Zhang Rujing cast China chip semiconductor dream fight is the people with money

5 years ago, Zhang Rujing at the age of 52 to leave Taiwan to Shanghai to establish SMIC, SMIC has become an integrated circuit number of employees of 000001. 5 years later, hanging in the core of the reception room of a couplet, ZTE China semiconductor, the core of the global high-tech, said his Chinese dream. He is the world's capital flows to China's big trend, the fastest growing semiconductor star. Settled after, SMIC has become a threat to the chip industry planes of the third force.

SMIC chip ten factory layout, was founded in April 2000, many record foundry factories, the fastest 5 years raising up the. However, 5 years, the core has been built in Shanghai, a total of 3 inch chip factory, bought a 8 inch chip factory in Tianjin, also in Beijing, covering a total of 3 inches of 12 chip factory. SMIC has accounted for the initiative in Shanghai, and now in Beijing, Tianjin, a leading position in the strategic layout, the core has been leading the pack. Zhang Rujing easily told reporters that he wanted to build the ten largest chip factory in the mainland. China's State Council in June 2000 issued a document to encourage the development of software, integrated circuit industry 18, but also to invest in the mainland of china. Central to local government policy support, is one of the key to the rapid construction of the core.

In early 2000, Zhang Rujing was determined to build a factory, when the peak of the semiconductor industry boom, the smooth progress of the first phase of the construction of funds of nearly $500 million, Zhang Rujing. However, in October the boom began to reverse the downturn, but let the downturn in the core of the equipment in the procurement of more cheap. At that time, Zhang Rujing go to buy advanced 0.13 micron process equipment. However, the United States, Japan, led by the semiconductor equipment suppliers, but is limited by the U.S. government on the mainland of China's imports of advanced equipment specification and can not be sold to the core. Zhang Rujing had to turn to European equipment manufacturers to buy. After the opening of the EU gap, Zhang Rujing was able to use the most affordable price, access to the most advanced equipment. Fortunately, the core of the building during the downturn in the economy, ushered in the boom after the completion of the plant.

Returnees team together

Zhang Rujing believes that the fight is the man and the money, people can not be stable money in place. Core success lies in the core team is very stable.

And her husband came back from the United States Zhang Xiuying (Senior Manager of financial department) said: "my husband and I is the first wave to SMIC, we are abroad, every day after work back home is feeling, we put more effort in the United States, Chinese was more far. Later, Mr. Zhang Rujing found my husband said: Chinese people are very diligent, made in China everywhere, except for semiconductors, China's poor international leading level of forty or fifty years. Semiconductors are not made by one person, and many people need to do it together. While Mr. Zhang Rujing worked at TSMC, he built factories around the world, but not in china. Mr. Zhang Rujing was born in Taiwan. As a Chinese people in Taiwan have such feelings, as the mainland, we should return to the development of science and technology. We were at the top of our career, and it was because of Mr. Zhang Rujing that we came back."

The first one to come back, did not leave. The most difficult time, they only take 1/3 of the overseas salary, the maximum wage cuts only take the overseas salary of 1/8. Although the company has 1100 overseas employees, but no one to take an overseas expert allowance, and are taking the domestic salary.

For the solution of foreign engineers set up factories and schools Zhang Rujing menace from the rear. He set up a Chinese foreign enterprise, the first national special approval to set up business school. Schools from kindergarten to primary school, a total of 500 children from 16 countries.

After looking at the cost of saving the master

The core of the savings is from Zhang Rujing himself. Zhang Rujing usually eat working lunch is 7 yuan lunch box; in order to save fuel, Zhang Rujing does not take the displacement of 1.6 Santana, but sitting displacement of the economy of 1.3 cars.

According to Zhang Rujing's calculation, investment in the mainland factories is worth.

"Mainland land costs are very low, the price of land for Taiwan 1/10. Because the material is cheap, here with the size of the steel than Taiwan. When crossing the wire, here we are tied up at every point, while in Taiwan we do it at one point at a time, because it is too expensive. When doing the stirrup head, Taiwan some do 135 degrees, some of which are 90 degrees, of course, there is no 135 degrees of good, and here we are to do 135 degrees. Because a welder in Taiwan is 8 times more expensive than the mainland. Overall, the cost of the continental cap factory is 38% cheaper than in Taiwan.

There are significant differences in water and electricity prices. Shanghai's water price is 40% of Taiwan; Beijing's water price is almost the same as that of Taiwan, but Beijing's electricity is cheap. Therefore, the cost of construction in Beijing cheaper than Taiwan.

"Business travel, we are all economy class. If you go to the United States to visit customers, take the economy class than business class to save about $2000 a year, if we have 1000 trips a year, this year, you can save $2 million a year. 2 million dollars can buy a device, for a product, more than one device can increase the production capacity of 1000. This is why the budget is the same, we buy the equipment is always more than others, production capacity is higher than others.

"A lot of Companies in the factory when the general will be rented outside the office, we are next to repair a tin house, do temporary office, after the factory cover, we can