Beijing's first online and offline one-stop aggregation industry service platform is officially launched

On November 27, 2019, the Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park Industrial Service Platform (IC-PARK ISP) was officially launched, marking the successful launch of Beijing’s first service platform focusing on the chip industry. It also represents the official launch of the “one platform and three nodes” industrial ecosystem constructed by Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park.

Big but not strong, IC design companies lack both people and money

Chips are called the bread of the post-industrial era. They are listed alongside well-known companies such as Huawei and Alibaba, and are paired with national security and independent innovation. They are the most watched field in 2019. Behind the transition from being unknown to being well-known is the pride of becoming a regular overnight company, the imminent need for self-reliance, and the development bottleneck that needs to be broken through.

Chip design is the most innovative link in the chip industry chain, but my country's chip design is large but not strong. According to statistics, there are currently more than 1,700 chip design companies in my country, the largest number in the world, but there are only 18 large chip design companies with more than 1,000 employees, and 1,576 small and micro enterprises with less than 100 employees, accounting for more than 88%. Small and weak is still the main feature of my country's current chip design companies.

If chip design companies want to develop rapidly, they need to invest money, professional talents, and innovative technologies. Alibaba, Baidu, JD.com, Xiaomi, Gree and other giants have come in with capital and become new players in the chip field. However, given the high threshold, high cost, and long payback period, although chip design is hot, the investment circle is worried that it is a "hot potato" and is taking a wait-and-see attitude.

Looking at the industry as a whole, there is a lack of trust between chip companies and investors, a lack of communication between companies and talents, and a lack of opportunities for innovative technologies to be implemented and transformed...

Comprehensive empowerment, "one platform and three nodes" officially landed

On November 27, Beijing's first service platform for the chip industry was officially launched in Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Park, building a "one platform and three nodes", namely an industry service platform, incubation, training, and investment nodes, opening up the last mile of chip companies, investment, and talents, cultivating the seeds of future industries, and escorting the rapid implementation and high-quality growth of chip projects throughout their life cycle. The launching ceremony was hosted by Xu Zhengwen, deputy general manager of Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park.

Liu Zhao, deputy director of the Haidian Park Service and Physical Education Department, Chu Xin, general manager of the Zhongguancun Development Group Park Business Unit, Li Jun, general manager of Zhongguancun Core Park, and Xu Zhengwen, deputy general manager of Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park, jointly launched the online industry platform.

Miao Jun, chairman of Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park, said at the launching ceremony that as IC PARK enters the operation period, the industrial services provided by IC PARK are constantly upgrading, and the park proposes to build an industrial ecological system of "one platform and three nodes".

Dong Lu, director of the Industrial Investment Department of Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park, introduced the industrial service platform to the guests on site.

The so-called "one platform" refers to the IC PARK industry service platform, which combines online and offline services and aggregates more than 50 professional service agencies. Among them, a 300-square-meter service hall and 5 service windows are set up offline; the online platform opens the full business chain service function to provide IC design companies with a series of professional services such as EDA, IP, wafer fabrication, packaging and testing, inspection and certification, finance and taxation, law, and intellectual property rights.

Zhou Xiaoli, marketing director of Beijing Intellectual Property Operation Management Co., Ltd., an institutional representative who attended the launch ceremony, said that Beijing IP, as the Zhongguancun intellectual property operation platform, cooperates with the IC PARK industrial service platform to provide professional intellectual property services to enterprises.

The so-called "three nodes" refer to solving the key business support of IC design companies throughout their life cycle through talent nodes, incubation nodes, and investment and financing nodes. Each node has a one-to-one corresponding entity.

The talent nodes are Zhongguancun Core Academy and the Talent Industrialization Alliance, which were jointly initiated by Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park, six demonstration microelectronics colleges in Beijing, Beijing Semiconductor Industry Association, CCID Think Tank, Zhongguancun Core Park, Anbo Education, and Moore Elite. They aim to create an IC industry training platform, increase the training of integrated circuit talents in Beijing, build a bridge between school and enterprise for talent training and achievement transformation, and cultivate compound talents in the field of integrated circuits.

The incubation node corresponds to the new incubator of Xinchuang Space, with the first phase covering 2,000 square meters and accommodating a startup team of 300 people. The threshold for incubation projects is high, and they need to be backed by leading technology, cutting-edge achievements, or unique business models. Once incubated, Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park will adopt an innovative model of "incubation + stock option + fund", providing policy consultation, financing docking, expert mentors, technical environment construction and other services to accelerate the transformation of achievements and achieve the common growth of the park and projects.

