Li Yang, reporter of China High-tech Industry Herald

Scientific and technological innovation, great achievements. On October 28th, the 10th China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition High-end Equipment Manufacturing National Competition ushered in a peak showdown in Luoyang. 249 companies shortlisted in the national competition were divided into 8 groups to compete, including 2 start-up groups and 6 growth groups. , and each group is judged by 5 industry experts and investors, who conduct professional evaluations in terms of technology, market, team, and finance. After a whole day of fierce competition, 105 participating companies stood out and won the "Excellent Enterprise" award, including 26 companies in the start-up group and 79 companies in the growth group. The "Excellent Enterprise" that won the first place in each group got the entry ticket to the National Finals.

game scene

Staged "The Heroes Meeting"

"What is your competitive advantage compared to similar products?"
"How big is the market space?"
"What is the profit model? Is there any need for financing?"
"How much do you know about your competitors?"

"What is the future strategic development plan?"

On the scene of the competition, the judges frequently threw professional, sharp and targeted questions to "check the pulse" for each project. The contestants saw the tricks, responded calmly, and showed themselves from multiple dimensions such as technology itself and business model.

Yu Chongsheng, founder and CEO of Chongqing Zhizhi Technology Co., Ltd., brought a 3D panoramic rotating lidar scanner. According to him, the scanner "hides" a technological treasure developed by himself - "multi-core 3D point cloud artificial intelligence chip processor technology". "This technology can achieve cm-level high-precision 3D modeling of outdoor, indoor and underground spaces without relying on GPS signals." Yu Chongsheng said.

In the end, with excellent technology, the project brought by Yu Chongsheng won the unanimous high score of the judges and won the outstanding enterprise of the competition.

Facing the results of the competition, Yu Chongsheng felt a lot of gains, "During the competition, the judges conducted a detailed analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of our competitors in the same industry, and made a detailed analysis of the cost control and application of our next project. The market prospect has put forward some valuable suggestions, which will be very helpful for the development of the company. Next, I hope that the offline can have more in-depth exchanges with the judges and experts." Yu Chongsheng said.

Also won the Outstanding Enterprise Award is Guangdong Zhicheng Electro-Hydraulic Technology Co., Ltd. The company's founder and general manager Guo Chusheng is a dream hydraulic doctor and researcher. He has worked in Aerospace Science and Technology Group for more than ten years in 2019. In 2008, he chose to leave Beijing and go south to establish a company in Zhongshan Industrial Technology Research Institute. "Our products have the advantages of high integration, good mechanical performance, and intelligent control. They are widely used in construction machinery, mobile robots, machine tools, mining, pipe bending, pile pressing and other fields. At present, there are enterprises in Zhongshan applying them." Guo Chusheng introduced that in the past two years, the company has developed more than 10 products, which have now been officially launched into the market.

"The entrepreneurship and innovation competition is very popular locally. We seized this opportunity with the recommendation of the local science and technology bureau. We hope to take this opportunity to listen to the opinions and suggestions of investors and industry experts on the project, and further develop our ideas. Broaden our horizons and better know where the 'ceiling' of the project is." Guo Chusheng said, "At the same time, at the start-up stage, we hope to gain the favor of capital through the competition."

Packaging is the last link in the semiconductor manufacturing process, and it is also a key area with high technical barriers and long-term monopoly by European, American and Japanese manufacturers. Shenzhen Huatuo Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. has an entrepreneurial team that masters the entire core technology of automatic detection of die-bonding wires in the semiconductor field. Luo Jianhua, the general manager of the company, has many years of work experience in leading overseas semiconductor equipment companies in the fields of electromechanical, optics, and algorithms.

Luo Jianhua told reporters that since 2014, there has been a wave of mass entrepreneurship and innovation in China, especially in the Yangtze River Delta. In 2015, after returning to China, he chose to accumulate experience in a robotics company. "Before, the entrepreneurial soil in the semiconductor field was relatively poor. If you want to start a business, it is difficult to obtain support from the government, capital, and customers." Luo Jianhua said that now, after suffering from the global wave of "core shortage", my country has introduced many The bonus policy has made many innovative entrepreneurs show unprecedented enthusiasm for the development of the semiconductor industry, including himself.

In November 2019, Shenzhen Vatop Semicon Tech Co.,LTD. was established. After nearly two years of hard work, at present, the company's main product, automatic detection equipment for die-bonding wire bonding, has been introduced to several leading customers in the IC, IGBT and optoelectronic fields, and can be used in IC chips, power devices, HEMS, discrete devices. , SIP, LED and other fields defect detection. "Our semiconductor testing equipment can help domestic semiconductor companies to build smart factories, reduce dependence on labor, improve product yield and enhance competitiveness, and achieve domestic replacement of high-end testing equipment in the packaging and testing field." Luo Jianhua said that at present, The company structure has been gradually improved, and a stable customer base has been established. It is hoped that through the competition, the popularity of the product can be improved and the product can be better marketed.

