As for developing the chip industry in Xingang, this is what Bao Feiyang thought about after thinking about the development of the chip industry after Fangxia New Materials entered the wafer manufacturing industry due to setbacks.

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

This is also what the mainland must face for a long time now and in the future. In many industries such as aerospace, wafer design and manufacturing, it is not difficult to make breakthroughs with the mainland's industrial foundation and scientific research strength. However, in terms of material technology and precision manufacturing, the mainland still lacks many lessons. Due to the influence of the technical embargo, it must be self-reliant, and the development is very difficult.

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

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

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

Just the day after Bao Feiyang took the plane to return to Pujiang, Liang Jianwu also returned to Pingjing in advance and reported to Zhao Genzheng about the conversation with Bao Feiyang. Before this, Liang Jianwu had communicated with Zhong Liguo, director of the New Port Office. Zhong Liguo also agreed with the plans of the Education Hub Port and the Chip Port. He also insisted that Liang Jianwu go to Pingjing to report immediately and seek the support of Pingjing.

After the return of Xingang, due to the impact of the financial crisis and some troubles caused by the former Hong Kong and British governments, the recovery of the Newport economy was slower than expected. Since 1997, the Newport economy has been in a downward state in recent years. The economy is sluggish and the unemployment rate is high. The society is full of pessimism. The Newport SAR government has continued the consistent laissez-faire policy of Xingang. Although it has introduced economic transformation and revitalization plans such as Cyberport, there are not many specific measures and the results are not obvious. The economic recovery is obviously slower than South Korea and Newtown. The Pingjing government and the Newport Office have been looking for ways to revitalize the Newport economy. Due to the high prices and wage levels of Xingang, the industrial choices of Xingang are actually very limited. Among them, the Internet and electronics industries are also areas of focus. Especially after the financial crisis, Taihu proposed a semiconductor investment plan of up to 60 billion US dollars, and bet on the future of the semiconductor industry.

In contrast, although Xingang has proposed a Cyberport plan and has many investment projects in the telecommunications industry, Xingang companies have almost no action in the electronics industry. Although Xingang has the most mature capital market in Asia and most Asian rich people are also in Xingang, there are many people who speculate in real estate and stocks, but it is difficult for people who spend billions or even tens of billions of dollars to build wafer fabs.

But if Bao Feiyang or Fang Xia Group can really operate billions of dollars to invest in wafer manufacturing projects, the Xingang government will also provide supporting policies, funds and talents. The Pingjing government will secretly support it. As long as this project can be completed, Xingang will also have the opportunity to attract more chip investment and develop a complete chip industry chain around wafer production. Among them, packaging, testing and other links can be placed in Shenzhen City with lower labor costs, while design and manufacturing have relatively high internationalization and high technical requirements.

Taihu's wafer manufacturing has developed from scratch and has now reached the world's advanced level, and it is not very long to calculate. The core of the wafer manufacturing industry is equipment, technology and talents. If you cannot buy the most advanced production equipment, no matter how good the technology is, it is useless. With talents, the process problems can be solved. Wafer manufacturing is a technology-intensive industry. According to Moore's Law, the number of transistors on the wafer will double in two years, which means that the wafer production process basically needs 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 attractiveness to 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 wafer industry, a large number of wafer manufacturing engineers and technical workers have been cultivated. Compared with Taihu when Taihu developed the wafer manufacturing industry, Xingang can at least directly poach people from Taihu. In addition, just like when Taihu wafer manufacturing started, there are also many Chinese engineers from major wafer factories, such as Intel, Texas Instruments, and Groft. Xingang can also attract these people to work in Xingang.

Another major advantage of Xingang's development of wafer and electronics industries is Xingang's capital market. Although Xingang's capital market is keen on investment, electronics industry projects with good prospects are also easily favored by capital. Especially in the case of a downturn in the economy, there are not many concepts that can be speculated in the capital market. Industrial projects with solid and promising prospects are easier to raise funds, which is something that Taihu does not have.

