Yang Xudong, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: To solve the problem of lack of core in the automobile industry, it is necessary to give play to the synergistic advantages of the industrial chain

Jiwei Network News, on December 24, under the guidance of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology and Pudong New Area Science and Technology Commission, the "First Jiwei Automotive Semiconductor Ecological Summit" hosted by China Semiconductor Investment Alliance and undertaken by Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Aijiwei was officially held in Shanghai.

Yang Xudong, deputy director of the Electronics Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said in his speech that at present, the automotive industry is entering a period of great change once in a century, and is at a key point of transformation to "electrification and intelligence". Automotive chips are the core technology devices of new energy vehicles and intelligent networked vehicles, which is particularly important for China's automobile industry to become stronger. "How to solve the problem of lack of 'core' in the automobile industry and get rid of the high dependence on automotive chip imports requires entrepreneurs to play the synergistic advantages of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain."

Electronic information industry and automobile manufacturing industry is China's industrial economy two important pillar industries, the industrial chain long radiation driving role is large, especially in the current automotive electrification, networking, intelligent, digital development tide, automotive chips have become a strategic fulcrum connecting the two major industries. Since the second half of 2020, due to the mismatch between automobile production demand and chip production cycle, the sudden outbreak of the new crown epidemic, etc., there has been a global supply shortage in the supply of automobile chips.

Yang Xudong said that since the beginning of this year, in order to actively respond to the shortage of automotive chip supply, government agencies have had close exchanges with vehicle companies and chip companies, strengthened the docking of supply and demand, and formulated targeted measures, which have achieved certain results. With the help of this summit, he expressed his hopes for the industry:

First, it is hoped that the automotive industry will further pay attention to and support related chip companies and innovative products, strengthen the construction of diversified supply chains, and provide strong application support for improving the technical capabilities of automotive chips.

Second, whether the corresponding domestic automotive chip companies can seize the opportunities and stabilize them is a test for chip companies. Chip companies need to strengthen the sorting out and research of key semiconductors in the automotive field, select the products with the most urgent needs in the automotive industry and a good technical foundation to increase research and development, accelerate productization, and cooperate with the automotive industry's vehicle regulation certification.

Third, it is hoped that research institutions, industry association alliances, and university platform institutions will give full play to the role of public services, strengthen industrial research and research and development of key technologies, cultivate cross-industry composite talents, build bridges between the automotive industry and the chip industry, and promote industrial development.

He stressed that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will also continue to work with the Equipment Department to guide enterprises to increase the technical research of automotive chips, promote the improvement of the guidance ability of automotive chip production lines, guide the capacity building of vehicle regulation level testing and certification, strengthen the application and promotion of excellent automotive chip solutions, make good use of the insurance compensation mechanism for major equipment, give play to the enthusiasm of commercial insurance, and establish a sound working mechanism for the batch listing and application of automotive chips.

"In the next step, the medium- and long-term work will increase policy support, give full play to the key role of local governments and leading enterprises in the industry, especially in emerging fields such as new energy intelligent networking, we must pay close attention to the layout, give play to our own advantages, and support the high-quality development of the automobile industry." Yang Xudong said, "I hope that this summit can build a communication platform for chip companies and car companies, let car companies understand the innovative technology and strength of local automotive chip suppliers, and also let chip manufacturers understand the real needs of car companies, actively cooperate, promote each other, and jointly build an automotive semiconductor ecosystem." (Proofreading/Sunset)