Semiconductor Industry Has Emerged As New Growth Pole for Quanzhou’s Industrial Economy
The journalist learned from the Management Committee of Quanzhou Semiconductor High-Tech Industrial Park that the semiconductor industry of Quanzhou City, Fujian Province realized an industrial output value of 14.6 billion yuan in the first three quarters, up by 72% year-on-year. Quanzhou’s semiconductor industry involves 17 enterprises above the designated size with the industrial output value growing rapidly of double-digit growth. The semiconductor industry has emerged as a new growth pole for Quanzhou’s industrial economy.
With a developed traditional manufacturing industry, Quanzhou has nurtured multiple industry clusters of textile and garment, shoe, food and construction materials with an annual output value of over 50 billion yuan. In recent years, against the backdrop of transformation of traditional industries, Quanzhou is accelerating industrial transformation. An important orientation of transformation is developing semiconductor industry.
It is learned that Quanzhou semiconductor industry cluster has totally settled 61 projects with a total investment of 133.9 billion yuan. The industry cluster possesses 14 projects such as San’an and Quliang with a total investment of over 1 billion yuan, converging high-quality projects of the country’s leading technology such as Zhongshi Guangxin, Intelasers and Zhongke Hongxin. Five industry chains have taken initial shape including integrated circuit, photon chip, radio frequency chip, high-end optoelectronics chip and special material.