In the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", LED lighting will focus on core technologies

"Energy conservation and environmental protection" is the future of mankind and the core of the "12th Five-Year Plan". According to the overall arrangement of the “12th Five-Year Plan” national 863 plan, the website of the Ministry of Science and Technology will publish “Guidelines for the Application of Key Projects for the Research and Development of Key Materials for High-Efficiency Semiconductor Lighting” in the New Materials Technology Area of ​​the National High-Tech Research and Development Program (863 Program). According to the guidelines, the research and development of highly efficient, energy-saving and long-life semiconductor lighting products is an important part of the priority theme of the National Medium and Long-Term Scientific and Technological Development Plan Outline (2006-2020).

As a model of low energy consumption and low emission, the semiconductor lighting industry has become a strategic emerging industry in the country's energy-saving emission reduction targets and has received much attention. As the country's strategic technology for the development of next-generation lighting, LED lighting is expected to be the biggest winner in green lighting products.

With the rapid development of the LED lighting industry, there have also been many problems: lack of independent research and development capabilities, lack of industry standards, serious product homogeneity, blind investment, patents, and intellectual property rights. Among the many factors that affect its development, technical issues are currently the primary obstacles facing domestic LED companies. However, there are almost no domestic companies that have mastered the LED core technology. Most of them are in the middle and lower reaches of the industrial chain; there are only a few domestic enterprises in the upstream industry chain, and the production is extremely difficult. Slow progress in technology in the industry, low level of product innovation, and insufficient technical content have led to a lack of core competitiveness in the LED industry.

Looking at the foreign lighting market, the European lighting giants Philips and Osram have spent huge sums of money before 2000 to start research on the basic technology of LED lighting. OSRAM has always had a leading edge in the use of fluorescent materials for white LEDs. The United States CREE, lumileds, bridgeLux and other lighting companies have firmly mastered the core technology of LED chips. Japan is the world leader in the production technology of high-brightness LEDs and high-end phosphor technology used in packaging, and Japan has implemented a technology-blocking policy. In South Korea and Taiwan, due to the more mature semiconductor manufacturing and R&D technologies, 70% of the world's mid- to high-end LED chip manufacturing is currently completed in this region.

The "Guideline for the Application of Key Technologies for the Research and Development of High-Efficiency Semiconductor Lighting Key Materials" is based on the status quo of the development of semiconductor lighting technology in China, and the specific deployment of core common technologies, cutting-edge technologies, and key technologies for industrialization in the mid-stream industry development of semiconductor lighting has been implemented. The project focuses on upgrading the international core competitiveness and independent innovation capabilities of the semiconductor lighting industry in China, and is of great significance to the realization of lighting energy conservation in China, adjustment of the traditional lighting industry structure, and the cultivation of strategic emerging industries.

According to Xu Jian, chief expert of the National 863 Program Expert Group on New Materials, according to the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, the semiconductor lighting project will achieve a localization rate of 70% by 2015, and the industrial scale will reach 500 billion yuan. Related companies are facing huge business opportunities. .

The issuance of this document shows that the government's development plan for the semiconductor lighting industry has been developed from pilot promotion to policy and funding support, which will surely lead the LED industry in a more professional and orderly direction. Domestic LED lighting companies should also take this as an opportunity to make clear and specific corporate development plans, take advantage of this great opportunity for technological innovation, focus on LED basic technology and core technology research, create a superior innovation environment, and introduce technological innovation talents , improve the ability of independent innovation, and lay the foundation for future business development.

Only by first mastering advanced technology can we get rid of foreign companies' restrictions on patents and intellectual property rights in order to reduce the production costs of LED products. Only by first mastering the technology can we improve product quality and gain recognition from the market and consumers.

In another development, Guangdong, as a major province of LED production in the country, has cooperated with the Semiconductor Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Industrial Technology, and the National Semiconductor Lighting Project R&D and Industry Alliance to better integrate science and technology. The Guangdong Semiconductor Lighting Industry Technology Research Institute was established to promote LED technology research.

In the age of knowledge economy, technological support and technological innovation will play an increasingly prominent role in supporting economic and social development. The “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” will be a critical period for industrial transformation and leapfrogging in “Made in China”. Chinese enterprises need more rainy days. It is believed that under the guidance of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", Chinese enterprises will achieve "through independent innovation, breakthrough in white light general lighting core technologies and industrialization key technologies, improve technological innovation systems, cultivate technological innovation leaders and innovative teams, and establish characteristics. The "12th Five-Year Plan" strategic target for the industrial base to form a strategic emerging industry for semiconductor lighting with international competitiveness.

Experience at home and abroad has proven that LED companies gather through industrial parks and work together to tackle core technologies is an important way to achieve development.