Zhang Ziran, the co-founder of Guangdong Aolai Technology Co., Ltd., also devoted himself to the field of semiconductor business. He said: "Although my country is in the first echelon in the design of semiconductor chips, there are still many fields in the field of manufacturing materials and equipment. The gap, we took a fancy to this opportunity.”

Aolai Technology is an entrepreneurial high-tech enterprise focusing on high-end precision instruments and equipment for optical semiconductors. The company has successfully launched a high-end lens MTF tester in one year, which has successfully achieved domestic substitution. Next year, it plans to launch a high-end lens adaptive assembly machine with innovative technology. "It is hoped that the competition can cultivate and support high-quality projects that can solve the problem of 'stuck neck' in industrial technology, and solve practical problems encountered in the process of enterprise development."

After winning the Outstanding Enterprise Award, Zhang Ziran kept his original low profile. He said: "I came here with the mentality of learning from my peers. I thank the competition for providing us with an opportunity to learn and communicate with each other. The results are only an affirmation of the past. In the next step, we still have to make products in a down-to-earth manner."

Reply on "Cloud"

equally wonderful

The contest adopts the "7+5" mode for the defense. Representatives of participating companies have 7 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for judges to ask questions. For participating companies that are unable to conduct roadshows on site due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the competition organizing committee has set up a special line. The video defense session.

Wu Yang, a contestant of Hezhi Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., was deeply touched by this experience after participating in the defense on "Cloud". "It's really a pity not to be able to come to the scene in person, but competing on the 'cloud' saves us the rush on the road, allowing us enough time to prepare and making it more convenient."

Also participating in the video defense was Guo Yihong, a contestant from Huili Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. "Online and remote defense, the effect is not as good as offline. The lack of interaction with the judges will definitely affect the performance." Guo Yihong said regretfully.

What Guo Yihong brought is a high-speed automatic card-free rotary cutting production line project based on artificial intelligence. This project increases the speed of the rotary tangent line from 40m/min to 80m/min, the output of a single line is increased from 15 cubic meters to 40 cubic meters per day, and the labor cost per cubic meter of veneer production is reduced from 100 yuan to 35 yuan, which can effectively Improve the utilization rate and processing quality of wood, greatly reduce the number of workers, and save labor costs.

It is reported that there are not a few companies that are unable to participate in the competition due to the impact of the epidemic. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the competition, the Organizing Committee of the competition provides some online "cloud" services, such as making online defense guides for contestants, pre-rehearsal tests, formulating online plans and precautions for staff, and conducting venues and opening ceremonies. Cloud live picture live broadcast, etc.

Project quality

Reach new heights above the high-end

"The quality of the project is higher than before", which is the most evaluation given by the judges of this year's competition after seeing the participating projects.

Qin Wen, general manager of Jinan Science and Technology Venture Capital Group, who served as the judge of the start-up group this time, has served as a judge of many innovation and entrepreneurship competitions. He used three "highs" to describe the entries in this year's competition. First, the overall quality of the project is high. Although it is a start-up project group, many of the participating projects are dedicated to solving the key bottleneck problems that our country needs to overcome. Many high-tech projects in cutting-edge industries can be seen at the competition site, such as chips, hydrogen energy, satellites, etc. Second, the overall quality of the entrepreneurial team is high. In the past, contestants prefer to fight alone. Many of the entrepreneurial teams participating in this competition are equipped with talents in all aspects of scientific research, production and financing. Teams with a perfect personnel organizational structure are rare in the past. Third, the starting point of the entrepreneurial team's investment is high. Some projects are the result of the founder's previous entrepreneurial experience and achieved financial freedom after the second start-up; some projects are supported by the local government and have a lot of matching funds; agency comes in.

"The state has introduced policies to support scientific researchers to start businesses, and local governments have also provided funds to support them. Coupled with the flocking of social investment institutions, the current domestic innovation and entrepreneurship environment has become commonplace. A breakthrough is just around the corner." Qin Wen said.
What opportunities will entrepreneurs have in the future of high-end equipment manufacturing? Fu Genfang, executive partner of Jiangsu Ruihua Venture Capital, who serves as a judge of the growing enterprise group, believes that at present, there are many opportunities in areas that have not yet been localized and that the market has not paid much attention to. Enterprises should calm down, continue to climb higher than the high-end, seize the subdivision field, and bite the "hard bones" in the field of high-end equipment manufacturing.

Editor: Wang Danping
Review: Luo Xiaoyan

Producer: Wang Zhanquan

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