Greater Bay Area semiconductor companies group tour to Jiangmen, exploring the blue ocean of the "core" industry gold rush

Recently, the Jiangmen Investment Promotion Bureau and the Guangdong Province Integrated Circuit Industry Association jointly organized an inspection tour into Jiangmen, attracting nearly 100 experts and entrepreneurs from the integrated circuit industry association to gather in Jiangmen. On May 9th, entrepreneurs visited the Kaiping (Cui Shan Lake) Industrial Park and Yilianda Electronics Co., Ltd. in Kaiping for on-site inspections, gaining in-depth understanding of Jiangmen’s semiconductor industry foundation, park facilities, and business environment, precisely connecting resources and exploring cooperation opportunities.

The first stop of the event was at Jiangmen Kaiping (Cui Shan Lake) Industrial Park. As a national independent innovation demonstration zone in the Pearl River Delta and a Chinese industry-university-research cooperation innovation demonstration base, the park has been awarded five consecutive times as a five-star service park in Guangdong Province.

The inspection team visited Jiangmen Kaiping (Cui Shan Lake) Industrial Park.

Currently, the park has gathered leading enterprises in high-end equipment manufacturing, biomedicine and health, and modern light industry textiles, with rapid development in new-generation information technology and new materials industries. By 2025, the park will have introduced 15 new industrial projects with a total investment of 4 billion yuan, continuously enhancing its industrial capacity and development momentum.

The second stop of the event was at Yilianda Electronics Co., Ltd. in Kaiping. Founded in 1992, the company is a high-tech foreign-funded enterprise specializing in the production of high-density interconnect boards and multilayer printed circuit boards. Equipped with internationally advanced production and testing equipment, the company’s annual capacity reaches 600k square meters, with ongoing expansion.

Company officials introduced that the company has long been committed to developing new products and technologies for printed circuit boards, as well as copper-clad laminates and semi-cured sheets, serving clients in automotive, medical equipment, telecommunications, and other industries, with over 70% of products exported worldwide.

The inspection team learned about Yilianda’s development in Jiangmen.

“Jiangmen has developed very quickly in recent years, and its advantages in developing integrated circuits and semiconductor industries are very obvious,” said Zhuang Wei, an academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, the head of the Semiconductor Research Institute at Guangdong Academy of Sciences, and vice president of the Guangdong Integrated Circuit Industry Association. He pointed out that Jiangmen’s park has vast space, a solid industrial foundation, and ongoing policies supporting industry and talent, which strongly attract semiconductor companies and industry professionals.

Earlier this year, Jiangmen set a goal for the new-generation electronic information industry to reach a trillion yuan. Zhuang Wei stated that Jiangmen has both the strong determination to develop the semiconductor industry and a series of practical measures, which have already achieved phased results, and the future prospects are promising.

Zhuang Wei noted that the clustering effect is evident in the development of the integrated circuit industry, with leading companies playing a significant role in driving local industry growth. Jiangmen benefits from land and labor cost advantages, combined with generous policy support and a favorable natural environment, creating a good business environment for semiconductor investments. “Attracting leading companies in niche fields through policy advantages, and then leveraging these leaders to drive upstream and downstream industries and supporting service chains, is a feasible path for Jiangmen to expand its semiconductor industry.”

“Jiangmen has a strong foundation in integrated circuits and semiconductor industries, with a long history. We have many clients in Jiangmen with over ten years of cooperation,” said Wu Jun, head of Zhuhai SMIC Integrated Circuit, who has been deeply involved in the semiconductor industry. He pointed out that Jiangmen has a deep accumulation in segments such as semiconductor components, electronic materials, and wet electronic chemicals, with a solid industrial base, which is a crucial support and unique advantage for local semiconductor development.

Wu Jun emphasized that the core segments of the semiconductor industry chain include chip design, wafer manufacturing, and IC packaging and testing. Jiangmen can focus efforts on these areas, actively introduce leading enterprises, expand industry scale, improve the industrial chain, strengthen and supplement the chain, and promote high-quality development along a specialized process route.

According to data from Jiangmen Investment Promotion Bureau, by 2025, the total industrial output value of the electronic information industry above designated size will reach 600k yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.76%, attracting leading companies such as Jiantao Group, Hisense Electronics, and Shiyun Circuit, forming an industrial ecosystem from PCB manufacturing and semiconductor packaging to terminal applications.

Southern+ Reporter: Li Aiying

【Author】 Li Aiying

【Source】 Southern Media Group Southern+ Client