2 Wuhan Optoelectronics Industry (1970s)

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July 22-31, 1998, in response to the Taiwan Optoelectronics Association At the invitation, I participated in a nine-day visit to Taiwan organized by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and a group of six people led by Researcher Chen Lianghui, then deputy director of the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Taiwan Optoelectronics Association is Taiwan's optoelectronics industry association. The last day of the visit in Taiwan was an exchange between scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Leader Chen Lianghui introduced the research and development situation of information optoelectronics in my country. I introduce the development status of optoelectronics (lasers, optical fibers, optoelectronic devices, optical communication systems, etc.) in Wuhan area. This event had not been arranged before going to Taiwan, and there was a lack of computer-generated PPT at that time. It only used projection on transparent tape.

In my speech, I showed a schematic diagram of Wuhan’s domestically advantageous optoelectronic research and production enterprises such as optical fiber cables, optoelectronic devices, optical fiber communication system equipment, high-power lasers and laser processing equipment (such as As shown in Figure 1), and these enterprises are distributed around Huazhong University of Science and Technology. At that time, Huazhong University of Science and Technology had very good domestic advantages in laser devices and laser processing. It had the earliest approved National Key Laboratory of Laser Technology in China, the first National Laser Processing Engineering Center, and the first batch of approved "Physical Electronics" "The doctoral program mainly cultivates senior technical talents in laser technology. Our Department of Optoelectronics Engineering also trains many undergraduate, master's and doctoral talents at all levels in the fields of lasers, optical fiber communications, infrared and optical instruments.

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In the 1980s, some graduates of our school started businesses around the school, such as Huagong Laser, Chutian Laser, Unity Laser and other companies. Some graduates have become senior management talents or technical backbones in some surrounding optical communications and optoelectronics companies. To the east of Huazhong University of Science and Technology is the Sino-foreign joint venture YOFC Optical Fiber and Cable Factory, which was the largest and most technologically advanced factory in the country at the time (its current production scale ranks first in the world); to the west of our school, the Wuhan Post and Telecommunications Research Institute was the first to develop optical fiber and the earliest Developed optical fiber communication equipment and the first optical fiber communication demonstration project, and undertook the demonstration and promotion project of each group of national optical fiber communication (secondary to fifth group). The institute was also the only one in the country at that time that could produce practical semiconductors for optical fiber communication. Wuhan Telecom Devices Company, a Sino-foreign joint venture for lasers and detectors, and a solid device research institute that develops other passive devices (connectors, optical isolators, couplers, etc.) required for optical fiber communications (later evolved into the Wuhan Academy of Posts and Telecommunications) A number of entity companies, such as Fiberhome Technology Group and Guangxun, which are well-known at home and abroad, sell their products at home and abroad).

After explaining this picture in Taiwan, I suddenly said: "This is very similar to Silicon Valley in the United States." Although this is just an analogy and may be an exaggeration, it became the inspiration for my subsequent proposal of "China Optics Valley".

In August 1998, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, I went to the UK with Professor Xing Da of South China Normal University to attend an optoelectronics academic conference for Chinese scholars in the UK. After the meeting, he went to visit the University of Glasgow in Scotland. When I visited the university museum at noon that day, I happened to meet Zhou Ji, the then president of our school. He happened to be leading a delegation of Chinese university presidents to visit the UK at that time. His first words when he met me were: "Professor Huang, it seems that optoelectronics is going to be a big development." This is just one of the feelings he gained during his visit to the UK, but for me, who is engaged in optoelectronics research and teaching and serves as the head of the Department of Optoelectronics Engineering at our school, this undoubtedly added new excitement. I even dreamed of being in Wuhan East Lake. Huazhong University of Science and Technology in the New Technology Development Zone should promote the development of the region's optoelectronics industry similar to how Stanford University in the United States promoted the microelectronics industry.

After returning to China, with the encouragement and support of President Zhou Ji, I drafted and submitted to the Wuhan Municipal Government the “Recommendations on Building China’s ‘Optics Valley’ in Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone.” With the approval of President Zhou Ji, the proposal was officially submitted to Wuhan City on December 18, 1998 in the name of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

On the first day of the Spring Festival in 2000, Professor Zhou Ji, who was already a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee, concurrently director of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology and president of our school, summoned Director Yuan Shanla of Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone (later (Deputy Mayor of Wuhan), Deputy Director Zheng Yongxin, Deputy Director Tang Liangzhi (currently Deputy Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and Mayor), Deputy Director Hou Hanping, Academician Zhao Zisen and I had a meeting in the conference room of the administrative building of our school. He sharply pointed out, “What kind of real estate should we focus on in the development zone? We should focus on the construction of optical valleys and optoelectronics!” At the same time, the proprietary name "Wuhan? China Optics Valley" was used, which means that China Optics Valley is in Wuhan. A "Wuhan China Optics Valley" construction leading group was established with Secretary Luo Qingquan as the leader and Zhou Ji, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee as the deputy leader. In particular, Secretary Luo and Principal Zhou Ji took action and worked hard, and the construction of Optics Valley was carried out in full swing.

