(Economic Observation) China's semiconductor industry developed rapidly in the first half of the year
China News Agency, Beijing, August 28 (Wang Qingkai, Jiang Xinya) Although facing a complicated international trade environment, China's integrated circuit industry still achieved good results in the first half of the year. Data show that in the first half of 2020, China's integrated circuit industry sales reached 353.9 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 16.1%. China contributed most of the growth value of the global semiconductor industry in the first half of 2020.
The above data was revealed by Yu Xiekang, vice chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, at the 2020 World Semiconductor Conference. The conference was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu from August 26th to 28th.
The integrated circuit industry is a strategic, basic and leading industry supporting economic and social development, and it is also a highly globalized industry. In the information age, huge demand for semiconductor chips has made China the world's largest semiconductor market.
The "Policies for Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Integrated Circuit Industry and Software Industry in the New Era" issued by China in August covers fiscal and taxation, investment and financing, research and development, import and export, talents, intellectual property, market applications, international cooperation, etc., covering All stages of integrated circuit companies from the early stage of entrepreneurship to listing.
"This fully reflects the importance of the integrated circuit industry as the country's most important weapon, and also demonstrates my country's determination to vigorously develop the integrated circuit industry." Zhang Li, director of the China Electronics Information Industry Development Research Institute, said at the meeting that the semiconductor industry is " The cornerstone of "new infrastructure", and accelerating its development will be an important measure to seize the opportunity of a new round of technological and industrial revolution.
At present, China's semiconductor demand is steadily increasing. "Global semiconductor sales in the first half of the year reached 208.5 billion U.S. dollars, Chinese customs statistics in the first half of China's integrated circuit imports reached 154.61 billion U.S. dollars. China contributed most of the global semiconductor growth in the first half of the year." Wei Shaojun, vice chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, was present at the meeting Shang said that the early recovery of the Chinese market from the impact of the epidemic is an important factor in the steady increase in semiconductor demand.
Li Ke, vice president of CCID Consulting, predicts that China's integrated circuit industry is expected to reach 876.6 billion yuan in 2020, an increase of 15.92% year-on-year. Among them, the annual scale of the integrated circuit design industry is expected to reach 369 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.5%; the annual scale of the manufacturing industry is expected to reach 254.7 billion yuan, an increase of 18.5% year-on-year; the annual scale of the packaging and testing industry is expected to reach 252.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase 7.6%.
The integrated circuit industry is not only a basic and leading industry supporting economic and social development, but also a highly globalized industry.
Yu Xiekang said that China’s integrated circuit industry has always been adhering to the development principle of "open development", making full use of global resources, deepening international cooperation from multiple levels such as market, capital, talents, and technology, and promoting open and innovative development in all links of the industrial chain. Efforts to integrate into the global integrated circuit industry ecosystem is an effective choice for the sustainable development of China's integrated circuit industry.
China's development of the integrated circuit industry has been emphasizing open cooperation and efforts to promote global collaboration. Yang Xudong, deputy director of the Electronic Information Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, said at the meeting that from 2000 to 2019, China's integrated circuit industry basically maintained an average annual growth rate of more than 20%, which was several times the global average. "The rapid growth of the Chinese market is one of the main driving forces for the development of global integrated circuits. Revenue in China has become an important contributor to the growth of major global integrated circuit companies."
Yang Xudong said that the development of China's integrated circuit industry is inseparable from the cooperation and support of the world, and will always adhere to the principle of open development, actively utilize global resources, and deepen international cooperation from multiple levels such as market, capital, technology, and talent; the global integrated circuit industry Development is also inseparable from China's participation. At present, China is not only the production base of the world's major electronic information manufacturing industry, but also the world's largest and fastest-growing integrated circuit market. (Finish)