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For the development of the micro-electronic industry, Beijing boasts
not only a favourable market but also unique advantages in terms
of industrial foundation, talents and sound investment environment,
according to China Daily.
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The brisk demand for integrated circuits in China offers a golden
opportunity for the development of the nation's micro-electronic
industry, said Qu Weizhi, vice-minister with the Ministry of Information
Industry (MII).
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MII statistics revealed that the market demand for integrated circuits
totalled 16.6 billion pieces last year, valued at US$6.63 billion,
an increase of 36.26 percent from 1998, and China is expected to
become one of the largest integrated circuits markets in the world.
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Due to the rapid development of high-tech industries, involving
electronic information, computer-related products, telecommunication
products, software and Internet technology, Beijing now leads the
micro-electronic products consumption market in China, said Liu
Haiyan, vice-mayor of the capital.
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Moreover, the upgrading of traditional industries and the emergence
of the high-tech identity card (ID) sector is expected to provide
enormous market opportunities.
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In addition to the market advantages, 40 years of efforts have been
rewarded in a fairly complete array of industries including the
research and development of the micro-electronic technology, the
designing of integrated circuits, the production and testing of
electronic chips, and the application of integrated circuits.
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Such a mutual-promotion structure, a backbone for establishing micro-electronic
production base in Beijing, implies huge potential of long-term
development, said Wang Yangyuan, academician at the Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences.
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Official statistics show that Beijing boasts 1.12 million technical
personnel and 252,000 people engaged in the scientific and technological
activities, making up 10 percent of the country's total.
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Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy
of Engineering account for over half of the national total.
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Beijing's 67 universities and colleges and more than 200 State-level
research institutes provide rich human resources for the development
of the micro-electronic industry.
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Zhang Boxu, president of Beijing Electronics and Electrical Appliance
Association, said the city's favourable investment environment,
involving infrastructure, energy supply, information resources as
well as preferential policies and various efficient and convenient
services offered by the municipal government, which might decrease
operation costs, has attracted a group of giant micro-electronics
enterprises from home and abroad to carry out business in the city.
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However, insiders said that the municipal government should keep
a cool head to control the mushrooming of new micro-electronics
enterprises and grant priorities to medium and small-sized private
companies, most of which have grasped advanced research achievements,
quick market reaction and elastic operation mechanism but lack capital.
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(Beijing-2008 11/20/2000)
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