When Zhong Liguo heard Liang Jianwu mention that Fang Xia Group might invest in wafer manufacturing projects through the United States, he immediately realized that if this project was completed, through active cooperation between all parties, Xingang has a great chance to make the wafer manufacturing industry bigger and stronger. Not to mention competing directly with Taihu, but there are still opportunities to overwhelm Xincheng and South Korea. At this time, the United States is still in the chip field, Japan and Taihu are the strongest, and the Koreans are doing well in the DRAM field, and their overall strength is still far from Taihu.

"Develop the wafer manufacturing industry in Xingang?" Zhao Genzheng was also a little surprised after listening to Liang Jianwu's report. Bao Feiyang had indeed mentioned to him that Fang Xia Group wanted to focus on the wafer industry. After Bao Feiyang married Meng Shuang, he chose to go to the United States for a honeymoon. At that time, Bao Feiyang also mentioned the dilemma of developing the wafer manufacturing industry in the mainland, hoping to solve this problem through Taihu and Xingang. Unexpectedly, Bao Feiyang ran around outside, but prompted the New Port Office to propose this plan.

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

Liang Jianwu said: "The speculative atmosphere of the economy in Xingang is relatively serious. Capital invests a lot of capital in the stock market and housing market, and investment in manufacturing is seriously insufficient. The Cyberport plan proposed by the Xingang SAR government is also focused on the Internet information industry. Although it also involves the electronics industry, there are not many specific measures."

"Xinggang has been in a recession in the past two years and has recovered slowly. If a large project worth tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars can enter Xingang at this time, the increase in the capital market and people's confidence will be huge. As a free port, Xingang implements low tax rates and has many advantages that mainland China and even Taihu do not have. Once this project can be completed, it can attract more related companies, especially upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, forming a chip industry cluster, and building Xingang into an Oriental Silicon Valley!" Liang Jianwu said.

"In fact, in the past two years, some experts and scholars have proposed to use the respective advantages of Xingang and Shenzhen to create an Oriental Silicon Valley between Xingang and Shenzhen. Although most of these concepts are in vain and lack feasibility, if Fangxia Group's wafer manufacturing project can be completed, then the Oriental Silicon Valley concept has a great opportunity to be completed!"

Zhao Gen waved his hand: "Silicon Valley is not that easy to replicate, but it is possible to make an industrial belt similar to Silicon Valley that integrates chips, electronic products and the Internet, etc.."

Zhao Genzheng said seriously: "The Cabinet is very concerned about the development and economic revitalization of Xingang, and also supports Xingang's development of the new economy. Xingang's development of the chip industry and the creation of the Oriental Silicon Valley and the Oriental Boston are in line with the development direction of Xingang and are beneficial to the development of the mainland and the entire country. I personally believe that the New Port Office can take this as the core and do a more detailed investigation, analysis and planning. I will report to the head of the head as soon as possible to strive to obtain the support of the head and the cabinet. If the cabinet passes this plan, Pingjing will definitely provide the most powerful support..."

The education hub port and chip port plan involves both the revitalization of the New Port economy and the breakthrough in the mainland integrated circuit industry. No matter which one can be elevated to the national strategic level, Zhao Genzheng also attaches great importance to it.

"However, you should keep this matter confidential. 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 involves the mainland, Western countries will definitely set up checkpoints on technology, equipment and talents!" Zhao Genzheng reminded again: "Xinggang has returned after all, and it is more sensitive in this regard. If mainland capital is involved, it will definitely be included in the technical embargo list, and the difficulty of this project will be greatly increased."

Liang Jianwu nodded quickly: "At present, I am the only one who knows about this. Director Zhong only knows that there is a foreign capital that may come to Xingang to invest in wafer manufacturing. I will make proper arrangements for subsequent project investment arrangements."
Chapter completed!