The investment and financing node is reflected in the IC Innovation Fund. From small experimental results to large unicorns and industry leaders, you can find a suitable investment and financing fund in IC PARK. On the one hand, IC PARK itself initiated and established the 1.5 billion yuan Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, with a first-phase fundraising of 300 million yuan, specifically for mid- and early-stage projects; on the other hand, it joined hands with Zhongguancun Venture Capital, China Development Venture Capital, Qihang Fund, Beijing Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, etc., to provide investment and financing services covering the entire life cycle for upstream and downstream companies of pan-integrated circuits. It is worth mentioning that Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park has signed stock subscription agreements with all companies entering the park. The park is not only a service provider for the companies, but also a participant in the development of the companies.

Wu Meiping, a representative of enterprises in the park, believes that enterprise development faces more challenges and requires support from higher-level industrial supporting services. IC PARK thinks about what enterprises think about and is anxious about what enterprises are anxious about, and has put industrial services into practice.

Fill the gap and create a high value-added boutique park

The creation of “one platform and three nodes” is also an exploration of the innovative development of industrial parks by Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park in the new era.

Cultivate the industry ecology and build a high-value park. Xu Zhengwen, deputy general manager of Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park, said that compared with other provinces and cities, Beijing Industrial Park has little advantage in land acquisition costs and policies. The only correct solution is to take a highly intensive, highly specialized, and highly internationalized route to create high added value. Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park will take "one platform and three nodes" as the starting point to completely open up the flow channels between IC design industry technology, talents, and funds, form a three-dimensional virtuous cycle, and build a specialized and refined characteristic park.

Xu Zhengwen said, "If the service platform cannot help enterprises create value, its survival value will become smaller and smaller, and it may eventually become a mere formality."

Getting rid of formalism, "One Platform and Three Nodes" takes enterprise value-added into consideration. From the top-level design, IC PARK's one platform and three nodes advocate service differentiation, and provide three types of differentiated service solutions according to the different needs of the enterprise's development stage.

The first category is public welfare services, which provide enterprises with basic convenient services such as park entry, financial and tax declaration, and legal consultation, and export the IC PARK service brand.

The second category is essential services. The platform integrates professional and reputable third-party service agencies to provide EDA, IP, wafer fabrication, packaging and testing services to reduce corporate time and operating costs. In the future, the number of service agencies will be gradually expanded and the content of the service agencies will be deepened based on corporate needs.

The third category is value-added services, which will create added value for enterprises, provide IC design companies with opportunities for industrial chain collaboration, regional collaboration and "going global", and connect with international leading technologies and top talents.

Multiple parties support the chip industry

Chu Xin, general manager of the Park Division of Zhongguancun Development Group, said that IC PARK is a shining pearl in the information industry sector of Zhongguancun Development Group. Although IC PARK is a newly built park, it has made its own characteristics in the construction of "light assets and strong services" and has become a new 3.0 version model park. The establishment of the industrial service platform will effectively link online and offline services and further realize the clustered innovation and development of the integrated circuit industry.

Cheng Jinge, Secretary-General of the Design Branch of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, used a large amount of detailed data to emphasize the importance of building a chip industry ecosystem.

Lin Jianhua, Executive Deputy Director of the Haidian Park Management Committee, affirmed in his speech that IC PARK, as an emerging professional park in the core area of ​​northern Haidian, is playing an increasingly significant demonstration effect. Haidian Park will fully support IC PARK to continuously improve the industrial ecosystem, constantly explore innovative industrial service systems, attract a large number of leading technology companies and leading talents, and create a world-class chip design industry innovation highland.

At the end of the event, Lin Jianhua, Executive Deputy Director of the Haidian Park Management Committee, Chu Xin, General Manager of the Park Business Unit of Zhongguancun Development Group, Cheng Jinge, Secretary General of the Design Branch of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, and Miao Jun, Chairman of IC PARK, jointly opened the red curtain and unveiled the industrial service platform.

The launch of the IC PARK industrial service platform is just a starting point for IC PARK. In the next step, Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park will extend with "one platform and three nodes", break through the physical space limitations of the park, provide good services for Beijing's chip industry, gather national and even global chip upstream and downstream industry resources, and promote China's IC design industry to become a strong "core" road.