On July 22-31, 1998, at the invitation of Taiwan Province Optoelectronic Association of China, I took part in a 9-day visit to Taiwan Province led by a delegation of 6 people from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, led by researcher Chen Lianghui, then deputy director of the Institute of Semiconductors of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Taiwan Province Optoelectronic Association is a professional association of optoelectronics in Taiwan Province. The last day of his visit to Taiwan was an exchange of scholars from both sides of the strait. Director Chen Lianghui introduced the research and development of information optoelectronics in China. I introduce the development of optoelectronics (lasers, optical fibers, optoelectronic devices, optical communication systems, etc.) in Wuhan. This activity was not arranged before going to Taiwan, and there was still a lack of PPT made by computer at that time, only the projection using transparent adhesive tape.
in my speech, I showed a schematic diagram of optoelectronic research and production enterprises in Wuhan, which have advantages in China, such as optical fiber cables, optoelectronic devices, optical fiber communication system equipment, high-power lasers and laser processing equipment (as shown in Figure 1), and these enterprises are all distributed around Huazhong University of Science and Technology. At that time, Huazhong University of Science and Technology had a good domestic advantage in laser devices and laser processing, including the first approved State Key Laboratory of Laser Technology, the first national laser processing engineering center, and the first batch of approved doctoral programs in "Physical Electronics", which mainly trained senior technical personnel in laser technology. My Department of Optoelectronic Engineering has also trained more talents at all levels in laser, optical fiber communication, infrared and optical instruments.
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In the 198s, some graduates of our school started businesses around the school, such as South China University of Technology Laser, Chutian Laser and Unity Laser. Some graduates become senior management talents or technical backbones in some optical communication and optoelectronic enterprises around them. In the east of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, there was the largest and most advanced Sino-foreign joint venture Changfei Optical Fiber and Cable Factory at that time (now the production scale is the first in the world); The Wuhan Institute of Posts and Telecommunications in the west of our school was the first to develop optical fiber, optical fiber communication equipment and the first demonstration project in China, and to undertake the demonstration and promotion projects of various groups (secondary to fifth groups) of national optical fiber communication. The institute also had the only Sino-foreign joint venture Wuhan Telecom Device Company that could produce practical semiconductor lasers and detectors for optical fiber communication in China at that time. There is also a solid-state device research institute to develop other passive devices (connectors, optical isolators, couplers, etc.) needed for other optical fiber communication (later Wuhan Institute of Posts and Telecommunications evolved into a number of entities such as Fiberhome Technology Group and Optical Communication, which are well-known at home and abroad, and their products are sold at home and abroad).
At that time, after explaining this picture in Taiwan Province, I came up with a sentence: "This is very similar to the Silicon Valley in the United States". Although this is only an analogy, it may be exaggerated, but it has become the inspiration for my subsequent proposal of "China Optical Valley".
in August, 1998, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, he went to Britain with Professor Xing Da from South China Normal University to attend an optoelectronics meeting for scholars in Britain and China. After the meeting, I visited the University of Glasgow in Scotland. I happened to meet Zhou Ji, then president of our school, when I visited the museum of the university at noon that day. He happened to lead a delegation of presidents of China University to visit Britain. The first thing he said when he saw me was, "Professor Huang, it seems that optoelectronics is going to be big." This is just a feeling he got during his visit to Britain, but for me, who is engaged in optoelectronic research and teaching and also the head of the Department of Optoelectronic Engineering in our school, it undoubtedly adds new excitement. I even imagined that Huazhong University of Science and Technology, located in Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone, should promote the development of optoelectronic industry in this region in the same way as Stanford University in the United States did in the past.
after returning to China, with the encouragement and support of President Zhou Ji, I drafted and put forward a proposal to the Wuhan Municipal Government on building the China' Optical Valley' in Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone. With the consent of President Zhou Ji, the proposal was formally submitted to Wuhan on December 18th, 1998 in the name of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
On the first day of the Spring Festival in 2, Professor Zhou Ji, who was then a member of the Standing Committee of Hubei Provincial Committee, director of the Provincial Science and Technology Department and president of our school, called Yuan Shanla, director of Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone (later vice mayor of Wuhan), Zheng Yongxin, Tang Liangzhi (now deputy secretary and mayor of Chongqing Municipal Committee), Hou Hanping, academician Zhao Zisen and I to have a meeting in the conference room of our school administration building. He pointed out sharply that "the development zone should focus on real estate, not doing business, but on the construction of optical valley and optoelectronics!" I deeply realized that in 2, the leaders of provinces, municipalities and development zones decided to put optoelectronics in the top priority. At the same time, enable "Wuhan? The proper name "China Optical Valley" means that China Optical Valley is in Wuhan. Established a "Wuhan" with Luo Qingquan Municipal Party Committee Secretary as the team leader and Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee Zhou Ji as the deputy team leader. China Optical Valley "construction leading group. In particular, Secretary Luo and President Zhou Ji worked hard, and the construction of Optical Valley was in full swing.
