The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that China's chip industry has achieved a breakthrough

According to CCTV, Wang Zhijun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, recently accepted a joint interview with the news media in response to the unilateral trade friction provoked by the United States. In response to the reporter's question, "How is the development of my country's chip industry? What impact will the relevant US measures have on China's chip and downstream application industries?" Wang Zhijun gave a detailed answer.

       Wang Zhijun said: Since 2012, my country's integrated circuit industry has grown rapidly at an average annual rate of more than 20%. In 2018, the industry's sales revenue reached 653.2 billion yuan, and its technological level has continued to improve.

       At present, my country's chip design level has been improved by more than 3 generations. HiSilicon Kirin 980 mobile phone chip adopts the world's most advanced 7-nanometer process; the manufacturing process has been improved by 1.5 generations, 32/28 nanometer processes have achieved large-scale mass production, and 16/14 nanometer processes have entered the customer introduction stage; storage chips have been initially laid out, and 64-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips are expected to be mass-produced in the second half of this year; the scale of advanced packaging and testing accounts for about 30% of the packaging and testing industry; breakthroughs have been made in high-end equipment such as etching machines and key materials such as targets. Of course, compared with the international advanced level, my country's overall design, manufacturing, testing and related equipment and raw material production of integrated circuits still have a considerable gap.

       The integrated circuit industry is a highly internationalized industry, and no country can develop the integrated circuit industry independently. The United States has recently taken a series of measures to grossly interfere with the normal order of the international integrated circuit industry, disrupt the normal international division of labor system, reduce the efficiency of resource allocation and the speed of industrial development, and undermine the stable development of the world's integrated circuit industry. These measures are a great irony to its claim to be a market economy system. We once again urge the United States to stop its unreasonable suppression of Chinese companies on the grounds of security risks, and to restore a fair and just environment for Chinese companies to carry out normal investment, business and other activities in the world, including the United States.

       In the next step, my country will integrate into the global integrated circuit industry ecosystem on a larger scale and at a deeper level. Adhere to open, innovative and cooperative development, and promote open innovation and development in all links of the industrial chain. Adhere to optimizing the environment, sharing opportunities, treating domestic and foreign investment equally, strengthen intellectual property protection, and share the development opportunities brought by the Chinese market with the global integrated circuit industry.

       In addition, according to the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, at the regular policy briefing of the State Council held at 10 a.m. on the 24th, Wang Zhijun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, explained the relevant situation of further improving the innovation capabilities of enterprises.

       Wang Zhijun said that compared with developed countries, the problem of weak innovation ability of Chinese enterprises is still prominent. There are still problems such as insufficient R&D investment, insufficient supply of key common technologies, and an imperfect mechanism to encourage enterprise innovation.

       Next, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will mainly carry out the following four aspects of work. First, strengthen the leading position of enterprises in innovation and support enterprises to increase R&D investment. Strengthen the implementation of innovation policies for enterprises of all types of ownership. Improve tax incentives mainly based on additional deductions for R&D expenses, support the development of venture capital, venture capital and other funds, and encourage financial institutions to increase the proportion of medium- and long-term loans in the manufacturing industry to support enterprise innovation. Second, accelerate the research and development of key core technologies and promote the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry to intelligent, green and service-oriented manufacturing. Organically combine the construction of new infrastructure such as the industrial Internet with technological progress in the manufacturing industry. Third, improve the innovation system. Promote the open sharing of innovative resources such as major scientific research facilities and basic research platforms. Support enterprises to carry out "double innovation" in depth and strengthen services for innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises. Fourth, accelerate the transformation and promotion of scientific and technological achievements. Encourage enterprises to carry out international technological innovation cooperation and participate in the formulation and revision of international technical standards. Strengthen intellectual property protection and increase penalties for infringement.