As for the development of the chip industry in Xingang, this is also what Bao Feiyang thought about after thinking about the development of the chip industry after Fangxia New Materials' entry into the wafer manufacturing industry was frustrated.

The development of the chip manufacturing industry in the mainland is affected by the technology embargo, and it must solve the problem of cutting-edge manufacturing equipment by itself, which is not able to catch up with the world's advanced level in a short period of time, even if the country is willing to invest a lot of money, the technological gap cannot be made up in a short time.

In many industries such as aerospace, wafer design and manufacturing, it is not difficult to make a breakthrough with the mainland's industrial base and scientific research strength, but in terms of material technology and precision manufacturing, the mainland still lacks many lessons, and it is very difficult to develop due to the impact of the technology embargo.

However, Bao Feiyang also believes that the development of the mainland is unstoppable, and this is true in another time and space, and the same is true in this time and space.

At present, Fangxia Group's industrial layout and technical planning are based on materials, and in high-precision manufacturing, Bao Feiyang is also making a layout, but there is no breakthrough yet.

Liang Jianwu was very interested in Bao Feiyang's proposal, which is in line with Xingang's own planning and the interests of the mainland to build Xingang into a regional education hub port, promote Xingang's new economic construction by attracting international talents, and promote the development of Xingang's high-tech industry with the integrated circuit manufacturing industry as the core. If these two projects can be completed, as the deputy director of the Xingang Office, Liang Jianwu will also gain a dazzling qualification.

The day after Bao Feiyang took the plane back to Pujiang, Liang Jianwu also returned to Pingjing ahead of schedule and reported to Zhao Genzheng about the conversation with Bao Feiyang. Prior to this, Liang Jianwu had communicated with Zhong Liguo, director of the Xingang Office, and Zhong Liguo also agreed with the education hub port and chip port plan, and he also strongly advocated that Liang Jianwu immediately go to Pingjing to report and strive for Pingjing's support.

After the return of Xingang, affected by the financial crisis, as well as some troubles caused by the former British government of Hong Kong, the recovery of Xingang's economy was slower than expected, starting from 97 years, Xingang's economy was in a downward state in recent years, the economy was sluggish, the unemployment rate was high, and the society was full of pessimism. The Pingjing government and the Xingang Office have been looking for ways to revitalize Xingang's economy, but due to the high prices and wages in Xingang, Xingang's range of industrial options is actually very limited, among which the Internet and electronics industries are also the focus of attention. In particular, after the financial crisis, Taihu proposed a semiconductor investment plan of up to $60 billion, betting heavily on the future of the semiconductor industry.

In contrast, although Xingang has also proposed the Cyberport plan and has many investment projects in the telecommunications industry, in the electronics industry, Xingang enterprises have done little to act. Although Xingang has the most mature capital market in Asia, and most of the Asian's richest people are also in Xingang, there are many people in Xingang who speculate in real estate and stocks, but it is difficult for people to spend billions or even tens of billions of dollars to build a wafer factory.

But if Bao Feiyang or Fangxia Group can really operate billions of dollars to invest in wafer manufacturing projects, and the Xingang government supports it in terms of policies, funds and talents, and the Pingjing government secretly supports it, as long as the project can be completed, then Xingang will also have the opportunity to attract more investment in chips and develop a complete chip industry chain around wafer production. Among them, packaging, testing and other links can be placed in Shencheng, where labor costs are lower, while links such as design and manufacturing with a high degree of internationalization and high technical requirements can be placed in Xingang.

Taihu's wafer manufacturing has developed from scratch to now reaching the world's advanced level, and it is not a long time to calculate. The core of the wafer manufacturing industry is equipment, technology and talents, and if you can't buy the most advanced production equipment, no matter how good the technology is, it is useless, and with talents, the process problem is easy to solve. Wafer manufacturing is a technology-intensive industry, according to Moore's law, the number of transistors on the wafer will be doubled in two years, that is to say, the wafer production process basically has to be upgraded every two years, so the wafer factory needs a large number of R&D personnel and senior technical engineers.

The advantage of Xingang is that when it comes to the attraction of international talents, Xingang is not inferior to Taihu, Taihu's wafer foundry industry has begun to take shape in recent years, with the maturity of Taihu's wafer industry, it has also trained a large number of wafer manufacturing engineers and skilled workers, compared with the development of Taihu's wafer manufacturing industry, Xingang can now at least poach people directly from Taihu. In addition, just like when the Taihu wafer manufacturing industry started, there are also many Chinese engineers in major wafer factories, such as Intel, Texas Instruments, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, and there are many Chinese in companies such as Intel, Texas Instruments, and Globalfoundries, and Xingang can also attract these people to work in Xingang.

