Huizhou intends to build the country's largest LED City

Chuck Svoboda is giving a speech

Yesterday (8 May), the president of the United States CREE, CEO and chairman of the board chuck Svoboda in the international LED Lighting Forum for a wonderful speech. After the speech, chuck Svoboda in an interview with this reporter, said: I often come to Huizhou, Huizhou is a very beautiful city. CREE will be the highest technology content of LED products moved to China, while working to attract more and better talent in Huizhou to build a strong R & D team. CREE Semiconductor Lighting Co., Ltd. has invested $100 million in Huizhou, the future will be an additional investment of $200 million. "

CREE settled in Huizhou attracted 9 LED companies

In November 2009, CREE and Huizhou signed LED chip project agreement, the first chip production base in Huizhou city based on the outside of North America, namely Huizhou CREE Semiconductor Lighting Co. Ltd., has become the international LED enterprises in the first set up in China chip production base of the company.

Chuck in talking about why choose Huizhou, Svoboda cited an example: in the Department of the province, city, District of Zhongkai high tech concern and strong support, just 8 months time, Huizhou CREE Semiconductor Lighting Co. Ltd. has been completed and put into operation. Huizhou municipal government pragmatic and efficient, transparent government environment, fair and impartial, very supportive of Huizhou CREE project. CREE has acquired Hongkong Hua steel photoelectric, and the company's production base in Huizhou. Naturally, CREE chose Huizhou. Chuck Svoboda said.

The same day, Zhongkai high tech Zone Management Committee Director Yang Pengfei said in an interview with reporters, LED products have obvious advantages in energy saving, the development of LED industry is an important part of the development of low carbon economy. The advantages of CREE LED embodied in gallium nitride, silicon carbide and other aspects of the unique material technology and advanced white light technology, in the field of technological innovation and mastery of the core technology. Huizhou CREE company located in Zhongkai high tech Zone, the leading role is very obvious, then there are 9 LED enterprises in high-tech zones.

Yang Pengfei told reporters, Huizhou plans to build the country's largest LED City, Huizhou CREE settled for the realization of this goal is essential.

The Zhongkai area 2.7 square kilometers LED Industrial Park

How can we achieve this plan? Chuck Svoboda says the LED industry is a whole new market, creating a new market that requires government departments to push.

In this regard, the relevant departments of Huizhou has been planning. Yang Pengfei was entitled "the development of LED industry in Huizhou City," said in a speech, Huizhou will be in the urban areas in Beijing and other major attractions to install LED landscape lamp, in the trunk roads and landmarks, attractions and other areas in the LED lighting demonstration project, construction of Zhongkai high tech Zone LED lighting demonstration street, the government led investment all projects using LED lighting, and strive to within a short period of time will be transformed into the most public places lighting LED lamp. Demonstration projects, the government will give appropriate subsidies.

Yang Pengfei said, at present, Zhongkai high tech Zone LED approximately 100 enterprises, plans for the future construction of LED Industrial Park, planning land area of about 2.7 square kilometers, plans next year in public infrastructure construction, investment and start.

The reporter learned from the forum, the city has more than and 300 enterprises lighting, LED nearly 100 enterprises in Huizhou city in 2009, LED lighting industry and related equipment manufacturing enterprises R & D investment of about 1 billion yuan, LED lighting product sales revenue of over 10 billion yuan. LED industry covers the whole industry chain in the middle and lower reaches, and gradually to the upstream. Is expected within three years, LED Zhongkai high tech Industrial Zone, the scale of up to 50 billion yuan.