China to Expedite Building Photoelectron Industry

China to Expedite Building Photoelectron Industry

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Development of the optical electronics industry will surely bring the society substantive benefits and deserves the government's vigorous support, according to experts and officials attending a seminar held Tuesday at Changchun, capital of northeastern Jilin Province.

At the seminar, the nation's leading scholars in the field like Wang Daheng and Zhao Zisen joined the discussion on the building of an optical electronics industrial park in Changchun.

The park, or "optical valley," is expected to be the center for national research on optics and trade in related products. It is also likely to become a research and production base for optical devices and an exchange center for international scientific communications. It will mainly focus on optical electronics, instruments and information technology industries. In an area of 20 square kilometers, the park will have development and research buildings, office buildings, workshops for making optical materials and precision instruments.

When completed, the park can create 20 billion yuan in revenue, a forceful impetus to the economic development, said Li Shu, mayor of Changchun.

Meanwhile, other cities in China, such as Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Beijing, have also unveiled ambitious plans to build optical and electronics information bases.