Another major advantage of Xingang in the development of wafer and electronics industry is Xingang's capital market, although Xingang capital market is keen on investment, but the promising electronics industry projects are also easy to get the favor of capital, especially in the case of economic depression, there are not many concepts that can be speculated in the capital market, and it is easier to finance funds for industrial projects that are down-to-earth and promising, which is also not possessed by Taihu.

When Zhong Liguo heard Liang Jianwu mention that Fangxia Group may invest in the wafer manufacturing project through the United States operating capital, he immediately realized that if the project is completed, through the active cooperation of all parties, Xingang does have a good chance to make the wafer manufacturing industry bigger and stronger, not to mention directly competing with Taihu, but there is still a chance to overtake Xincheng and South Korea. At this time, the United States, Japan and Taihu are the strongest in the field of chips, and the Koreans are doing well in the DRAM field, and there is still a gap between the overall strength and Taihu.

"Develop the wafer manufacturing industry in Xingang?" Zhao Genzheng listened to Liang Jianwu's report, and was also a little surprised, Bao Feiyang did mention to him before that Fangxia Group hopes to develop the wafer industry's plan, after Bao Feiyang and Meng Shuang got married, they chose to go to the United States for their honeymoon for this reason, at that time Bao Feiyang also mentioned the dilemma of developing wafer manufacturing in the mainland, hoping to solve this problem through Taihu and Xingang, but Bao Feiyang ran around outside, but prompted the Xingang Office to put forward this plan.

"Yes, Director Zhong and I both believe that this is an important opportunity for the transformation of Xingang's economic structure. ”

Liang Jianwu said: "Xingang economic speculative atmosphere is more serious, a large amount of capital is invested in the stock market and housing market, the investment in the manufacturing industry is seriously insufficient, the Xingang SAR government proposed the Cyberport plan, is also focused on the Internet information industry, although it also involves the electronics industry, but there are not many specific measures." ”

"Xingang's economy has been sluggish in the past two years, and the recovery is slow, if there is a large project with a scale of tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars to enter Xingang at this time, the improvement of capital market and public confidence is huge. Once this project can be completed, it will attract more related enterprises, especially those in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, to form a chip industry cluster and build Xingang into the Oriental Silicon Valley!"

"In fact, in the past two years, some experts and scholars have put forward the idea of using the respective advantages of Xingang and Shenzhen, between Xingang and Shenzhen, to create an Oriental Silicon Valley, although most of these ideas are relatively pragmatic and lack feasibility, but if Fangxia Group's wafer manufacturing project can be completed, then the idea of Oriental Silicon Valley has a great chance to be completed!"

Zhao Genzheng waved his hand: "Silicon Valley is not so easy to copy, but it is possible to make an industrial belt similar to Silicon Valley that integrates new economic industries such as chips, electronic products and the Internet." ”

"The Cabinet is very concerned about the development and economic revitalization of Xingang, and also supports the development of the new economy in Xingang. The development of the chip industry in Xingang, to build the Oriental Silicon Valley and the Oriental Boston, in line with the development direction of Xingang, is beneficial to the development of the mainland and the whole country, I personally believe that the Xingang Office can take this as the core, do a more detailed research and analysis and planning, this matter I will report to the chief as soon as possible, and strive to obtain the support of the head and the cabinet, if the cabinet adopts this plan, Pingjing will definitely provide the most powerful support......

The education hub port and chip port plan not only involve the economic revitalization of Xingang, but also involve the breakthrough of the integrated circuit industry in the mainland.

"However, you should pay attention to the confidentiality of this matter, some work can be done privately, or through Xingang, be careful not to disclose the relationship between Fang Xia Group and this matter, once it comes to the mainland, those Western countries will definitely set up cards in technology, equipment and talents!" Zhao Genzheng told again: "After all, Xingang has returned, and it is more sensitive at this point, if it involves mainland capital, it will definitely be included in the technology embargo list, so the difficulty of this project will be greatly increased." ”

Liang Jianwu nodded hurriedly: "At present, only I know about this matter, and Director Zhong only knows that there is a foreign capital that may come to Xingang to invest in wafer manufacturing, and I will make proper arrangements for the investment arrangements for follow-up projects." ”

Zhao Genzheng asked Liang Jianwu to stay in Pingjing for two more days, and asked the people from the General Office and the Political Research Office to make an analysis report on the situation of the wafer industry as soon as possible, as well as an analysis of the factors of Xingang's development of the wafer industry, and reported to the chief as soon as possible.