A large-scale silicon material base has been established in Dezhou City, with a total investment of 8 billion yuan.

　　On July 26, the Dezhou Economic and Technological Development Zone and Youyan Semiconductor Materials Co., Ltd. held a signing ceremony for an investment cooperation agreement on the large-scale silicon material base project for integrated circuits at the Shandong Building in Jinan.

　　In his speech, Chen Yong said that in recent years, Dezhou has firmly established a new development philosophy and seized upon major opportunities such as the province’s establishment of a comprehensive pilot zone for the conversion of old and new growth drivers and the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. By liberating minds and boldly pursuing innovation, while maintaining rigorous and pragmatic approaches and demonstrating strong initiative and determination, Dezhou has significantly enhanced its overall strength, further improved its business environment, and fully unleashed the passion for entrepreneurship and innovation. In particular, Dezhou has taken the lead in achieving breakthroughs across multiple fronts in the province’s major project of transforming old and new growth drivers, closely aligning itself with the province’s top ten industries. As a result, its advantageous industries have accelerated their upgrading, and emerging industries have risen rapidly to prominence. The guiding principle of pioneering reform and spearheading the wave of opening-up is now inspiring us to stride forward toward high-quality development goals. With its virtues of moral integrity, inclusiveness, and commitment to innovation and strength, Dezhou offers numerous insightful individuals excellent cooperation opportunities and a broad platform for entrepreneurship. This collaboration represents a fruitful outcome of mutual complementarity, win-win cooperation, and joint development between the two sides, and will undoubtedly serve as a successful model for our “dual attraction and dual introduction” strategy in promoting high-quality development. It holds significant and far-reaching implications for Dezhou—and indeed the entire province—regarding the development of next-generation information technology industries, the creation of strategic emerging industry clusters, and meeting domestic demand for silicon wafers used in integrated circuits. Dezhou will continue to uphold the philosophy of “the government creates the environment, and enterprises create wealth,” vigorously advance the “one-stop service” reform, comprehensively enhance the supply of effective institutional arrangements, and sincerely act as the “shop assistant” serving enterprise development in the new era. We will provide the most favorable policies and the best possible environment for project implementation, working together to achieve complementary advantages, integrated resource utilization, and mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.

　　Fang Yongyi, Chairman of Youyan Ais Semiconductor Co., Ltd., introduced the project details.

　　E Hongda and Zhang Guohu, General Manager of Youyan Semiconductor Materials Co., Ltd., signed an agreement on the “Large-Scale Silicon Material Production Base Investment Project for Integrated Circuits.”

　　The total investment in the project is 8 billion yuan, of which 1.8 billion yuan is allocated to Phase I and 6.2 billion yuan to Phase II. The goal of Phase I is to build a new 8-inch silicon wafer production line with an annual capacity of 1.8 million 8-inch silicon wafers. The goal of Phase II is to achieve an annual production capacity of 3.6 million 12-inch silicon wafers.

　　The Beijing Research Institute of Nonferrous Metals, established in November 1952, is the largest comprehensive research and development institution in China’s nonferrous metals industry. It is now a central enterprise under the administration of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (Sinomaterials Technology Group) and one of the first 100 national innovative enterprises designated by the Chinese government. The institute boasts 12 national-level research centers and laboratories in fields such as semiconductor materials and advanced nonferrous metal composites. It is the only domestic institution that serves as both the National Engineering Research Center for Semiconductor Materials and a National Enterprise Technology Center, as well as a National Demonstration Enterprise for Technological Innovation.

　　Youyan Semiconductor Materials Co., Ltd. was established in June 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Youyan Technology Group, a central state-owned enterprise. After more than a decade of development, the company has transformed from a single research institution into a large-scale, production-oriented entity integrating research, industry, and education. Today, it has become China’s leading facility—both in terms of technological sophistication and production scale—in the field of semiconductor silicon materials, serving as a world-class base for the research, development, and production of such materials.