Wuhan Optics Valley Innovation And Leap, The Laser Industry Belt Is Booming

1. Promote in-depth exchanges and cooperation between universities, research institutes and enterprises

The theme "laser technology and equipment" is one of the four research directions of the organizer Hubei Optics Valley Laboratory.

At the Provincial Science and Technology Work Conference in 2022, Zhang Xinliang, executive deputy director of Hubei Optics Valley Laboratory, introduced that in the past year, Hubei Optics Valley Laboratory/Wuhan National Research Center for Optoelectronics has published more than 1,200 SCI papers, of which 7 articles have been published. Nature/Science, the world's top academic journal, has achieved fruitful results.

In 2021, Optics Valley Laboratory will promote in-depth cooperation with leading companies in joint construction units such as CITIC Technology, Raycus Laser, YOFC, and Huagong Technology, and declare and approve 6 major national, provincial and municipal scientific research projects. Jointly build a collaborative innovation center with listed companies Jingce Electronics and AutoNavi Infrared Exploration. Support Wuhan Hi-Tech to build a high-tech incubator, sign cooperation agreements with professional investment institutions such as Changjiang Securities, and promote the establishment of achievement transformation funds.

2. The Optics Valley Laser Industry Belt is booming

In 1971, Huazhong University of Science and Technology established a laser research group, which opened the prelude to the research and development of laser technology in China. In 1985, my country's first laser company, Chutian Laser, was founded by the East Lake. Optical fiber and laser will jointly become the spark of the "China Optics Valley" in the future.

As of 2021, there will be more than 200 laser companies in Optics Valley, and the total revenue of the company will exceed 20 billion yuan in 2020, and the density of laser companies will lead the country. Under the innovation strategy of the Optics Valley Science and Technology Innovation Corridor with East Lake Science City as the core, the Optics Valley Laser Industry Belt located in Wuhan Future Science and Technology City is booming.

As one of the largest suppliers of laser equipment and high-power laser equipment in my country, the ultra-thin glass laser cutting technology independently developed by PENTA Laser has a cutting speed of more than 200 mm per second. field. A piece of ultra-thin glass with a thickness of less than 0.1 mm, which is thinner and thinner than a human hair, can also be precisely shaped "unscathed" under laser cutting.

Walking into the application process inspection workshop of Raycus laser, dozens of fiber lasers with different powers, the beams are flying. An operator is giving an 8,000-watt fiber laser a "test knife" -- a 3-centimeter-thick steel plate that rises and falls in milliseconds, just like cutting tofu. As a major invention of the 20th century, the laser is called "the most accurate ruler and the fastest knife". As of 2021, Raycus has directly applied to more than 1,500 customers and exported to more than 40 countries and regions such as Europe and the United States.

In Wuhan Future Science and Technology City, these listed laser companies and emerging laser industry clusters are just the epitome of Optics Valley's more than 30 years of innovation. At present, Hubei Province is taking Wuhan Optics Valley as a fulcrum to build a trillion-dollar industrial cluster of "Optical Core Screen Terminal Network", support the construction of East Lake Science City and Optics Valley Science and Technology Corridor, and lead the innovation-driven high-quality development of Hubei in the new era.

3. Wuhan has occupied a favorable position in the global laser equipment supply chain

Recently, the "2022 China Laser Industry Development Report" was released through an online live broadcast. According to the report, Wuhan has firmly occupied a favorable position in the global supply chain of laser equipment.

The fiber laser giant Raycus rooted in Wuhan has a gap of less than 1% with the international giant with the largest market share, which will profoundly change the competition pattern of the global laser industry.

This year, Hubei East Lake Science City released a development plan for the laser industry and launched a series of support policies. It is estimated that by 2025, the output value of laser enterprises above designated size will reach 100 billion yuan, driving the total revenue of upstream and downstream enterprises to exceed 500 billion yuan.