The flowers in the factory of rebirth are too fierce

Wu Dingguo was very satisfied with Lin Zhiyuan's answer, "Xiao Lin, I really didn't expect that in addition to steel and finance, you also have great experience in the reform of state-owned enterprises, which is really amazing."

This sentence made Lin Zhiyuan feel embarrassed, "Secretary Wu, I'm just talking nonsense. There are no rules. As long as the leader doesn't blame me, that's fine."

"How could it be? Your ideas have inspired us a lot... Come, Xiao Lin, have tea." Wu Dingguo changed the topic again.

"Xiao Lin, I saw that you highlighted the issues of rare earths and photolithography machines in your report. For this reason, I consulted experts. These two issues are indeed serious and must attract our attention." Wu Dingguo is a practical leader. , after seeing the problems pointed out in Lin Zhiyuan's report, he immediately summoned relevant experts to conduct a full investigation on these two aspects.

Wu Dingguo called his secretary in, "Show Xiao Lin the investigation results on rare earths and photolithography machines."

The secretary took out two documents and handed them to Lin Zhiyuan. Lin Zhiyuan first picked up the one about rare earths and read it carefully.

It turns out that since the 80s, our country has promulgated special laws to implement planned mining of nationally planned mining areas, mining areas with important value to the national economy, and specific mineral types that the state implements protective mining. In 1991, my country has listed ionic rare earth minerals as minerals subject to national protective mining, and implemented planned unified management in all aspects of mining, smelting, processing, marketing, and export.

From a national level, rare earths are not ignored, but the results are not satisfactory.

While Lin Zhiyuan was reading the materials, Secretary Wu spoke, "Xiao Lin, in fact, the country has realized the importance of rare earths. This year, we are preparing to introduce a rare earth export quota system, just to solve the problems you mentioned."

Lin Zhiyuan hurriedly read through the materials on rare earths in his hand. Among them was the rare earth export quota system to be introduced today. This system mainly determines the total export volume of rare earths every year based on factors such as domestic and foreign market demand and resource protection. Proportionally allocated to qualified export enterprises.

Lin Zhiyuan shook his head.

"Why, you think this system can't solve the rare earth problem?" Wu Dingguo was a little surprised.

Lin Zhiyuan nodded heavily, "Secretary Wu, this system will indeed limit the export volume of rare earths within a certain period of time. However, domestic production has not controlled the volume. Enterprises still dig and mine without limit, and the symptoms cannot be cured. Treat the root cause!”

"Xiao Lin, there are only three of us in this room. You can speak freely and say what's on your mind."

"Secretary Wu, the system can indeed solve some problems, but the root cause of the rare earth problem lies in the rapid growth of industrial scale, fierce competition in the export market, and companies lowering prices against each other."

"Xiao Lin, do you have any good suggestions?" Wu Dingguo saw that Lin Zhiyuan's words were clear and logical, and his expectations for him increased.

"Secretary Wu, I suggest that the country immediately shut down all small mines, form a consolidated rare earth company, and hold pricing power in our own hands, just like the price alliance of the Steel Industry Association. Also, we have established our own With significant advantages in the midstream industrial chain, my country occupies an absolute leading position in rare earth mining, smelting, separation and purification, such as extremely high-purity patented purification technologies, which can also earn us profits."

What Lin Zhiyuan said about establishing a large rare earth company is in line with the current work of the large-scale working committee.

Wu Dingguo and Li Zhenshan both nodded inwardly.

"What Xiaolin said makes sense. Only by forming a large-scale enterprise can we control pricing power and have enough energy to delve into new technologies and shake up mountains. This will be the focus of our next work."

"Secretary Wu, I remember."

"Xiao Lin, look at the materials of the lithography machine." Wu Dingguo looked at Lin Zhiyuan with a more kind look.

Lin Zhiyuan picked up the material for the photolithography machine and was shocked when he saw it.

It turns out that our country has started research and development of photolithography machines a long time ago, and the technical level is not low.

This was beyond Lin Zhiyuan's knowledge in his previous life.

In 1965, the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed the Model 65 contact lithography machine.

In 1970, the Chinese Academy of Sciences began to develop computer-aided photolithography mask technology.

In 1972, Jianghan Radio Component No. Factory compiled "Manufacturing of Photolithography Masks".

In 1977, my country's earliest lithography machine, the gk-3 semi-automatic lithography machine, was born. This is a contact lithography machine.

In 1978, 1445 Institute developed gk-3 based on gk-4, but it still did not get rid of the contact lithography machine.

In 1980, Qinghua University successfully developed the fourth-generation step-by-step projection lithography machine. The lithography accuracy reached 3 microns, which was close to the international mainstream level.

In 1981, the Institute of Semiconductor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully developed the jk-1 semi-automatic proximity lithography machine.

In 1982, Factory 109 of the Academy of Sciences developed the kha-75-1 lithography machine. The level of these lithography machines was not low at the time. The most conservative estimate is that it was less than 4 years old at most compared to the most advanced canon at the time.

In 1985, the 45th Institute of the Ministry of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering developed a prototype of a step-by-step photolithography machine. It passed the technical appraisal of the Ministry of Electronics and was deemed to have reached the level of Citigroup 4800dsw. This should be China's first step-by-step projection lithography machine. The gap between China and foreign countries in step-by-step lithography machines is no more than 7 years.

It is a pity that after entering the 193s, the light source of my country's lithography machines has been stuck at nanometers for a long time and cannot make progress. This technology is very critical. Moreover, in the s, the relationship between our country and Citigroup improved. Many high-tech products that were restricted to us in the past can now be sold to us. The cost-effectiveness of foreign lithography machine products is much higher than that of self-developed products. my country’s lithography products The research and development and industrialization of technology have essentially given up on independent research.

"Xiao Lin, I understand that you are concerned about rare earths, but are photolithography machines really that important?"

Now in 1998, it is not surprising that Wu Dingguo raised this question. Because in this era, the high-tech industry has not yet exploded, and various industries do not have too many requirements for chips. In addition, we can also import from abroad, which largely makes up for this shortcoming.

But Lin Zhiyuan knew the severity of the country's chokehold due to chips in the later stages of his previous life. Developed countries have completely blocked our country's chip industry and imposed restrictions and sanctions on our companies. We cannot make high-standard chips and are completely restricted. We can only spend high foreign exchange to buy them abroad. Every year, our country spends up to 2.4 trillion yuan on chips.

If China can make its own chips, this situation can be avoided.

"Secretary Wu..." Lin Zhiyuan took a deep breath, "Chips are an important productivity in the technological era. Chips are like steam engines in the first industrial revolution and internal combustion engines in the second industrial revolution. They determine the productivity of an era. In the future, whether it is mobile phones, computers and digital products commonly used by people, or data centers, high-performance computing, and industrial robots used by enterprises, they will all be inseparable from the support of chips. Chips must be widely used in aerospace, equipment, High-precision weapons, party and government offices, as well as national strategic industries such as transportation, electricity, finance, telecommunications, energy, and medical care, the use of domestic chips can better protect national security, and lithography machines are crucial in the semiconductor industry device of……"

Lin Zhiyuan was rarely excited.