President Zhou Ji also seconded a number of leading cadres from the provincial science and technology department he led to work part-time in Donghu New Technology Development Zone to enrich the leadership work. Grasp the construction plan and plan to develop the information optoelectronic industry represented by optical fiber, optoelectronic devices, optical fiber communication equipment and optical storage within an area of 58 km2; Develop high-power lasers and energy photoelectrons for their applications; Developing consumer optoelectronics including TV display; Grasp the product upgrade and scale expansion of the original optoelectronic enterprises; Actively attract investment and strive for well-known enterprises at home and abroad to develop here. Secretary Luo and President Zhou Ji reported to the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology for many times to win state support. Xu Qizhen and other 13 members from Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Hubei Province, called for the construction of "China Optical Valley" in Wuhan at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Conference in 2.
At the same time, make great efforts to publicize public opinion and mobilize the broad masses in Hubei Province and Wuhan City to understand and support "Wuhan? The construction of "China Optical Valley" has made provincial and municipal leaders put forward the idea of "building Wuhan with the strength of the whole province and the strength of the whole city". The slogan "China Optical Valley" is implemented. Wuhan's determination to build "China's Optical 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 a document in February and July 21 to support "Wuhan? The construction of China Optical Valley.
just as "Wuhan? When "China Optical Valley" became an important decision made by the Hubei Provincial Party CommITtee and the provincial government to seize the opportunity, and it was also a rare historical opportunity for Wuhan's development, the international IT bubble was quietly forming.
However, we must face its impact on the developing Wuhan? The negative impact of China Optical Valley. I wrote a report to Secretary Luo Qingquan entitled "Hold on to photoelectron and don't relax" and planned to present it to him face to face. He immediately received me in the municipal party Committee, and he completely agreed with my analysis. The next day, the Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee came to my office with my report to Secretary Luo and his instructions. Secretary Luo pointed out sharply that the IT bubble itself was a manifestation of imperfect development. It is also suggested that I make appropriate amendments to this report and publish it in Changjiang Daily (Figure 2 shows the first edition of Changjiang Daily on October 23, 22, entitled "Holding on to Optoelectronic").
"Wuhan? The construction of China Optical Valley was not disturbed by the decline of international optoelectronics industry in that year, but was regarded as an opportunity for it to seize the domestic and international optoelectronics market. The scale of the original large-scale optoelectronic enterprises has been expanding, and the market share at home and abroad has increased significantly; More than 8 companies in the global top 5 enterprises and a large number of well-known enterprises at home and abroad, such as Foxconn, Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Tianma and Huaxing Optoelectronics, have successively settled in Wuhan? China Optical Valley ". Xinxin International Company, which invested about 2 billion yuan in the production of integrated circuits, has strengthened the ability of combining microelectronics and optoelectronics to develop harmoniously in this region, forming a new bright spot on big data storage chips; The "3551" talent plan of Donghu New Technology Development Zone has attracted a large number of outstanding talents from home and abroad to start businesses here. "Wuhan? The geographical scale of "China Optical Valley" has been expanded again, from the initial planned 58 km2 to 158 km2, and then to the current 518 km2, so as to accommodate more than 3, enterprises and scientific research institutions of different scales. The corresponding economic scale is growing exponentially. In 1998, the total income of enterprises in the development zone was 13 billion yuan, which exceeded 1 billion yuan in 26 to reach 1.4 billion yuan, and exceeded 8 billion yuan in 214 to reach 852.6 billion yuan, as shown in Figure 3. It is planned to exceed 3 trillion yuan by 22.
for "Wuhan? China Optics Valley ",the only Wuhan Optoelectronic National Laboratory in China (now Wuhan Optoelectronic National Research Center) was officially approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 23, aiming at strengthening the basic research with application background in Optoelectronic. There are also 56 national key laboratories and scientific research institutions and 48 colleges and universities, which can serve as "Wuhan?" China Optics Valley has continuously injected new vitality into the development pattern of biomedicine, new energy and energy conservation and environmental protection, high-end equipment manufacturing and modern service industry, which is dominated by optoelectronic information industry.
In 2, Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone registered "Optical Valley" as a trademark in the State Trademark Office, and other places can no longer use this name, but it is the exclusive right of Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone. To this end, Wuhan Notary Office has also notarized my proposal of China Optics Valley, as shown in Figure 4. As night falls, the eight huge neon fonts of "Wuhan East Lake China Optical Valley" on the top of the administrative building of Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone are particularly eye-catching, reflecting the red of the East Lake. These eight words also explain the determination and boldness of vision to build Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone into "China Optical Valley".