President Zhou Ji also seconded many leading cadres from the Provincial Science and Technology Department under his leadership to work part-time in the East Lake New Technology Development Zone to enrich their leadership work.

Focus on the construction plan and plan to develop the information optoelectronics industry represented by optical fibers, optoelectronic devices, optical fiber communication equipment and optical storage within an area of ??58 km2; develop energy optoelectronics with high-power lasers and their applications; develop consumption including television displays Optoelectronics; focus on product upgrades and expansion of existing optoelectronics companies; actively attract investment and strive for well-known domestic and foreign companies to develop here. Secretary Luo and President Zhou Ji reported to the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology many times to seek state support; Xu Qizhen and other 13 members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from Hubei called for the construction of a "China Optics Valley" in Wuhan at the 2000 National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

At the same time, a large-scale propaganda and public opinion campaign was launched to mobilize the masses in Hubei Province and Wuhan City to understand and support the construction of "Wuhan China Optics Valley", so as to make the provincial and municipal leaders' proposal of "mobilizing the efforts of the whole province, The slogan of "Gathering the efforts of the whole city to build 'Wuhan? Optics Valley of China'" has been implemented. Wuhan's determination to build "China Optics Valley" has been understood and supported by many national ministries and commissions. The Ministry of Science and Technology and the former State Planning Commission issued documents supporting the construction of "Wuhan China Optics Valley" in February and July 2001 respectively.

Just when "Wuhan? China Optics Valley" became "an important decision made by the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government to seize the opportunity" and "a rare historical opportunity for the development of Wuhan", the international community The IT bubble is quietly forming.

However, its negative impact on the developing "Wuhan? China Optics Valley" must be faced. I wrote a report titled "Seizing Photoelectrons and Not Relaxing" to Secretary Luo Qingquan and planned to present it to him in person. He immediately received me at the Municipal Party Committee and fully agreed with my analysis. The next day, the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee came to my office with the report I wrote to Secretary Luo and Secretary Luo’s instructions. Secretary Luo sharply pointed out that the IT bubble itself is a manifestation of imperfect development. He also suggested that I make appropriate revisions to this report and publish it in the "Changjiang Daily" (Figure 2 shows the first page of the "Changjiang Daily" on October 23, 2002, titled "Seize the Optoelectronics and Don't Relax").

The construction of "Wuhan? China Optics Valley" was not disturbed by the decline of the international optoelectronics industry that year. Instead, it was regarded as an opportunity to seize the domestic and foreign optoelectronic markets. The scale of the original large-scale optoelectronics companies continues to expand, and the market share at home and abroad has increased significantly; more than 80 of the world's top 500 companies and a large number of well-known companies at home and abroad, such as Foxconn, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Tianma, China Star Optoelectronics, etc. have successively settled in "Wuhan? Optics Valley of China". Xinxin International Company, which invested approximately 20 billion to produce integrated circuits, has strengthened the region's ability to combine and coordinate the development of microelectronics and optoelectronics, forming a new highlight in big data storage chips; the "3551" talent plan of the East Lake New Technology Development Zone It has attracted a large number of outstanding talents at home and abroad to start businesses here; the geographical scale of "Wuhan China Optics Valley" has expanded again and again, from the initially planned 58 km2 to 158 km2, and then to the current 518 km2 to accommodate its There are more than 30,000 enterprises and scientific research institutions of different sizes; the corresponding economic scale is growing exponentially. In 1998, the total revenue of enterprises in the development zone was 13 billion yuan. In 2006, it exceeded 100 billion yuan and reached 100.4 billion yuan. In 2014, it exceeded 800 billion yuan and reached 852.6 billion yuan, as shown in Figure 3. It is planned to exceed 3 trillion yuan by 2020.

In order to provide support for the construction of "Wuhan China Optics Valley", my country's only Wuhan Optoelectronics National Laboratory (now Wuhan Optoelectronics National Research Center) in the field of optoelectronics was officially approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2003. Aims to strengthen basic research with application background in the optoelectronics discipline. There are also 56 national key laboratories and scientific research institutions and 48 universities, which can contribute to the "Wuhan China Optics Valley" in the optoelectronic information industry-led, biomedicine, new energy and energy conservation and environmental protection, high-end equipment manufacturing, and modern service industries. In the competitive and coordinated development pattern, new vitality is constantly injected.

In 2000, Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone registered "Optical Valley" as a trademark with the National Trademark Office. The name can no longer be used elsewhere, and it is the exclusive right of Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone. To this end, the Wuhan City Notary Office also notarized my China Optics Valley proposal, as shown in Figure 4. As night falls, the eight huge neon characters "Wuhan East Lake China Optics Valley" on the roof of the administrative building of Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone are particularly eye-catching, reflecting the red surface of East Lake. These eight words also explain the determination and courage to build Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone into "China's Optics Valley".