In the global semiconductor industry map, China's Shaanxi Province is becoming a force to be reckoned with its significant growth rate and production capacity. According to a report by China Electronics News on June 7, 2024, Shaanxi's flash memory chip production capacity already accounts for about 15% of the global share, a figure that not only highlights Shaanxi's important position in the semiconductor industry, but also reflects China's growing influence in the global semiconductor supply chain.
Zhao Gang, deputy secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and governor of Shaanxi Province, pointed out at the press conference that Shaanxi has made remarkable achievements in advanced manufacturing, especially in the output of new energy vehicles, which has maintained an average annual explosive growth of 160% in the past three years. This growth is not only due to Shaanxi's complete industrial system and status as an important manufacturing base, but also due to its efforts to build a modern industrial system with local characteristics.
Shaanxi has cultivated a number of industrial chains and industrial clusters in various fields such as new energy vehicles, solar photovoltaic and semiconductor industries. In the field of new energy vehicles, Shaanxi has formed a complete production base from batteries, motors, electronic controls to key components and power batteries. In the field of solar photovoltaics, Shaanxi has not only set world records in crystalline silicon solar conversion efficiency, but also ranks among the top in terms of silicon wafer and diamond wire shipments.
Figure: Shaanxi occupies 15% of the world's flash memory chip production capacity
It is particularly noteworthy that Shaanxi has developed rapidly in the semiconductor industry. At present, Shaanxi has brought together more than 300 related enterprises, research institutes and institutions, forming a strong industrial cluster. The production capacity of flash memory chips accounts for about 15% of the world's share, which not only reflects Shaanxi's technical strength and production capacity in the semiconductor field, but also shows its important position in the global semiconductor industry chain.
Zhao Gang said that Shaanxi will continue to cultivate advanced manufacturing clusters and provincial-level characteristic manufacturing clusters, and build a modern industrial system supported by advanced manufacturing. At the same time, Shaanxi will focus on future industries, continue to cultivate and expand innovative industrial clusters with potential advantages such as photonics, artificial intelligence, and superconductivity, and open up new fields and new tracks such as low-altitude economy, hydrogen energy and energy storage, and biomedicine, so as to accelerate the formation of more new quality productivity.
Shaanxi's rapid development in the semiconductor industry is a microcosm of China's rising position in the global semiconductor industry. With the restructuring of the global supply chain and the eastward shift of the semiconductor industry, China is gradually becoming an important base for the global semiconductor industry. Shaanxi's successful experience shows that through the active guidance of the government and the support of industrial policies, combined with local industrial advantages and innovation capabilities, the formation and development of industrial clusters can be effectively promoted and the competitiveness of the global industrial chain can be enhanced.
At the same time, Shaanxi's layout in advanced manufacturing and the cultivation of future industries provide valuable reference for other parts of China. By continuously optimizing the industrial structure and strengthening technological innovation, China is expected to occupy a more important position in the global semiconductor industry and make greater contributions to the development of the global semiconductor industry.
