rate of about 30%. In the first half of this year, for example, the integrated circuit industry sales revenue grew 30.2%, total output increased by 17%, compared with last year, the growth rate has slowed. This is a reasonable return of more than 50% of the rapid growth rate last year, is a normal phenomenon in the process of industrial growth and development.

Efforts to promote independent innovation of IC products

China IC industry the rapid growth in recent years the main power source in China: market growth, improve the investment environment, preferential policies to attract, transfer to China semiconductor industry, industrial agglomeration effect, the returnees to return home, these power sources will continue to exist and promote the rapid growth of the industry in the future. Summing up the experience of the development of China's IC industry in recent years, we believe that to meet the needs of the domestic market is not only the biggest challenge to the development of the industry, but also the greatest opportunity for industrial development. China's IC growth from a new impetus to the independent innovation of IC products.

How to promote IC product innovation, to clarify the following five relationships:

First, the relationship between IC product innovation and technical innovation.

The CPC Central Committee has just announced on 11th Five-Year will improve the planning suggestions of independent innovation to a very important position, put forward to enhance the independent innovation capability as the strategic basis for the development of science and technology and the adjustment of industrial structure, change the growth mode of the central link". It is necessary to develop integrated circuit, software and other core industries.

Including the development of integrated circuit technology innovation and product innovation, development and innovation of IC design technology, manufacturing technology and manufacturing equipment, research and development of technology, the innovation is the basis of integrated circuit product innovation. From the current national economy and information security needs, the integrated circuit product innovation should be placed in an important position in the development of the industry. Some experts believe that there is no clear target, technology driven pursuit of development is not feasible; only to market demand for traction, to product development as the goal, to develop core technologies with independent intellectual property rights, and thus become the market acceptance of products and the corresponding technical standards, to upgrade the industry level, the formation of core competitiveness.

Second, the relationship between the domestic market and the international market.

We have to meet the needs of the domestic market, but also according to the global market trends, looking for industrial growth and market entry point. IC industry is a very strong international characteristics of the industry. From the application point of view, the whole machine manufacturers in the global procurement of advanced IC products, in order to ensure the advanced and competitive products. Therefore, the lack of international competitiveness of IC products, the domestic market is also difficult to occupy a long time, only a foothold in the international market of the products is the development of enterprises themselves and the industry as a whole of the engine, only when